There are 10 ways to get from Sion to Athens by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
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 Geneva International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Sion to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane GVA - ATH
8h 4m€122–374Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Sion to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MXP - ATH
8h 40m€90–291Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Sion to Domodossolatrain Ec
- Take the train from Domodossola to Milano Centraletrain Re4
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centraletrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Igoumenitsaferry Asf
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
31h 13m€232–546Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Sion to Visptrain R91
- Take the train from Visp to Berntrain Ic8 / ...
- Take the bus from Bern to Strumicabus
- Drive from Strumica to Kastanoussacar
- Take the train from Kastanoussa to Thessalonikitrain Re
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
35h 32mTrain, ferry, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Sion to Domodossolatrain Ec
- Take the train from Domodossola to Milano Centraletrain Re4
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia S. Luciatrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Ferrovia "D" to S. Martaferry 4.2
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
- Take the bus from Patras to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
2d 1h€259–495Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Sion to Visptrain
- Take the train from Visp to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane ZRH - ATH
9h 10m€186–513Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Sion to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BGY - ATH
10h 9m€104–299Train, bus
- Take the train from Sion to Visptrain R91
- Take the train from Visp to Berntrain Ic8 / ...
- Take the bus from Bern, Hauptbahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athensbus
46h 12mBus
- Take the bus from Sion, poste/gare to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athensbus
46h 36m€192–222Drive 2,297.6 km
- Drive from Sion to Athenscar 2,297.6 km
23h 21m€414–597
Sion to Athens by train, bus, ferry, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sion to Athens is to train and fly which costs €90 - €300 and takes 8h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Sion to Athens is to train and fly which takes 8h 4m and costs €120 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Sion to Athens. However, there are services departing from Sion, poste/gare and arriving at Athens via Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 36m.
The distance between Sion and Athens is 1923 km. The road distance is 2297.6 km.
The best way to get from Sion to Athens without a car is to train and ferry and bus which takes 31h 13m and costs €230 - €550.
It takes approximately 8h 4m to get from Sion to Athens, including transfers.
Sion to Athens bus services, operated by Dacić Tours, depart from Sion, poste/gare station.
Sion to Athens bus services, operated by Dacić Tours, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Sion. It is currently 9:41 AM in Sion and 10:41 AM in Athens.
Yes, the driving distance between Sion to Athens is 2298 km. It takes approximately 23h 21m to drive from Sion to Athens.
What companies run services between Sion, Switzerland and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Sion, poste/gare to Athens via Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 46h 36m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Sion to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Sion to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Sion to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–300
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 27 720 47 47
- info@regionalps.ch
- Website
- regionalps.ch
Train from Sion to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–34
- Schedules at
- regionalps.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €17–20
- 1st Class Ticket
- €30–34
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Kastanoussa to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €60–80
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +30 2665 0 22309
- info@ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Phone
- +389 71 557 111
- niko_ekspres@hotmail.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Bern to Strumica
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2616 001 600
- info@ktelachaias.gr
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Patras to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–25
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bern, Hauptbahnhof to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.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
- Phone
- +381 020 313101
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Sion, poste/gare to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €132
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
- Phone
- (+39) 041 041
- direzione@actv.it
- Website
- actv.avmspa.it
Ferry from Ferrovia "D" to S. Marta
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://actv.avmspa.it/en
- 75 min. Ticket
- €10
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