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 Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane VIE - ATH
7h 7m€86–257Train, train to Bratislava Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain
- Fly from Bratislava Airport (BTS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BTS - ATH
8h 52m€78–320Bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Wels to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Athens Karaiskaki Squarebus
23h 50m€88–149Drive 1,833.3 km
- Drive from Wels to Athenscar 1,833.3 km
18h 16m€334–482Train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MUC - ATH
8h 26m€134–349Fly from Linz Airport
- Fly from Linz Airport (LNZ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LNZ - ATH
8h 32m€125–487Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane PRG - ATH
11h€118–329Train, bus via Skopje
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf / ...
- Take the bus from Sankt Pölten to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
24h 8m€123–209Train, bus
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain Ic
- Take the bus from Vienna International Airport to Bratislavabus 901
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Athensbus
31h 15m€151–185Bus
- Take the bus from Wels to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Athensbus
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 €85 - €150 and takes 23h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Wels to Athens is to train and fly which takes 7h 7m and costs €85 - €260.
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 €85 - €150.
It takes approximately 7h 7m to get from Wels to Athens, including transfers.
Wels to Athens bus services, operated by Euro Bus MK, depart from Wels station.
The best way to get from Wels to Athens is to bus via Thessaloníki which takes 23h 50m and costs €85 - €150. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €120 - €490 and takes 8h 32m.
Wels to Athens bus services, operated by Euro Bus MK, arrive at Kumanovo station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Wels. It is currently 8:57 PM in Wels and 9:57 PM in 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. Alternatively, DAT Danish Air Transport, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Linz Airport (LNZ) to Athens International Airport (ATH) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Munich International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Munich International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Linz Airport to Athens International Airport via Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Linz Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €160–700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Munich International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Linz Airport to Athens International Airport via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–420
Flights from Linz Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Athens International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Athens International Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €23–120
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Athens International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- 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
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- 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 St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- 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 Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- 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 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- 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 6m
- Frequency
- Once 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 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €25–40
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://westbahn.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
- €50–90
- 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
- €13–24
- 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
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- 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 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- 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
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wels Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wels Hbf to St Pölten Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- 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
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–80
- 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
- €8–45
- 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
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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
- €4–7
- 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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