There are 12 ways to get from Athens to Heidelberg by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly to Frankfurt, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ATH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
4h 45m€120–308Fly to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)plane ATH - FKB
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 4m€117–337Train, bus via Budapest
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest Hotel Platanusbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Salzburg Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhoftrain 62 / ...
33h 14m€265–679Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Mannheim, ZOBbus
33h 26m€182–221Drive 2,332.3 km
- Drive from Athens to Heidelbergcar 2,332.3 km
22h 34m€425–614Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane ATH - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhoftrain
5h 18m€128–296Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ATH - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 49m€133–476Fly to Luxembourg, bus, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane ATH - LUX
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Saarbrücken Hbfbus
- Take the train from Saarbruecken Hbf to Mannheim Hbftrain
7h 51mBus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Budapest Hotel Platanusbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Salzburg Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhoftrain 62 / ...
35h 2m€242–678Bus via Librazhd-Qendër
- Take the bus from Athens to Librazhdbus
- Take the bus from Librazhd to Mannheim, ZOBbus
43h 42m€216–238Train, Bus
- Take the train from Athens to Larissatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Larissa to Mannheimbus
46h 22m€247–368Drive, car train
- Drive from Athens to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Heidelbergcar
28h 2m€429–604
Athens to Heidelberg by train, bus, foot, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Heidelberg is to fly and train which costs €120 - €300 and takes 5h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Heidelberg is to fly and train which takes 4h 45m and costs €120 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Heidelberg. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Heidelberg Pre Waypoint via Kumanovo and Mannheim central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 26m.
The distance between Athens and Heidelberg is 1938 km. The road distance is 2332.3 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Heidelberg without a car is to train and bus via Budapest which takes 33h 14m and costs €260 - €700.
It takes approximately 4h 45m to get from Athens to Heidelberg, including transfers.
Athens to Heidelberg bus services, operated by Siamos Tours, depart from Athens station.
Athens to Heidelberg bus services, operated by Siamos Tours, arrive at Kumanovo station.
Heidelberg is 1h behind Athens. It is currently 11:36 PM in Athens and 10:36 PM in Heidelberg.
Yes, the driving distance between Athens to Heidelberg is 2332 km. It takes approximately 22h 34m to drive from Athens to Heidelberg.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Heidelberg, Germany?
You can take a bus from Athens to Heidelberg Pre Waypoint via Kumanovo and Mannheim central bus station in around 33h 26m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Frankfurt via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Frankfurt via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luxembourg via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luxembourg via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–340
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Saarbruecken Hbf to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Athens to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–30
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–30
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €75–120
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €75–120
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Saarbruecken Hbf to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Saarbruecken Hbf to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- [email protected]
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Thessaloniki to Budapest Hotel Platanus
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Budapest Hotel Platanus
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- [email protected]
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Kumanovo to Mannheim, ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Bus from Luxembourg to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- [email protected]
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Athens to Librazhd
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- [email protected]
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Athens to Librazhd
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Librazhd
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- [email protected]
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Librazhd to Mannheim, ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150
- Schedules at
- nelatravel.site
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Larissa to Mannheim
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €220–330
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
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