There are 8 ways to get from Zermatt to Athens by train, plane, 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 Visp to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane GVA - ATH
10h 7m€156–466Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MXP - ATH
10h 34m€93–267Train, bus, drive
- 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
36h 12mTrain, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain R42 / ...
- Take the bus from Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria to Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1bus 3
- Take the bus from Milano Malpensa Aeroporto to Venezia bus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
- Take the bus from Patras to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
2d 5h€235–384Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- 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 50m€186–506Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain
- 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
12h 3m€107–285Train, train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly
- Take the train from Visp to Genèvetrain
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LYS - ATH
13h 50m€193–571Train, bus
- Take the train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain R42 / ...
- Take the train from Domodossola to Busto Arsiziotrain Re4
- Take the bus from Busto Arsizio to Fierbus
- Take the bus from Fier to Athensbus
43h 52m€152–198
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zermatt to Athens is to train and fly which costs €90 - €270 and takes 10h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Zermatt to Athens is to train and fly which takes 9h 50m and costs €180 - €550.
The distance between Zermatt and Athens is 2002 km.
The best way to get from Zermatt to Athens without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 2 days 5h and costs €230 - €390.
It takes approximately 10h 7m to get from Zermatt to Athens, including transfers.
Athens is 1h ahead of Zermatt. It is currently 3:49 PM in Zermatt and 4:49 PM in Athens.
There are 12975+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Zermatt, Switzerland and Athens, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Zermatt to Athens. However, you can take the train to Visp, take the train to Genève-Aéroport, walk to Geneva International Airport (GVA) airport, fly to Athens International Airport (ATH), walk to Athens Airport, then take the subway to Monastiraki. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zermatt to Athens via Visp, Bern, Bern, Strumica, Kastanoussa, and Thessaloniki in around 36h 12m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–260
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
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
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 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- 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 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
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- 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
- €50–190
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–380
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Visp to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Kastanoussa to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 642 442
- railcenter@mgbahn.ch
- Website
- matterhorngotthardbahn.ch
Train from Zermatt to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- https://www.matterhorngotthardbahn.ch/en/
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €28–35
- 1st Class Ticket
- €45–60
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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 Busto Arsizio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- 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
Train from Domodossola to Busto Arsizio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Visp to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €65–95
- 2nd Class
- €45–65
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 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
- +39 0322 844 862
- comazzi@comazzibus.com
- Website
- comazzibus.com
Bus from Domodossola - Stazione Ferroviaria to Aeroporto Malpensa - Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.comazzibus.com/eng/index.php
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Milano Malpensa Aeroporto to Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- 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 692323966
- arkleand.bus@yahoo.com
Bus from Busto Arsizio to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70
- Schedules at
- 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
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- 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
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