There are 11 ways to get from Sanremo to Athens by train, plane, ferry, bus, busferry, car ferry, or car
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 Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Vartrain
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane NCE - ATH
7h 25m€96–257Fly from Monaco
cheapest- Fly from Monaco (MCM) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MCM - ATH
8h 1m€60–239Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Sanremo to Milano Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Bari Centraletrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Bari M.ma to Igoumenitsaferry Asf
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
29h 22m€219–396Train, bus
- Take the train from Sanremo to Milano Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Wien Meidlingtrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Budapest-Delitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Budapest to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
38h 17m€256–411Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Ventimiglia to Durrësbusferry
- Take the bus from Durrës to Athensbus
41h 18mTrain to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport, fly
- Take the train from Sanremo to Genova Sestri Ponen.train
- Fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane GOA - ATH
9h 26m€93–238Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Sanremo to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MXP - ATH
10h 18m€77–276Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Sanremo to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BGY - ATH
10h 5m€93–313Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Sanremo to Savonatrain Re
- Take the busferry from Savona FS to Elbasanbusferry
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Athensbus
44h 59mTrain, line 2 ferry, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Sanremo to Genova P.Za Principetrain Ic
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Venezia S. Luciatrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Ferrovia "A" to Tronchetto "A"ferry 2 / ...
- Take the carferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
- Take the bus from Patras to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
47h 20m€292–441Drive 2,315.3 km
- Drive from Sanremo to Athenscar 2,315.3 km
23h 4m€435–628
Sanremo to Athens by train, foot, ferry, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sanremo to Athens is to train and fly which costs €75 - €280 and takes 10h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Sanremo to Athens is to train and fly which takes 7h 25m and costs €95 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Sanremo to Athens. However, there are services departing from San Remo - Autostazione and arriving at Athens via Ventimiglia and Durrës. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 18m.
The distance between Sanremo and Athens is 1635 km. The road distance is 2315.3 km.
The best way to get from Sanremo to Athens without a car is to train and ferry and bus which takes 29h 22m and costs €210 - €400.
It takes approximately 7h 25m to get from Sanremo to Athens, including transfers.
Sanremo to Athens bus services, operated by M&B Travel, depart from Ventimiglia station.
Sanremo to Athens bus services, operated by M&B Travel, arrive at Durrës station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Sanremo. It is currently 12:03 PM in Sanremo and 1:03 PM in Athens.
Yes, the driving distance between Sanremo to Athens is 2315 km. It takes approximately 23h 4m to drive from Sanremo to Athens.
What companies run services between Sanremo, Italy and Athens, Greece?
FlexFlight ApS, easyJet, and three other airlines fly from Monaco (MCM) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 4 times a day.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–140
Flights from Monaco to Athens International Airport via Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Monaco to Athens International Airport via Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–240
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Monaco to Athens International Airport via Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- ZOU!
Train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Var
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- ZOU!
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Var
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Sanremo to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Sanremo to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Sanremo to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Sanremo to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Sanremo to Savona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Sanremo to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Sanremo to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Sanremo to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Sanremo to Genova Sestri Ponen.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Sanremo to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Sanremo to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Sanremo to Savona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Sanremo to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Meidling to Budapest-Deli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- 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.
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Trenord
- 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
- +302105233969
- [email protected]
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Budapest to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +355697278670
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Ventimiglia to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- [email protected]
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Durrës to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- [email protected]
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–23
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- [email protected]
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Savona FS to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 59m
- 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
- +30 2616 001 600
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTEL of Achaia S.A.
Bus from Patras to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- KTEL of Achaia S.A.
- Phone
- +30 2108919800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Ferry from Bari M.ma to Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €190–270
- Website
- Superfast Ferries
Ferry from Ferrovia "A" to Tronchetto "A"
- Ave. Duration
- 14 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- ACTV — Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano
- 75 min. Ticket
- €10
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