There are 12 ways to get from Greece to Madrid by plane, bus, train, car, or car train
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Fly from Ioannina National Airport
best- Fly from Ioannina National Airport (IOA) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane IOA - MAD
6h 43m€151–382Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
cheapest- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane SKG - MAD
8h 38m€70–195Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
37h 25mDrive 3,533.3 km
- Drive from Athens to Madridcar 3,533.3 km
36h 12m€628–907Fly from Athens International Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane ATH - MAD
6h 48m€77–192Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane HER - MAD
8h 6m€99–274Fly from Rhodes International Airport
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane RHO - MAD
9h 12m€95–255Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Larissatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Larisa to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Santsbus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
40h 8mBus, train via Barcelona
- Take the bus from Athens to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
45h 42mBus via Barcelona
- Take the bus from Athens to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Madrid, Avenida de Américabus
2d 2hBus
- Take the bus from Athens to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Madrid Mendez Alvaro Estacion Surbus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3415 / ...
2d 15h€188–248Drive, car train
- Drive from Athens to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Madridcar
37h 37m€687–966
Ioannina National Airport (IOA) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Madrid is to fly which costs €75 - €200 and takes 6h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Madrid is to fly which takes 6h 43m and costs €150 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Greece to Madrid. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Madrid, Avenida de América via Qender, Tirana and Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 2h.
The distance between Greece and Madrid is 2088 km. The road distance is 3533.3 km.
The best way to get from Greece to Madrid without a car is to bus and train which takes 37h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 43m to get from Greece to Madrid, including transfers.
Greece to Madrid bus services, operated by Art Tour, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Greece to Madrid is to fly which takes 6h 43m and costs €150 - €390. Alternatively, you can bus via Barcelona, which costs and takes 2 days 2h.
Greece to Madrid bus services, operated by Art Tour, arrive at Tirana station.
Madrid is 1h behind Greece. It is currently 3:06 PM in Greece and 2:06 PM in Madrid.
What companies run services between Greece and Madrid, Spain?
Aegean Airlines and Iberia fly from Ioannina National Airport (IOA) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Madrid, Avenida de América via Tirana, Qender, Pallati I Verdhe, Tirana, and Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord in around 2d 2h.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Ioannina National Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Athens International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Ioannina National Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Athens International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Ioannina National Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Athens International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–550
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 49m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Larisa to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Tirana to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +302110120492
- saimiritoursandtravels@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Madrid, Avenida de América
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- en.tourist-service.com
Bus from Athens to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €68
- Website
- https://en.tourist-service.com/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Madrid Mendez Alvaro Estacion Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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