There are 12 ways to get from Varenna to Athens by train, plane, ferry, bus, car, car ferry, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Varenna Esino to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MXP - ATH
7h 38m€47–172Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Varenna to Menaggioferry
- Take the bus from Menaggio Piazza Roma to Como San Giovanni Stazione FSbus C10
- Take the bus from Chiasso to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens Karaiskaki Squarebus
29h 27mTrain, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Varenna Esino to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centraletrain
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Patrasferry Asf
- Take the bus from Patra to Kiatobus C3e / ...
- Take the train from Kiato to Athenstrain Re
32h 45m€191–321Drive 2,075.8 km
- Drive from Varenna to Athenscar 2,075.8 km
21h 13m€369–533Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly
- Take the train from Varenna Esino to Monzatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LIN - ATH
8h 59m€101–239Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Varenna Esino 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
7h 29m€64–223Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Varenna Esino to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BLQ - ATH
8h 2m€100–261Train, train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
- Take the train from Varenna Esino to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane VCE - ATH
9h 17m€85–291Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Varenna Esino to Monzatrain
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane ZRH - ATH
10h 34m€145–279Train, bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the train from Varenna Esino to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Gevgelijatrain 631 / ...
- Take the bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
30h 17mTrain, car ferry, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Varenna Esino to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centraletrain Fr
- Take the car ferry from Port of Bari to Samicarferry
- Take the busferry from Sami to Athens - KTEL Liosion Streetbusferry
37h 17m€197–361Train, bus
- Take the train from Varenna Esino to Monzatrain R13
- Take the bus from Monza Stazione FS to Fierbus
- Take the bus from Fier to Athensbus
39h 5m€125–126
Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Varenna to Athens is to train and fly which costs €45 - €180 and takes 7h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Varenna to Athens is to train and bus and fly which takes 7h 29m and costs €60 - €230.
The distance between Varenna and Athens is 1673 km. The road distance is 2075.8 km.
The best way to get from Varenna to Athens without a car is to ferry and bus which takes 29h 27m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 38m to get from Varenna to Athens, including transfers.
Athens is 1h ahead of Varenna. It is currently 2:16 PM in Varenna and 3:16 PM in Athens.
Yes, the driving distance between Varenna to Athens is 2076 km. It takes approximately 21h 13m to drive from Varenna to Athens.
There are 12346+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Varenna, Italy and Athens, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Varenna to Athens. However, you can take the train to Milano Centrale, take the train to Malpensa Aeroporto T1, walk to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) airport, fly to Athens International Airport (ATH), walk to Στ.Αεροδρομιου, then take the subway to Στ.Μοναστηρακι. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Varenna to Athens Karaiskaki Square via Menaggio, Menaggio Piazza Roma, Como San Giovanni Stazione FS, Como S. Giovanni, Chiasso, Chiasso, Pristina, Thessaloníki, and Thessaloniki Monastiriou in around 29h 27m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Athens International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–160
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Athens International Airport via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–160
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Athens International Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Athens International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €28–140
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Athens International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–160
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Athens International Airport via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–160
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–160
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €23–100
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–130
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Varenna Esino to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Varenna Esino to Monza
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–160
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €120–150
- Smart Flex
- €130–160
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €40–50
- Smart Flex
- €40–55
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €40–60
- Smart Flex
- €45–60
- 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 Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +039 031 247111
- info@asfautolinee.it
- Website
- asfautolinee.it
Bus from Menaggio Piazza Roma to Como San Giovanni Stazione FS
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–24
- Website
- https://www.asfautolinee.it/?lang=en
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Chiasso to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- ktel2310@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens Karaiskaki Square
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–45
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.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
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- 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
- €4–17
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- €13–17
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- +30 26710 22281
- info@ktelkefalonias.gr
- Website
- ktelkefalonias.gr
Busferry from Sami to Athens - KTEL Liosion Street
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–29
- Website
- https://ktelkefalonias.gr/en
- Phone
- +355 692323966
Bus from Monza Stazione FS to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80
- Schedules at
- web.facebook.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
- +39 0322 233 200
- infomaggiore@navigazionelaghi.it
- Website
- navigazionelaghi.it
Ferry from Varenna to Menaggio
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- https://www.navigazionelaghi.it/en/
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
- €50–70
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €80–100
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €80–100
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €100–130
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- booking@ventourisferries.com
- Website
- ventourisferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Sami
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €84
- Website
- https://ventourisferries.com/en/
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