There are 11 ways to get from Ponferrada to Athens by train, plane, bus, car, towncar, or car train
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 León Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Ponferrada to Leontrain
- Fly from León Airport (LEN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LEN - ATH
13h 49m€186–541Train, bus to Asturias Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Ponferrada to Leontrain
- Take the train from Leon to Oviedotrain
- Take the bus from [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo IL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 21470] to [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Llegadas [CTA 03073]bus
- Fly from Asturias Airport (OVD) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane OVD - ATH
12h 51m€149–320Train, bus
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Barcelona-Santstrain Alv
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athensbus
47h 34mDrive 3,683.8 km
- Drive from Ponferrada to Athenscar 3,683.8 km
37h 30m€663–958Train to Santiago De Compostela Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Santiago De Compostelatrain
- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane SCQ - ATH
12h 41m€161–364Train, train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Leontrain
- Take the train from Leon to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MAD - ATH
10h 34m€156–337Train, towncar to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Ourensetrain
- Take a town car from Ourense to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneirotowncar
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane OPO - ATH
12h 32m€384–535Train, bus to Bilbao Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ponferrada to Vitoria/Gasteiztrain
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz - Estación de Autobuses to Aireportua/Aeropuerto Bilbaobus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BIO - ATH
13h 3m€172–339Bus
- Take the bus from Ponferrada to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Santsbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athensbus
2d 1hBus, train
- Take the bus from Ponferrada to Leonbus
- Take the bus from León to Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stopbus
- Take the train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Perrachetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athensbus
2d 14hDrive, car train
- Drive from Ponferrada to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athenscar
44h 42m€695–993
León Airport (LEN) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ponferrada to Athens is to train and fly which costs €150 - €340 and takes 10h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Ponferrada to Athens is to train and fly which takes 10h 34m and costs €150 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Ponferrada to Athens. However, there are services departing from Ponferrada and arriving at Athens via Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants, Terminal D and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Ponferrada and Athens is 2708 km. The road distance is 3683.8 km.
The best way to get from Ponferrada to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 47h 34m and costs .
It takes approximately 13h 49m to get from Ponferrada to Athens, including transfers.
Ponferrada to Athens bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Ponferrada station.
Ponferrada to Athens bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Ponferrada. It is currently 1:20 PM in Ponferrada and 2:20 PM in Athens.
Yes, the driving distance between Ponferrada to Athens is 3684 km. It takes approximately 37h 30m to drive from Ponferrada to Athens.
What companies run services between Ponferrada, Spain and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Ponferrada to Athens via Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants, Tirana, Terminal D, Sheshi Shqiponja, and Tirana in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from León Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–480
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- When
- Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from León Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–480
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- When
- Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–220
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Asturias Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Athens International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ponferrada to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ponferrada to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ponferrada to Santiago De Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ponferrada to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Leon to Oviedo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ponferrada to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Leon to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ponferrada to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ponferrada to Vitoria/Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Leon to Oviedo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Leon to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Perrache
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- [email protected]
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- [email protected]
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- + 21 0524 9268
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo IL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 21470] to [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Llegadas [CTA 03073]
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Ponferrada to Barcelona, Estación de Autobuses de Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Ponferrada to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz - Estación de Autobuses to Aireportua/Aeropuerto Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Autobuses La Union
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from León to Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- [email protected]
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- [email protected]
- Website
- VM Transfers
Towncar from Ourense to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €250
- Website
- VM Transfers
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