There are 12 ways to get from Ponferrada 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 León Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Ponferrada to Leontrain
- Fly from León Airport (LEN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LEN - ATH
14h 25m€425–982Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Ponferrada to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MAD - ATH
11h 4m€135–307Train, bus via Montpellier
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Madrid Chamartíntrain Ic
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athensbus
44h 16mDrive 3,683.8 km
- Drive from Ponferrada to Athenscar 3,683.8 km
37h 31m€665–960Train to Santiago De Compostela Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Santiago De Compostelatrain
- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane SCQ - ATH
12h 38m€139–346Train, train to Asturias Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Leontrain
- Take the train from Leon to Avilestrain
- Fly from Asturias Airport (OVD) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane OVD - ATH
13h 23m€138–293Train, bus to Bilbao Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Vitoria/Gasteiztrain
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz - Estación de Autobuses to Aireportua/Aeropuerto Bilbaobus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BIO - ATH
13h 37m€142–329Train, bus
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Tudela De Navarratrain Alv
- Take the bus from Tudela. Estación Bus. c/ Cuesta Estación to Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragozabus
- Take the bus from Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza to Tarragonabus
- Take the bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Larisabus
- Take the train from Larissa to Athenstrain Ic
2d 4hBus
- Take the bus from Ponferrada to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athensbus
2d 8hTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Barcelona-Santstrain Alv
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athensbus
2d 10hBus, train
- Take the bus from Ponferrada to Leonbus
- Take the bus from León to Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stopbus
- Take the train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Perrachetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athensbus
2d 16hDrive, car train
- Drive from Ponferrada to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athenscar
44h 41m€695–1,004
León Airport (LEN) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ponferrada to Athens is to train and fly which costs €130 - €310 and takes 11h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Ponferrada to Athens is to train and fly which takes 11h 4m and costs €130 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Ponferrada to Athens. However, there are services departing from Ponferrada and arriving at Athens via Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord, Terminal D and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 8h.
The distance between Ponferrada and Athens is 2713 km. The road distance is 3683.8 km.
The best way to get from Ponferrada to Athens without a car is to train and bus via Montpellier which takes 44h 16m and costs .
It takes approximately 14h 25m to get from Ponferrada to Athens, including transfers.
Ponferrada to Athens bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Ponferrada station.
Ponferrada to Athens bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Ponferrada. It is currently 3:39 PM in Ponferrada and 4:39 PM in Athens.
Yes, the driving distance between Ponferrada to Athens is 3684 km. It takes approximately 37h 31m to drive from Ponferrada to Athens.
What companies run services between Ponferrada, Spain and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Ponferrada to Athens via Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord, Tirana, Terminal D, Sheshi Shqiponja, and Tirana in around 2d 8h.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from León Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from León Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from León Airport to Athens International Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €280–900
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–460
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from León Airport to Athens International Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €280–900
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–500
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–460
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–500
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Ponferrada to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ponferrada to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ponferrada to Santiago De Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Aviles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ponferrada to Vitoria/Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ponferrada to Tudela De Navarra
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ponferrada to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Perrache
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=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
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 6m
- 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
Bus from Tirana to Larisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- 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
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- autobuseslaunion.com
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz - Estación de Autobuses to Aireportua/Aeropuerto Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
- Phone
- +34 945285000
- Website
- arriagabus.com
Bus from Tudela. Estación Bus. c/ Cuesta Estación to Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://arriagabus.com/
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Ponferrada to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Ponferrada to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- pati.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Tarragona - Bus Station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- 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
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from León to Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- 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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