There are 14 ways to get from France to Greece by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)LYS - ATH
6h 11m€79–224Fly Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
cheapest- Fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)FKB - SKG
6h 28m€67–262Train, Bus
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta SusaTgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to BrindisiFr
- Take the bus from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Fier
- Take the bus from Fier to Athens
33h 29mTrain, bus via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhof83 / ...
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
33h 52mDrive 2,812.3 km
- Drive from Paris to Athens2,812.3 km
27h 16m€503–726Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Athens International Airport (ATH)CDG - ATH
6h 39m€85–220Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Athens International Airport (ATH)NCE - ATH
5h 54m€73–193Fly Marseille Provence Airport to Athens International Airport
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)MRS - ATH
5h 57m€87–237Fly Paris Orly Airport to Athens International Airport
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Athens International Airport (ATH)ORY - ATH
6h 42m€82–242Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)STR - SKG
7h 19m€91–336Bus
- Take the bus from Paris Gare de Lyon to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
37h 41mBus via Athens Larissis Station
- Take the bus from Paris Gare de Lyon to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens Larissis Station
37h 50mBus via Tirana
- Take the bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athens
2d 5hDrive, car train
- Drive from Paris to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athens
27h 25m€475–1,548
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from France to Greece is to fly which costs €70 - €200 and takes 5h 54m.
The fastest way to get from France to Greece is to fly which takes 5h 54m and costs €70 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from France to Greece. However, there are services departing from Hôtel de Ville and arriving at Athens via Paris Gare de Lyon and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 41m.
The distance between France and Greece is 1835 km. The road distance is 2812.3 km.
The best way to get from France to Greece without a car is to train and Bus which takes 33h 29m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 11m to get from France to Greece, including transfers.
France to Greece bus services, operated by Arjani Travel, depart from Paris Gare de Lyon station.
The best way to get from France to Greece is to fly which takes 6h 11m and costs €75 - €230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 37h 41m.
France to Greece bus services, operated by Arjani Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Greece is 1h ahead of France. It is currently 8:50 PM in France and 9:50 PM in Greece.
What companies run services between France and Greece?
easyJet, Volotea, and four other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Athens International Airport (ATH) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Hôtel de Ville to Athens via Gare de Lyon - Van Gogh, Paris Gare de Lyon, Tirana, and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 37h 41m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Fier to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Paris Gare de Lyon to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 7m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens Larissis Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Paris Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- crazy.holidays.tours@gmail.com
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
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