There are 9 ways to get from Nîmes to Athens by train, plane, car ferry, bus, car, or busferry
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 Marseille Provence Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Nimes to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseilletrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MRS - ATH
6h 32m€112–297Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Nimes to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brindisitrain Fr
- Take the car ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsacarferry
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
33h 23m€259–568Bus
- Take the bus from Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station to Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Beogradbus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athensbus
43h 43m€191–374Drive 2,587.6 km
- Drive from Nîmes to Athenscar 2,587.6 km
27h 12m€471–679Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nimes to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgvtrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LYS - ATH
6h 18m€136–316Train, train to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nimes to Marseille St Charlestrain
- Take the train from Marseille-Saint-Charles to Nice-Saint-Augustintrain
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane NCE - ATH
9h 40m€172–390Train, bus
- Take the train from Nimes to Dijon Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bratislava-Petržalkatrain
- Take the bus from Rajka to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
44h 1m€335–490Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Nimes to Marseille St Charlestrain Ter
- Take the train from Marseille-Saint-Charles to Nice-Villetrain
- Take the busferry from Ventimiglia to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Athensbus
47h 10mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Nîmes to Turinbus 740
- Take the busferry from Torino - Corso Vittorio Emanuele to Elbasanbusferry
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Athensbus
2d 6h
Nîmes to Athens by train, bus, foot, and car ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nîmes to Athens is to train and fly which costs €110 - €300 and takes 6h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Nîmes to Athens is to train and fly which takes 6h 18m and costs €130 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Nîmes station to Athens. However, there are services departing from Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station and arriving at Athens via Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles, Savski most, Blok 28 and Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 43m.
The distance between Nîmes and Athens is 1824 km. The road distance is 2587.6 km.
The best way to get from Nîmes to Athens without a car is to train and car ferry and bus which takes 33h 23m and costs €250 - €600.
It takes approximately 6h 32m to get from Nîmes to Athens, including transfers.
Nîmes to Athens bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station.
Nîmes to Athens bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Nîmes. It is currently 8:58 AM in Nîmes and 9:58 AM in Athens.
Yes, the driving distance between Nîmes to Athens is 2588 km. It takes approximately 27h 12m to drive from Nîmes to Athens.
What companies run services between Nîmes, France and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station to Athens via Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles, Beograd, Savski most, Beogradska arena /španskih boraca/, Blok 28, Bulevar Crvene Armije, and Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 43h 43m.
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Athens International Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Athens International Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–420
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Nimes to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Nimes to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Nimes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
Train from Nimes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- zou.maregionsud.fr
Train from Nimes to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://zou.maregionsud.fr/en/
Train from Nimes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://zou.maregionsud.fr/en/
Train from Marseille-Saint-Charles to Nice-Saint-Augustin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://zou.maregionsud.fr/en/
Train from Nimes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://zou.maregionsud.fr/en/
Train from Marseille-Saint-Charles to Nice-Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://zou.maregionsud.fr/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Nimes to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Nimes to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Dijon Ville to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Marseille-Saint-Charles to Nice-Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Nimes to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Nimes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Nimes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–280
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Zürich HB to Bratislava-Petržalka
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +30 2665 0 22309
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Nîmes - Parnasse Bus Station to Marseille - Saint-Charles Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Nîmes to Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- [email protected]
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Beograd
- Phone
- +302105233969
- [email protected]
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Rajka to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 36m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €103
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +355697278670
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Ventimiglia to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Fier to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Nîmes to Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Torino - Corso Vittorio Emanuele to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- [email protected]
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Elbasan to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Elbasan to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- [email protected]
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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