There are 11 ways to get from Rome to Greece by plane, train, bus, ferry, or car
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Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
best- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)FCO - SKG
5h 15m€61–207Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Athens International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)FCO - ATH
5h 23m€53–184Train, Bus
- Take the train from Roma Termini to BrindisiFr / ...
- Take the bus from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorë
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Athens
22h 8mTrain, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bari Centrale
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to PatrasAsf
- Take the bus from Patra to KiatoC3e / ...
- Take the train from Kiato to AthensRe
26h 50m€95–231Drive, ferry
- Drive from Rome to Porto Di Brindisi
- Take the ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Drive from Port Of Igoumenitsa to Athens
18h 41m€198–289Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)FCO - HER
5h 4m€80–247Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)FCO - RHO
5h 30m€85–278Fly Roma Ciampino Airport to Athens International Airport
- Fly from Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)CIA - ATH
7h 49m€93–290Train, Bus via Kalampáka
- Take the train from Roma Termini to BrindisiFr / ...
- Take the bus from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorë
- Take the bus from Vlore , station to Kalampáka
- Take the bus from Kalambaka to Paleofarsalos
- Take the train from Paleofarsalos to AthensIc
23h 46mBus via Vlorë
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Vlorë
- Take the bus from Vlorë to Athens
25h 2mBus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Elbasan
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Athens
33h 24m
Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rome to Greece is to fly which costs €50 - €190 and takes 5h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Rome to Greece is to fly which takes 5h 4m and costs €80 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Rome to Greece. However, there are services departing from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina and arriving at Athens via Vlorë. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 2m.
The distance between Rome and Greece is 957 km.
The best way to get from Rome to Greece without a car is to train and Bus which takes 22h 8m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 15m to get from Rome to Greece, including transfers.
Rome to Greece bus services, operated by Ruci Tours, depart from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
The best way to get from Rome to Greece is to fly which takes 5h 15m and costs €60 - €210. Alternatively, you can Bus via Vlorë, which costs and takes 25h 2m.
Rome to Greece bus services, operated by Ruci Tours, arrive at Vlorë station.
Greece is 1h ahead of Rome. It is currently 11:44 PM in Rome and 12:44 AM in Greece.
What companies run services between Rome, Italy and Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Ryanair, and Sky Express fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Athens via Vlorë and Vlorë in around 25h 2m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–120
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Athens International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Athens International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Athens International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–150
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Athens International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–650
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–120
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Athens International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Athens International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–120
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–490
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–490
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–80
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Kiato to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Paleofarsalos to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Vlorë to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Bus from Patra to Kiato
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Bus from Kalambaka to Paleofarsalos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €3–7
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Vlore , station to Kalampáka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 8215414
- info@rucitours.com
- Website
- rucitours.com
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- rucitours.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Elbasan to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €50–75
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €80–100
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €80–100
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €100–130
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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