There are 13 ways to get from Rotterdam to Greece by train, plane, bus, car, 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 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
best- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane AMS - SKG
6h 19m€108–273Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane AMS - HER
6h 13m€97–253Bus
- Take the bus from Rotterdam to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athensbus
36h 51mTrain, bus via Budapest
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Praha hl.n.train
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Delitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Budapest to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
38h 57m€217–393Drive 2,773.8 km
- Drive from Rotterdam to Athenscar 2,773.8 km
26h 38m€521–752Fly Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Athens International Airport
- Fly from Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane RTM - ATH
4h 15m€153–421Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane AMS - ATH
6h 41m€115–270Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane BRU - SKG
7h 22m€107–290Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BRU - ATH
7h 44m€109–277Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Take the train from Rotterdam Alexander to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane DUS - SKG
9h 10m€109–299Bus via Atheny, F.P. Travel Holidays
- Take the bus from Rotterdam to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Belgrade, "BAS" bus station, block 42, Antifašisticke borbe to Atheny, F.P. Travel Holidaysbus
2d 1h€216–264Train, Bus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Blaak to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissabus
- Take the train from Larissa to Athenstrain Ic
2d 5h€307–480Drive, car train
- Drive from Rotterdam to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athenscar
30h 19m€498–714
Rotterdam to Greece by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Rotterdam to Greece is to train and fly which costs €110 - €270 and takes 6h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Rotterdam to Greece is to fly which takes 4h 15m and costs €150 - €430.
No, there is no direct bus from Rotterdam to Greece. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam and arriving at Athens via Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 51m.
The distance between Rotterdam and Greece is 1975 km. The road distance is 2773.8 km.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Greece without a car is to bus which takes 36h 51m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 19m to get from Rotterdam to Greece, including transfers.
Rotterdam to Greece bus services, operated by Garo Reisen, depart from Rotterdam station.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Greece is to bus which takes 36h 51m and costs . Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €150 - €430 and takes 4h 15m.
Rotterdam to Greece bus services, operated by Garo Reisen, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Greece is 1h ahead of Rotterdam. It is currently 5:06 AM in Rotterdam and 6:06 AM in Greece.
What companies run services between Rotterdam, Netherlands and Greece?
You can take a bus from Rotterdam to Athens via Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 36h 51m. Alternatively, Aegean Airlines flies from Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) to Athens International Airport (ATH) twice a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Brussels Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Brussels Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–140
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–220
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Brussels Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Alexander to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Blaak to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +31302035833
- [email protected]
- Website
- European Sleeper
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Praha hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- European Sleeper
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Deli
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- [email protected]
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Rotterdam to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
- 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
Bus from Budapest to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- [email protected]
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Rotterdam to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Phone
- +381 011 7614787
- [email protected]
- Website
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
Bus from Belgrade, "BAS" bus station, block 42, Antifašisticke borbe to Atheny, F.P. Travel Holidays
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €116
- Schedules at
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €230–340
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
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