There are 10 ways to get from Paris to Athens by plane, bus, train, night train or car
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Fly from Paris Charles de Gaulle • 6h 41m
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Bus • 40h 30m
Night train, bus • 44h 38m
Bus via Sofia • 2 days 0h
Drive • 26h 46m
Paris to Athens by train and bus
2
Weekly Services
34h 10m
Average Duration
€193
Cheapest Price
Questions & Answers
What is the cheapest way to get from Paris to Athens?
The cheapest way to get from Paris to Athens is to bus which costs €120 - €200 and takes 40h 30m.
What is the fastest way to get from Paris to Athens?
The quickest way to get from Paris to Athens is to fly which costs €80 - €340 and takes 6h 41m.
Is there a direct bus between Paris and Athens?
No, there is no direct bus from Paris to Athens. However, there are services departing from Paris and arriving at Athens via Belgrade. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 30m.
How far is it from Paris to Athens?
It is 2096 km from Paris to Athens. It is approximately 2869.9 km to drive.
How do I travel from Paris to Athens without a car?
The best way to get from Paris to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 34h 10m and costs €190 - €390.
How long does it take to get from Paris to Athens?
It takes approximately 6h 41m to get from Paris to Athens, including transfers.
Where do I catch the Paris to Athens bus from?
Paris to Athens bus services, operated by Lasta, depart from Paris station.
Bus or fly from Paris to Athens?
The best way to get from Paris to Athens is to fly which takes 6h 41m and costs €80 - €340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €120 - €200 and takes 40h 30m.
How long is the flight from Paris to Athens?
The quickest flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Athens Airport is the direct flight which takes 3h 5m.
Where does the Paris to Athens bus arrive?
Paris to Athens bus services, operated by FP Travel, arrive at Athens station.
Launch map view
- Distance: 2095.9 km
- Duration: 6h 41m
What companies run services between Paris, France and Athens, Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Sky Express and 13 other airlines fly from Magenta to Athens hourly. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Paris Gallieni to Athens via Belgrade in around 40h 30m.
Airlines
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65 - €550
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65 - €550
Flights from Beauvais to Athens via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120 - €650
Flights from Beauvais to Athens via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120 - €650
Flights from Beauvais to Athens via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140 - €450
Flights from Beauvais to Athens via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140 - €440
Flights from Beauvais to Athens via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70 - €390
Flights from Brussels to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140 - €650
Flights from Brussels to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200 - €700
Flights from Brussels to Athens via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200 - €700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200 - €700
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200 - €700
Flights from Brussels to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200 - €700
Flights from Brussels to Athens via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200 - €700
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Paris Orly to Athens via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210 - €950
Flights from Paris Orly to Athens via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310 - €1200
Flights from Beauvais to Athens via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160 - €600
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Paris Orly to Athens via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210 - €950
Flights from Paris Orly to Athens via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310 - €1200
Flights from Beauvais to Athens via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160 - €600
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65 - €550
Flights from Beauvais to Athens via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150 - €600
Flights from Brussels to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120 - €850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80 - €450
Flights from Paris Orly to Athens via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €650
Flights from Beauvais to Athens via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220 - €750
Flights from Brussels to Athens via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €210 - €700
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Paris Orly to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90 - €440
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140 - €650
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80 - €600
Flights from Brussels to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €550
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €270 - €750
Flights from Beauvais to Athens via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70 - €390
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140 - €650
Flights from Brussels to Athens via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170 - €700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beauvais to Athens via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120 - €650
Flights from Beauvais to Athens via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120 - €650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels to Athens via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190 - €900
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230 - €850
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels to Athens via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €200 - €750
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels to Athens via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €480
Train operators
- Phone
