There are 6 ways to get from Des Moines to Greece by car, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Drive to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
best- Drive from Des Moines to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport (FOD)car
- Fly from Fort Dodge Municipal Airport (FOD) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane FOD - ATH
18h 6m€314–931Bus to Waterloo Municipal Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Des Moines to Waterloobus
- Fly from Waterloo Municipal Airport (ALO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane ALO - ATH
24h 30m€295–1,008Fly Des Moines to Athens International Airport
- Fly from Des Moines (DSM) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane DSM - ATH
17h 22m€326–880Fly Des Moines to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Des Moines (DSM) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane DSM - HER
19h 50m€328–1,123Fly Des Moines to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Fly from Des Moines (DSM) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane DSM - SKG
21h 15m€349–1,023Bus, bus to The Eastern Iowa Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Iowa Citybus
- Take the bus from Court St Transportation Center to GTC Bay 9bus
- Fly from The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane CID - ATH
21h 1m
Fort Dodge Municipal Airport (FOD) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Des Moines to Greece is to drive and fly which costs €310 - €950 and takes 18h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Des Moines to Greece is to fly which takes 17h 22m and costs €320 - €900.
The distance between Des Moines and Greece is 9283 km.
It takes approximately 18h 6m to get from Des Moines to Greece, including transfers.
Greece is 7h ahead of Des Moines. It is currently 7:36 AM in Des Moines and 2:36 PM in Greece.
There are 13045+ hotels available in Greece.
What companies run services between Des Moines, IA, USA and Greece?
Allegiant Air, Delta, and four other airlines fly from Des Moines (DSM) to Athens International Airport (ATH) once daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Fort Dodge Municipal Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Fort Dodge Municipal Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Fort Dodge Municipal Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–900
Flights from Fort Dodge Municipal Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 36m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Des Moines to Athens International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Des Moines to Athens International Airport via Newark, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Des Moines to Athens International Airport via Newark, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €300–950
Flights from Des Moines to Athens International Airport via Boston, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €300–950
Flights from Waterloo Municipal Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Waterloo Municipal Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 21m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from The Eastern Iowa Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from The Eastern Iowa Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from The Eastern Iowa Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Des Moines to Athens International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Des Moines to Athens International Airport via Newark, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Des Moines to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Newark, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Des Moines to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from Des Moines to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Newark, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Des Moines to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Waterloo Municipal Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Waterloo Municipal Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 21m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from The Eastern Iowa Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from The Eastern Iowa Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Des Moines to Athens International Airport via Newark, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €300–950
Flights from Des Moines to Athens International Airport via Boston, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €300–950
Flights from Des Moines to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Boston, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,100
Flights from Des Moines to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Newark, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,100
Flights from Des Moines to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Boston, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Fort Dodge Municipal Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Waterloo Municipal Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from The Eastern Iowa Airport to Athens International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Des Moines to Athens International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from The Eastern Iowa Airport to Athens International Airport via Minneapolis, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Des Moines to Athens International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from The Eastern Iowa Airport to Athens International Airport via Minneapolis, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Des Moines to Athens International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Des Moines to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Boston, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Des Moines to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Boston, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
Flights from Des Moines to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Newark, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Des Moines to Athens International Airport via Boston, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €300–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Des Moines to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Newark, Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Des Moines to Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Des Moines to Iowa City
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1-319-362-0375
- Website
- 380 Express Corridor Rides
Bus from Court St Transportation Center to GTC Bay 9
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- 380 Express Corridor Rides
- Schedules at
- 380 Express Schedule
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