There are 13 ways to get from Paris to Greece by plane, car, train, bus or night train
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Fly Paris Orly to Athens • 6h 34m
Fly Paris Orly to Heraklion • 6h 12m
Fly Paris Orly to Rhodes • 6h 18m
Train, bus via Thessaloníki • 35h 17m
Train, bus • 35h 53m
Bus • 40h 30m
Night train, bus • 44h 36m
Bus via Leskovac • 2 days 5h
Drive • 26h 52m
Paris to Greece by train, tram and bus
The journey time between Paris and Greece is around 35h 53m and covers a distance of around 2884 km. This includes an average layover time of around 2h 2m. Operated by SNCF Bus, TGV inOui, Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express and others, the Paris to Greece service departs from Paris-Est and arrives in Athens. Typically two services run weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paris to Greece is to bus which costs €130 - €200 and takes 40h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Paris to Greece is to fly which takes 6h 7m and costs €85 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Paris to Greece. However, there are services departing from Paris - Voyages Rada and arriving at Athens via Belgrade. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 30m.
The distance between Paris and Greece is 1904 km. The road distance is 2872.7 km.
The best way to get from Paris to Greece without a car is to train and bus via Thessaloníki which takes 35h 17m and costs €190 - €380.
It takes approximately 6h 27m to get from Paris to Greece, including transfers.
Paris to Greece bus services, operated by Fudeks, depart from Paris - Voyages Rada station.
The best way to get from Paris to Greece is to fly which takes 6h 27m and costs €85 - €360. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €200 and takes 40h 30m.
Paris to Greece bus services, operated by FP Travel, arrive at Athens station.
Greece is 1h ahead of Paris. It is currently 8:09 PM in Paris and 9:09 PM in Greece.
- Distance: 1904.2 km
- Duration: 6h 27m
What companies run services between Paris, France and Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Air Serbia and two other airlines fly from Magenta to Thessaloníki 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Paris to Athens via Belgrade in around 40h 30m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €600
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Thessaloniki via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190 - €750
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85 - €600
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Heraklion via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85 - €600
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60 - €550
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60 - €550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Thessaloniki via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €650
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €1100
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120 - €800
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Paris Orly to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85 - €420
Flights from Paris Orly to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €550
Flights from Paris Orly to Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €550
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Thessaloniki via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €650
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Heraklion via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €170 - €800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €700
Flights from Paris Orly to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €600
Flights from Paris Orly to Athens via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €600
Flights from Paris Orly to Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €240 - €800
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120 - €800
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Heraklion via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120 - €800
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80 - €550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beauvais to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70 - €410
Flights from Beauvais to Tirana via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70 - €410
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Beauvais to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Thessaloniki via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190 - €750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Thessaloniki via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220 - €700
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Athens via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €370 - €950
Train from Paris-Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://www.sncf.com/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
Train from Paris l'Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70 - €130
- Website
- https://www.sncf.com/en
- 2nd Class
- €70 - €95
- 1st Class
- €95 - €130
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70 - €80
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to SNCF
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75 - €160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en/
- 2nd Class
- €75 - €110
- Rail 1st Class
- €110 - €160
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9 - €28
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Book at
- https://tickets.hellenictrain.gr/dromologia/?lang=gr
- Airport
- €9
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Paris l'Est to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65 - €190
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €130 - €190
- Seating Carriage
- €65 - €140
- Couchette Carriage
- €140 - €180
- Phone
- 0800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Strasbourg Central Bus Station Place de l’Etoile to Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75 - €130
- Schedules at
- lasta.rs
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Belgrade to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30 - €55
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Belgrade to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65 - €95
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +381 11 7620255
- office@fudeks.rs
- Website
- fudeks.rs
Bus from Paris - Voyages Rada to Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70 - €110
- Website
- http://www.fudeks.rs
- Schedules at
- http://en.fudeks.rs/timetable/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Most SNP Novy Most
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4 - €6
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Wien Hbf to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €9 - €13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Frequently asked questions
- Phone
- +421 2 55422734
- info@slovaklines.sk
- Website
- slovaklines.sk
Bus from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Most SNP
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4 - €9
- Website
- Slovak Lines
- Phone
- 210.92.33.33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Bratislava to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +381 65 567 12 19
- resavareisendoo@gmail.com
- Website
- resavareisen.ch
Bus from Paris - Oberkampf to Leskovac
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- resavareisen.ch
- Book at
- resavareisen.ch
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Leskovac to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40 - €75
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
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