- +32 70 66 77 88
- Website
- thalys.com
Train from Paris Nord to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70 - €150
- Website
- https://www.thalys.com/fr/en
- Standard
- €70 - €110
- Comfort
- €85 - €120
- Premium
- €110 - €150
Rome2Rio's guide to SNCF
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf.com
Train from Paris Nord to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35 - €65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en/
- 2nd Class
- €35 - €55
- Rail 1st Class
- €50 - €65
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
Train from Paris l'Est to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120 - €200
- Website
- https://www.sncf.com/en
- 2nd Class
- €120 - €160
- 1st Class
- €150 - €200
Train from Paris l'Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130 - €210
- Website
- https://www.sncf.com/en
- 2nd Class
- €130 - €170
- 1st Class
- €160 - €210
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Paris Est to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85 - €120
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Paris Est to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90 - €130
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30 - €45
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
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- Phone
- 030 200730
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27 - €40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14 - €35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Advantage Ticket
- €14 - €21
- Standart Ticket
- €24 - €35
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- kontakt@bayerischeoberlandbahn.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €34 - €37
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21 - €200
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €140 - €200
- Couchette Carriage
- €70 - €100
- Seating Carriage
- €21 - €30
Night train from Paris l'Est to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100 - €230
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €160 - €230
- Couchette Carriage
- €120 - €180
- Seating Carriage
- €100 - €160
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- Phone
- +41 848 44 66 88
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170 - €300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en/home.html
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65 - €100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Business class
The Man in Seat 61
Restaurant & bar counter
The Man in Seat 61
Ticket machine
Welcome Pickups
A railjet at Vienna Hbf
The Man in Seat 61
2nd class carriage
The Man in Seat 61
First class seats
The Man in Seat 61
OBB Railjet
Wikipedia
Railjet 2nd class
Wikipedia
Business class in ÖBB
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First class in ÖBB
Wiki
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65 - €90
- Website
- http://fahrplan.oebb.at/bin/query.exe/en?revia=yes&existOptimizePrice=1&country=overseas&initialAvail=ON&S={fromName}&Z={toName}&start=1
Bus operators
- Phone
- +33 892 68 20 66
- Website
- aeroportparisbeauvais.com
Bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16 - €17
- Website
- https://www.aeroportparisbeauvais.com/en/shuttle/
- Phone
- +381 11 7620255
- office@fudeks.rs
- Website
- fudeks.rs
Bus from Augsburg to Beograd
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40 - €95
- Schedules at
- en.fudeks.rs
- Book at
- fudeks.rs
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Belgrade to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65 - €95
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Budapest to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80 - €110
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- 0800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Paris to Belgrade
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Vienna Main train station to Bratislava Most SNP Novy Most
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4 - €6
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Vienna Central Station to Bratislava,,Most SNP
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €9 - €13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Book at
- https://shop.global.flixbus.com/
Frequently asked questions
Is there Wi-Fi on FlixBus?
Yes - FlixBus offers free Wi-Fi
Are there power outlets on FlixBus?
Yes
Does FlixBus offer meals or snacks?
Yes - snacks and drinks may be purchased from the driver. Please note, this is not available on all services.
- Phone
- +421 2 55422734
- info@slovaklines.sk
- Website
- slovaklines.sk
Bus from Vienna Main train station to Bratislava Most SNP
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4 - €8
- Website
- Slovak Lines
- Phone
- 210.92.33.33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Bratislava to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- + 359/38/66 34 04
- georg_ltd@abv.bg
- Website
- georg-bg.com
Bus from Paris to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110 - €140
- Schedules at
- georg-bg.com
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- tourist-service.com
Bus from Sofia to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €67
- Website
- https://www.tourist-service.com/
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Read the travel guideMore Questions & Answers
What is the time difference between Paris and Athens?
Athens is 1h ahead of Paris. It is currently 10:06 AM in Paris and 11:06 AM in Athens.
Can I drive from Paris to Athens?
Yes, the driving distance between Paris to Athens is 2870 km. It takes approximately 26h 46m to drive from Paris to Athens.
Which airlines fly from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Athens Airport?
Sky Express, easyJet, Bulgaria Air and six other airlines offer flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Athens Airport.
Where can I stay near Athens?
There are 3485+ hotels available in Athens. Prices start at €45 per night.
How do I get to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) Airport from Paris?
The best way to get from Paris to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport is to train which takes 34 min and costs €12.