There are 12 ways to get from Rotterdam to Athens by plane, bus, train, car, or car train
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Fly from Rotterdam The Hague Airport
best- Fly from Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane RTM - ATH
4h 15m€219–580Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane EIN - ATH
7h 40m€103–298Bus
- Take the bus from Rotterdam to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athensbus
36h 51mTrain, bus via Bratislava
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Praha hl.n.train
- Take the train from Praha hl.n. to Bratislava hl.st.train
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
42h 54m€303–456Drive 2,773.8 km
- Drive from Rotterdam to Athenscar 2,773.8 km
26h 41m€509–736Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane AMS - ATH
6h 36m€115–272Train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BRU - ATH
7h 44m€109–253Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane CRL - ATH
8h 26m€129–284Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane DUS - ATH
9h 36m€115–300Bus via Athens
- Take the bus from Rotterdam to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athensbus
2d 1h€208–380Train, Bus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Blaak to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissabus
- Take the train from Larissa to Athenstrain Ic
2d 5h€307–499Drive, car train
- Drive from Rotterdam to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athenscar
30h 36m€496–701
Rotterdam to Athens by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rotterdam to Athens is to train and fly which costs €100 - €260 and takes 7h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Rotterdam to Athens is to fly which takes 4h 15m and costs €210 - €600.
No, there is no direct bus from Rotterdam to Athens. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam and arriving at Athens via Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 51m.
The distance between Rotterdam and Athens is 2207 km. The road distance is 2773.8 km.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Athens without a car is to bus which takes 36h 51m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 15m to get from Rotterdam to Athens, including transfers.
Rotterdam to Athens bus services, operated by Garo Reisen, depart from Rotterdam station.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Athens is to fly which takes 4h 15m and costs €210 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 36h 51m.
Rotterdam to Athens bus services, operated by Garo Reisen, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Rotterdam. It is currently 8:48 PM in Rotterdam and 9:48 PM in Athens.
What companies run services between Rotterdam, Netherlands and Athens, Greece?
Aegean Airlines flies from Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) to Athens International Airport (ATH) twice a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rotterdam to Athens via Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 36h 51m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Athens International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–490
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Praha hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–270
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Praha hl.n. to Bratislava hl.st.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Praha hl.n. to Bratislava hl.st.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Praha hl.n. to Bratislava hl.st.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Blaak to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- 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
- +381 20 333 733
- garoreisen@gmail.com
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Rotterdam to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Bratislava to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 59m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €105
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Rotterdam to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Phone
- +381 011 7614787
- fptravelpatrikalos@gmail.com
- Website
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €108
- Schedules at
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €230–340
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
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