There are 13 ways to get from Lens to Athens by train, plane, 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.
Train to Brussels Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BRU - ATH
8h 25m€115–277Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane CRL - ATH
9h 26m€101–322Train, bus
- Take the train from Arras to Paris Nordtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
34h 2mDrive 2,800.2 km
- Drive from Lens to Athenscar 2,800.2 km
28h 8m€509–735Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane CDG - ATH
8h 11m€110–276Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly
- Take the train from Arras to Paris Nordtrain
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane ORY - ATH
8h 46m€122–323Fly from Lille-Lesquin Airport
- Fly from Lille-Lesquin Airport (LIL) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LIL - ATH
7h 50m€117–294Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane AMS - ATH
10h 17m€137–350Train, bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the train from Arras to Paris Nordtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from München Hbf to Pejebus
- Take the bus from Peje to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
38h 9mBus via Tirana
- Take the bus from Lille to Brussels-North train stationbus 328 / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athensbus
39h 7m€179–188Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Anvers-Centraltrain Ter
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Praha-Holesovicetrain
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
2d€216–366Bus
- Take the bus from Lille to Brussels-North train stationbus 328 / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athensbus
2d 6hDrive, car train
- Drive from Lens to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athenscar
26h 27m€451–1,524
Lens to Athens by train, subway, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lens to Athens is to train and fly which costs €110 - €280 and takes 8h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Lens to Athens is to fly which takes 7h 50m and costs €110 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Lens to Athens. However, there are services departing from Lens and arriving at Athens via Lille, Brussels-Nord, Mbikalimi Kamez and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 7m.
The distance between Lens and Athens is 2294 km. The road distance is 2800.2 km.
The best way to get from Lens to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 34h 2m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 25m to get from Lens to Athens, including transfers.
Lens to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lille station.
The best way to get from Lens to Athens is to fly which takes 7h 50m and costs €110 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus via Tirana, which costs €175 - €190 and takes 39h 7m.
Lens to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Lens. It is currently 3:28 PM in Lens and 4:28 PM in Athens.
What companies run services between Lens, Hauts-de-France, France and Athens, Greece?
Volotea flies from Lille-Lesquin Airport (LIL) to Athens International Airport (ATH) twice a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lens to Athens via Lille, Brussels-North train station, Brussels-Nord, Tirana, Mbikalimi Kamez, Doganes, and Tirana in around 39h 7m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Lille-Lesquin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–320
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Lille-Lesquin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Lille-Lesquin Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Athens International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–460
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–460
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–370
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Arras to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Arras to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lille Flandres to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–50
- 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 Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Lille Flandres to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/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
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Praha-Holesovice
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- 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
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.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
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from München Hbf to Peje
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +49 179 8464672
- fadilitours@outlook.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from München Hbf to Peje
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 49 324 464
- fershped@msn.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from München Hbf to Peje
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 45 984 518
- kujtimibus@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from München Hbf to Peje
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/kujtimibus/
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Peje to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lille to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lille to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- + 21 0524 9268
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 39h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
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