There are 14 ways to get from Ponferrada to Athens by train, plane, bus, car, towncar, or car train
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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
12h 1m€173–522Train, bus to Asturias Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Ponferrada to Leontrain
- Take the train from Leon to Oviedotrain
- Take the bus from [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo IL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 21470] to [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Llegadas [CTA 03073]bus
- Fly from Asturias Airport (OVD) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane OVD - ATH
12h 48m€113–333Train, 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 43mDrive 3,683.9 km
- Drive from Ponferrada to Athenscar 3,683.9 km
37h 31m€672–970Train 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 15m€131–345Train to A Coruña Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ponferrada to La Coruna-San Cristobaltrain
- Fly from A Coruña Airport (LCG) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LCG - ATH
13h 17m€138–296Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MAD - ATH
10h 55m€130–296Train, towncar to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Ourensetrain
- Take a town car from Ourense to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneirotowncar
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane OPO - ATH
13h 6m€351–477Train, bus to Bilbao Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Miranda De Ebrotrain
- Take the bus from Miranda De Ebro to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BIO - ATH
12h 56m€141–310Train, bus
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Madrid Chamartíntrain Ic
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Castellontrain Ave
- Take the bus from Castellon 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 2hTrain, 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
- Take the bus from Ponferrada to Burgosbus
- Take the bus from Burgos to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Athensbus
2d 16h€201–263Bus via Padova
- Take the bus from Ponferrada to Oviedobus
- Take the bus from Oviedo to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Fierbus
- Take the bus from Fier to Athensbus
2d 19h€207–238Drive, car train
- Drive from Ponferrada to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athenscar
38h 46m€698–998
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 - €300 and takes 13h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Ponferrada to Athens is to train and fly which takes 10h 55m and costs €130 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Ponferrada to Athens. However, there are services departing from Ponferrada and arriving at Athens via Burgos and Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 16h.
The distance between Ponferrada and Athens is 2713 km. The road distance is 3683.9 km.
The best way to get from Ponferrada to Athens without a car is to train and bus via Montpellier which takes 44h 43m and costs .
It takes approximately 12h 1m 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 Burgos station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Ponferrada. It is currently 6:35 AM in Ponferrada and 7:35 AM 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 Burgos and Sofia in around 2d 16h.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from León Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–490
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Athens International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–430
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from León Airport to Athens International Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €240–800
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport via Florence
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from León Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–490
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Athens International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–430
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from León Airport to Athens International Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €240–800
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from León Airport to Athens International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €170–500
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Athens International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- 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
- €60–210
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
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
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ponferrada to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- 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
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ponferrada to Santiago De Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ponferrada to La Coruna-San Cristobal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Oviedo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ponferrada to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ponferrada to Miranda De Ebro
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Ponferrada to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Leon to Oviedo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Castellon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- 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
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo IL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 21470] to [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Llegadas [CTA 03073]
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–7
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Miranda De Ebro to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Castellon to Tarragona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Ponferrada to Burgos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Ponferrada to Oviedo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- 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
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Burgos to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 31m
- 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/
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Oviedo to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Padova to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €91
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Fier to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- info@vmtransfers.com
- Website
- vmtransfers.com
Towncar from Ourense to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €250
- Website
- https://www.vmtransfers.com/en/
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