Cheapest€10.08
- ΚΤΕΛ Ιωαννίνων S-697206:032h 23m08:26KTEL - Bus Station Terminal of VolosAthina Kifissos
Door to door 3h 7mCO2 4.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Volos to Athens bus
Buses from Volos to Athens start at €12.28 and take 3h at their fastest.
The Buses from Volos to Athens starts at €12.28 and takes 3h door to door, run by 2 operators over 168 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3hDoor to door
- 2h 16mMoving
- €12.28From
- 4.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| ΚΤΕΛ Θεσσαλονίκης | €10.63 |
| ΚΤΕΛ Ιωαννίνων | €10.08 |
The journey ends at Athina Larissa. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Volos to Athens
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.6390 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0845 days
- €10.6330 days
- €11.7321 days
- €13.9314 days
- €17.237 days
- €18.883 days
- €21.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 115 percent. The dearest point is €21.63, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €12.83Sun
- €12.83Mon
- €12.28Tue
- €12.28Wed
- €13.93Thu
- €13.38Fri
- €13.93Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Volos
Coach
- KTEL - Bus Station Terminal of Volos
- Άγιος Ονούφριος Νο4 (ΤΕΡΜΑ)
Athens
Coach
- Athina Kifissos
- KTEL Athens Bus Station Terminal B
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 76% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 24% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 168 km against 168 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kalamariá, Pátra, Lárisa, Thessaloníki. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Volos at 06:03 and the last at 17:09, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 59m | 1h 15m | 44m | €22.89 | 5.5 kg | 7 |
| Coach | 3h | 2h 16m | 44m | €12.28 | 4.5 kg | 6 |
| Flight | 3h 48m | 38m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 42.6 kg | 4 |
Questions about Volos to Athens
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Volos to Athens take?
The Coach from Volos to Athens takes 3h door to door, of which 2h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 168 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Volos to Athens cost?
The Coach from Volos to Athens starts at €12.28 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €11.46. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Volos to Athens?
2 operators run the Coach from Volos to Athens: ΚΤΕΛ Θεσσαλονίκης, ΚΤΕΛ Ιωαννίνων. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Volos to Athens use?
The Coach from Volos to Athens leaves from KTEL - Bus Station Terminal of Volos and arrives at Athina Kifissos. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Volos to Athens?
Travelling from Volos to Athens by Train costs €22.89 and takes 1h 59m door to door, against 3h by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Volos to Athens?
Fares for the Coach from Volos to Athens bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 115 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Volos to Athens produce?
The Coach from Volos to Athens produces about 4.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 168 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Volos to Athens?
Operators on the Coach from Volos to Athens publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Volos to Athens on 10 September 2026: 168 km of route against 168 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €12.28, and 3h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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