There are 12 ways to get from Italy to Greece by plane, car, car ferry, train, ferry, bus, or busferry
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Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
best- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane FCO - SKG
5h 15m€60–190Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Milano Cadorna to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MXP - ATH
5h 59m€42–174Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Rome to Port Of Baricar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Bari to Port of Igoumenitsacarferry
- Drive from Port of Igoumenitsa to Athenscar
22h 18m€199–298Train, ferry, bus via Igoumenitsa
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bari Centraletrain Fr / ...
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Igoumenitsaferry Asf
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
23h 29m€102–304Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Brindisitrain Fr / ...
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Kalampákabus
- Take the bus from Kalambaka to Paleofarsalosbus
- Take the train from Paleofarsalos to Athenstrain Ic
23h 44mFly Fiumicino International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane FCO - ATH
5h 23m€57–167Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BLQ - ATH
5h 8m€61–200Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane FCO - RHO
5h 30m€79–261Fly Naples Airport to Athens International Airport
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane NAP - ATH
4h 44m€49–174Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Vlorëbusferry
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Athensbus
26h 16mTrain, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bari Centraletrain
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Patrasferry Asf
- Take the bus from Patra to Kiatobus C3e / ...
- Take the train from Kiato to Athenstrain Re
27h 21m€95–226Bus and ferry, bus via Elbasan
- Take the busferry from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Elbasanbusferry
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Athensbus
34h 31m
Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Italy to Greece is to train and fly which costs €40 - €180 and takes 5h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Italy to Greece is to fly which takes 4h 44m and costs €45 - €180.
No, there is no direct bus from Italy to Greece. However, there are services departing from Termini and arriving at Athens via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina and Vlorë. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 16m.
The distance between Italy and Greece is 957 km.
The best way to get from Italy to Greece without a car is to train and ferry and bus via Igoumenitsa which takes 23h 29m and costs €100 - €310.
It takes approximately 5h 15m to get from Italy to Greece, including transfers.
Italy to Greece bus services, operated by Ruci Tours, depart from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
Italy to Greece bus services, operated by Ruci Tours, arrive at Vlorë station.
Greece is 1h ahead of Italy. It is currently 11:30 AM in Italy and 12:30 PM in Greece.
There are 12282+ hotels available in Greece.
What companies run services between Italy and Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Ryanair, and Sky Express fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) 3 times a day.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–120
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
Flights from Naples Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–600
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–120
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Naples Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €28–110
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €25–110
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Paleofarsalos to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Kiato to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Cadorna to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–75
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +30 2665 0 22309
- info@ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Book at
- ktelbus.gr
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Kalampáka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Bus from Kalambaka to Paleofarsalos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €3–7
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Bus from Patra to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 210 8215414
- info@rucitours.com
- Website
- rucitours.com
Busferry from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- rucitours.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Vlorë to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Elbasan to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- booking@ventourisferries.com
- Website
- ventourisferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- https://ventourisferries.com/en/
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €35–55
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €70–85
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €60–80
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €85–110
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €50–70
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €80–100
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €80–100
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €100–130
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