There are 10 ways to get from Pau to Athens by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Pau Pyrénées Airport
best- Fly from Pau Pyrénées Airport (PUF) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane PUF - ATH
9h 23m€343–610Fly from Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport
cheapest- Fly from Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport (LDE) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LDE - ATH
11h 55m€90–333Train, bus
- Take the train from Pau to Toulouse Matabiautrain Ter
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Ter
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athensbus
38h 4mDrive 3,041.3 km
- Drive from Pau to Athenscar 3,041.3 km
31h 28m€557–805Bus to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Biarritz - Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BIQ - ATH
9h 26m€106–362Train to San Sebastián Airport, fly
- Take the train from Pau to Hendayetrain
- Fly from San Sebastián Airport (EAS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane EAS - ATH
11h 32m€140–403Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly
- Take the train from Pau to Bordeaux St Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BOD - ATH
9h 25m€114–315Train, bus via Karlsruhe
- Take the train from Pau to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
39h 7mTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from Pau to Toulouse Matabiautrain Ter
- Take the train from Toulouse Matabiau to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Ter
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athensbus
39h 43mBus
- Take the bus from Pau to Toulousebus
- Take the bus from Toulouse to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Athensbus
2d 6h€191–240
Pau Pyrénées Airport (PUF) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pau to Athens is to bus and fly which costs €100 - €370 and takes 9h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Pau to Athens is to fly which takes 9h 23m and costs €340 - €650.
No, there is no direct bus from Pau to Athens. However, there are services departing from Pau and arriving at Athens via Toulouse and Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Pau and Athens is 2179 km. The road distance is 3041.3 km.
The best way to get from Pau to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 38h 4m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 23m to get from Pau to Athens, including transfers.
Pau to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Pau station.
The best way to get from Pau to Athens is to fly which takes 9h 23m and costs €340 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €190 - €240 and takes 2 days 6h.
Pau to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Toulouse station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Pau. It is currently 12:02 AM in Pau and 1:02 AM in Athens.
What companies run services between Pau, France and Athens, Greece?
Air France, Aegean Airlines, and Sky Express fly from Pau Pyrénées Airport (PUF) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Pau to Athens via Toulouse and Sofia in around 2d 6h.
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Pau Pyrénées Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–650
Flights from Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Pau Pyrénées Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–650
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Pau Pyrénées Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–650
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–460
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Athens International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Pau Pyrénées Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–850
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
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 Pau to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Pau to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Pau to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Toulouse Matabiau to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Pau to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Pau to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Biarritz - Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Biarritz - Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Pau to Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0400 153884
- myynti@tilausliikennehimanen.fi
- Website
- tilausliikennehimanen.fi
Bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Biarritz - Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Website
- Tilausliikenne Himanen
Bus from Pau to Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Website
- Tilausliikenne Himanen
- Phone
- +383 44 135 228
- zhitia-turist@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +302110120492
- saimiritoursandtravels@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Toulouse to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- en.tourist-service.com
Bus from Sofia to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €68
- Website
- https://en.tourist-service.com/
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