There are 8 ways to get from Venice to Athens by plane, train, bus, bus and ferry, car ferry, car, night train or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly from Venice • 5 h 35 min
$77 - $323
Cheapest option
Train to Bologna, fly • 7 h 45 min
$73 - $310
6 alternative options
Bus, bus and ferry • 21 h 12 min
$165 - $242
Train, bus and ferry • 22 h 39 min
$162 - $257
Car ferry, drive • 33 h 12 min
$128 - $365
Train, night train • 37 h 59 min
$112 - $243
Line 16 ferry, car ferry, bus • 39 h 14 min
$119 - $199
Drive • 18 h 34 min
$280 - $410
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Venice to Athens is to fly which costs 65€ - 290€ and takes 5 h 35 min.
The quickest way to get from Venice to Athens is to fly which costs 65€ - 290€ and takes 5 h 35 min.
No, there is no direct bus from Venice to Athens. However, there are services departing from Venice, Venice and arriving at Athens via Autostazione, Bologna and Ioannina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21 h 12 min.
No, there is no direct train from Venice to Athens. However, there are services departing from Venezia S.Lucia and arriving at Athens via Venezia Mestre, Villach Hbf, Beograd and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37 h 59 min.
The distance between Venice and Athens is 1255 km. The road distance is 1870.6 km.
The best way to get from Venice to Athens without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 21 h 12 min and costs 140€ - 210€.
It takes approximately 5 h 35 min to get from Venice to Athens, including transfers.
Venice to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Venice, Venice station.
Venice to Athens train services, operated by Trenitalia, depart from Venezia Mestre station.
The quickest flight from Venice Airport to Athens Airport is the direct flight which takes 2 h 10 min.
- Distance: 784.4 miles
- Duration: 5 h 35 min
What companies run services between Venice, Italy and Athens, Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Volotea and seven other airlines fly from Venice to Athens every 2 hours.
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from Venice to Athens via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75 - $550
Flights from Venice to Athens via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 15 min
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100 - $4,000
Flights from Bologna to Athens via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 52 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85 - $440
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Venice to Athens via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75 - $550
Flights from Venice to Athens via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 15 min
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100 - $4,000
Flights from Bologna to Athens via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85 - $440
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice to Athens via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 47 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250 - $1,200
Flights from Bologna to Athens via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Venice to Athens via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230 - $900
Flights from Bologna to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 37 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $950
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 10 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40 - $460
Flights from Bologna to Athens via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 10 min
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $40 - $460
Flights from Bologna to Athens via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 55 min
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $40 - $460
- Website
- aegeanair.com
Flights from Venice to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 10 min
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70 - $650
Flights from Bologna to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75 - $420
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Venice to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 15 min
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70 - $800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice to Athens via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 20 min
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180 - $850
- Website
- p.turkishairlines.com
Flights from Venice to Athens via Istanbul Ataturk
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 20 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $550
The primary train operator in Italy, Trenitalia was created in the year 2000. Trenitalia offers national rail connections in Italy as well as international connections to Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland. The company operates regional and long-distance trains, as well as high-speed trains called Frecce that travel on specialised tracks on speeds of up to 360km/h. Trenitalia tickets are available online, in stations across the country or from many travel agents that offer bookings.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S.Lucia to Bologna C.Le
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 1 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12 - $26
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
- 1st Class
- $21 - $26
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 4 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20 - $40
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 060708
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Santa Lucia Station to Bologna Centrale Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21 - $30
- Website
- italotreno.it
- Website
- trainose.gr
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19 - $25
- Website
- trainose.gr
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
- Second Class
- $19 - $25
- First Class
- $23 - $35
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $27 - $40
- Website
- trainose.gr
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
- Second Class
- $27 - $40
- First Class
- $35 - $50
The primary train operator in Italy, Trenitalia was created in the year 2000. Trenitalia offers national rail connections in Italy as well as international connections to Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland. The company operates regional and long-distance trains, as well as high-speed trains called Frecce that travel on specialised tracks on speeds of up to 360km/h. Trenitalia tickets are available online, in stations across the country or from many travel agents that offer bookings.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 4 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40 - $60
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
The national railway system of Austria, the OBB carried 209 million passengers on local and regional trains, and 35 million on long-distance trains in 2016 alone. The OBB’s 4865 km network covers 570 trains simultaneously at peak times, with one train leaving every 12 seconds, making it a supremely efficient way to travel around the country and surrounding region. The company’s extensive network connects cities in Austria, and adjacent European countries including Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Slovenia.
Contact Details
- Website
- oebb.at
Night train from Villach Hbf to Beograd
- Ave. Duration
- 11 h 6 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35 - $55
- Website
- fahrplan.oebb.at
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
- Phone
- +381 11 360-28-99
- infozeleznicesrb@gmail.com
- Website
- serbianrailways.com
Train from Beograd to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 14 h 17 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29 - $70
- Schedules at
- bahn.de
One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves over 1400 destinations, in 26 countries including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, and across Scandinavia and central and eastern Europe. Founded in 2012, Flixbus’ extensive network connects cities with approximately 200,000 trips, with buses often departing every 30 minutes. One of the most affordable ways to get around Europe (and expanding soon into the US), a Flixbus journey is cost-effective, well-connected, comfortable and safe.
Rome2rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 1807 123 99 123
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Venice, Venice to Bologna, Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8 - $15
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus and ferry from Bologna to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 12 h 13 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110 - $170
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus and ferry from Bologna to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 14 h 4 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130 - $200
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- 26510 25014
- Website
- ktelioannina.gr
Bus from Ioannina to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45 - $55
- Schedules at
- ktelioannina.gr
- Phone
- 2665 0 22309
- info@ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens - KTEL Kifisou
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 30 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $70
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Venezia to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 31 h 1 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95 - $320
- Schedules at
- superfast.com
- Deck
- $97 - $99
- Aircraft-type seats
- $118 - $120
- 2 bed inside cabin
- $312 - $313
- 3 bed outside cabin
- $270 - $320
- Phone
- + 39 041 27 22 111
- protocollo@pec.actv.it
- Website
- actv.avmspa.it
Ferry from Zattere Gesuati to Fusina
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9
- Schedules at
- actv.avmspa.it
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Venice to Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 30 h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60 - $120
- Schedules at
- grimaldi-lines.com
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Venice to Athens bus services, operated by KTEL Ioanninon, arrive at Athens station.
Athens is 1 h ahead of Venice. It is currently 2:53 AM in Venice and 3:53 AM in Athens.
Venice to Athens train services, operated by Greek Railways (OSE), arrive at Athens station.
Yes, the driving distance between Venice to Athens is 1871 km. It takes approximately 18 h 34 min to drive from Venice to Athens.
Volotea, Aegean Airlines, Air Serbia and five other airlines offer flights from Venice Airport to Athens Airport.
There are 3833+ hotels available in Athens. Prices start at $51 USD per night.
The best way to get from Venice to Venice Airport is to bus which takes 23 min and costs 1€ - 3€.