There are 10 ways to get from Germany to Athens by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Frankfurt
best- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane FRA - ATH
6h 3m€87–263Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport
cheapest- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BER - ATH
6h 40m€77–228Train, bus
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Děčín hlavní nádražítrain 27
- Take the train from Decin Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Rj
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
36h 16mBus
- Take the bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus N232 / ...
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
36h 45m€114–129Drive 2,234.1 km
- Drive from Berlin to Athenscar 2,234.1 km
23h 40m€402–580Fly from Munich International Airport
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MUC - ATH
6h 13m€97–279Fly from Stuttgart Airport
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane STR - ATH
6h 7m€93–255Fly from Hamburg Airport
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane HAM - ATH
6h 33m€92–222Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane DUS - ATH
6h 34m€87–245Bus via Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Berlin to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Athensbus
37h 32m€147–162
Frankfurt (FRA) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Germany to Athens is to fly which costs €75 - €230 and takes 6h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Athens is to fly which takes 6h 3m and costs €85 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Germany to Athens. However, there are services departing from Berlin Alexanderplatz and arriving at Athens via Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 45m.
The distance between Germany and Athens is 1864 km. The road distance is 2234.1 km.
The best way to get from Germany to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 36h 16m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 3m to get from Germany to Athens, including transfers.
Germany to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin Alexanderplatz station.
The best way to get from Germany to Athens is to fly which takes 6h 3m and costs €85 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €130 and takes 36h 45m.
Germany to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Yes, the driving distance between Germany to Athens is 2234 km. It takes approximately 23h 40m to drive from Germany to Athens.
What companies run services between Germany and Athens, Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Sky Express, and two other airlines fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Athens International Airport (ATH) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Athens via Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 36h 45m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Munich International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Munich International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–140
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Munich International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–140
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Frankfurt to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–130
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Berlin Hbf to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Decin Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin Alexanderplatz to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- nasirtours.mk
Bus from Berlin to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €83
- Website
- https://www.nasirtours.mk/en/destinations
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–80
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
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