There are 10 ways to get from Wels to Athens by train, plane, bus, or car
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 Vienna International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Athens International Airport (ATH)VIE - ATH
7h 12m€79–224Train, train to Bratislava Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Fly from Bratislava Airport (BTS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)BTS - ATH
8h 39m€71–289Bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Wels to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Athens Karaiskaki Square
23h 50m€112–138Drive 1,833.3 km
- Drive from Wels to Athens1,833.3 km
18h 10m€327–472Train to Salzburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Athens International Airport (ATH)SZG - ATH
8h 58m€111–348Train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Athens International Airport (ATH)MUC - ATH
8h 21m€122–312Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Athens International Airport (ATH)PRG - ATH
10h 57m€106–292Train, bus via Skopje
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to St Pölten HauptbahnhofDrf / ...
- Take the bus from Sankt Pölten to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to AthensIc
24h 8m€131–226Train, bus
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen WienRj / ...
- Take the bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislava901
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Athens
31h 16m€149–192Bus
- Take the bus from Wels to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Athens
32h 33m
Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Wels to Athens is to bus via Thessaloníki which costs €110 - €140 and takes 23h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Wels to Athens is to train and fly which takes 7h 12m and costs €75 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Wels to Athens. However, there are services departing from Wels and arriving at Athens Karaiskaki Square via Kumanovo and Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 50m.
The distance between Wels and Athens is 1541 km. The road distance is 1833.3 km.
The best way to get from Wels to Athens without a car is to bus via Thessaloníki which takes 23h 50m and costs €110 - €140.
It takes approximately 7h 12m to get from Wels to Athens, including transfers.
Wels to Athens bus services, operated by Euro Bus MK, depart from Wels station.
Wels to Athens bus services, operated by Euro Bus MK, arrive at Kumanovo station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Wels. It is currently 6:23 AM in Wels and 7:23 AM in Athens.
Yes, the driving distance between Wels to Athens is 1833 km. It takes approximately 18h 10m to drive from Wels to Athens.
What companies run services between Wels, Austria and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Wels to Athens Karaiskaki Square via Kumanovo and Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station in around 23h 50m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €160–310
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–310
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €160–310
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Athens International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Zakinthos
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €23–100
Train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €35–55
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €19–29
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €35–55
Train from Wels Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–50
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €15–23
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €40–65
Train from Wels Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €25–40
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Wels Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Wels Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–38
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wels Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wels Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wels Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €43–49
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wels Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Wels Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €23–35
- 1st Class
- €45–80
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Wels to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Sankt Pölten to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €14–16
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- ktel2310@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Athens Karaiskaki Square
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €42
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Bratislava to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +389 2 261 1758
- vardartours@t-home.mk
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Wels to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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