There are 10 ways to get from Istria to Athens by bus, plane, car ferry, car, shuttle, or train
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Bus to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Airportbus
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane TRS - ATH
8h 53m€105–491Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Novigrad to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane VCE - ATH
8h 22m€68–624Bus
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Beogradbus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athensbus
26h 45m€111–160Car ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Pula to Port of Venicecarferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
- Take the bus from Patras to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
44h 3m€232–319Drive 1,570.2 km
- Drive from Pula to Athenscar 1,570.2 km
20h 51m€280–405Bus, shuttle to Ljubljana, fly
- Take the bus from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centralebus
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LJU - ATH
7h 31m€177–668Bus, bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Labin, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijekabus
- Take the bus from Ban J. Jelačić Square to Zagreb Airportbus
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane ZAG - ATH
8h 34m€109–269Bus, train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centralebus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BLQ - ATH
9h 46m€151–438Bus, train
- Take the bus from Pula to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
27h 13m€128–141Bus via Skopje
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens Karaiskaki Squarebus
29h 5m€113–150
Istria to Athens by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istria to Athens is to bus which costs €110 - €160 and takes 26h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Istria to Athens is to bus and shuttle and fly which takes 7h 31m and costs €170 - €700.
No, there is no direct bus from Istria to Athens. However, there are services departing from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor and arriving at Athens via Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 45m.
The distance between Istria and Athens is 1397 km. The road distance is 1570.2 km.
The best way to get from Istria to Athens without a car is to bus which takes 26h 45m and costs €110 - €160.
It takes approximately 8h 53m to get from Istria to Athens, including transfers.
Istria to Athens bus services, operated by Fils, depart from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor station.
Istria to Athens bus services, operated by Fils, arrive at Beograd station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Istria. It is currently 11:21 AM in Istria and 12:21 PM in Athens.
Yes, the driving distance between Istria to Athens is 1570 km. It takes approximately 20h 51m to drive from Istria to Athens.
What companies run services between Istria, Croatia and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Athens via Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 26h 45m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Athens International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €22–190
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport via Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €22–120
Flights from Ljubljana to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Ljubljana to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Athens International Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Athens International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €22–190
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Athens International Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Athens International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €27–150
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €36–290
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €36
- Private
- €122
Shuttle from Novigrad to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €33–440
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €33
- Private
- €182
Bus from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €100
- Private
- €148
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–250
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31
- Private
- €138
- Phone
- + 385 (0)52 383 000
- fils@fils.hr
- Website
- fils.hr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Beograd
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Schedules at
- fils.hr
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +30 2616 001 600
- info@ktelachaias.gr
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Patras to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Labin, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €13–15
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
- Phone
- +385 01/6331-933
- plesoprijevoz@plesoprijevoz.hr
- Website
- plesoprijevoz.hr
Bus from Ban J. Jelačić Square to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +389 22400033
- info@dominoline.com.mk
- Website
- dominoline.com.mk
Bus from Pula to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €71
- Schedules at
- dominoline.com.mk
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- +386 41520943
- info@hisarturizam.com
- Website
- hisarturizam.com
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70
- Schedules at
- hisarturizam.com
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- info@ktelthes.gr
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens Karaiskaki Square
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–45
- Website
- https://ktelthes.gr/en/
- Phone
- +385 52 451 200
- db.ferry@kompas-travel.com
- Website
- adriatic-lines.com
Car ferry from Port of Pula to Port of Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €79
- Website
- https://adriatic-lines.com/
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
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