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Antwerp to Athens

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Antwerp to Athens. From €169.74, fastest 6h 50m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Antwerp to Athens runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €169.74 and €188.94, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 50m over 2,167 km, on services run by 8 operators across 2 modes.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€169.74 to €188.94

  • 194%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Antwerp

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 3Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €468.39Thu24
  2. about €456.84Fri25
  3. about €310.54Sat26
  4. about €334.19Sun27
  5. about €248.39Mon28
  6. about €263.79Tue29
  7. about €231.89Wed30
  8. about €280.84Thu1
  9. about €260.33Fri2
  10. about €274.79Sat3
  11. about €240.69Sun4
  12. about €206.59Mon5
  13. about €190.64Tue6
  14. about €177.44Wed7
  15. about €206.59Thu8
  16. about €198.34Fri9
  17. about €212.09Sat10
  18. about €209.89Sun11
  19. about €172.49Mon12
  20. about €169.74Tue13
  21. about €181.29Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

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A hotel room

A room in Athens for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Athina Larissa and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Antwerp to Athens

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €203.6990 days
  2. €159.2960 days
  3. €201.6445 days
  4. €188.4430 days
  5. €181.2921 days
  6. €177.4414 days
  7. €231.897 days
  8. €310.543 days
  9. €468.391 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €159.29.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 194 percent. The dearest point is €468.39, 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.
€468.39€159.29137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Antwerp to Athens and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

2,167 km

2,111 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

529,247664,046

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,167 km against 2,111 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Liège, Munich, Stuttgart, Split. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

The fare from ATH into Athens is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Athens

Settled in advance, so the ride into Athens costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Athina Larissa

Most of the points near Athina Larissa open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Antwerp 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 it take to get from Antwerp to Athens?

The fastest journey from Antwerp to Athens takes 6h 50m door to door, of which 3h 55m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 8h 53m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Antwerp to Athens?

The cheapest fare from Antwerp to Athens is €169.74, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €264.07. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Antwerp to Athens?

The cheapest way from Antwerp to Athens is by train, at €169.74 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 52m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

What is the fastest way to get from Antwerp to Athens?

The fastest way from Antwerp to Athens is by train, at 6h 52m door to door. Only 3h 55m of that is spent moving; the remaining 2h 57m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €169.74.

When should I book Antwerp to Athens?

Fares from Antwerp to Athens bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €159.29. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 194 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Antwerp to Athens?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Antwerp to Athens, at €181.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Antwerp to Athens?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Antwerp to Athens, at €148.29 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Antwerp to Athens?

8 operators sell services from Antwerp to Athens across 2 modes: Aegean Airlines, ASL Airlines Belgium, Croatia Airlines, DB Fernverkehr, European Sleeper, Eurowings. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Antwerp to Athens?

0 percent of the services we sell from Antwerp to Athens are direct. The rest connect at Liège, Munich, Stuttgart, Split, with about 60 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

How much CO2 does the journey from Antwerp to Athens produce?

Travelling from Antwerp to Athens by train produces about 384.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 454.8 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Antwerp to Athens use?

Services from Antwerp to Athens by train leave from Antwerpen Centraal and arrive at Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport ATH. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Antwerp to Athens?

3 of the 8 operators we sell from Antwerp to Athens allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Antwerp to Athens on 23 September 2026: 2167 km of route against 2111 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 8 operators a cheapest fare of €169.74, and 6h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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Day trips out of Athens and across Greece

Day trips that leave Athens in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Antwerp reaches 129 places in 23 countries on services we hold, over distances from 30 to 10,551 km. Athens reaches 198 places in 55 countries, from 37 to 14,950 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Antwerp

  • 129Places you can leave for
  • 23Countries
  • 14Operators

Arriving in Athens

Leaving Athens

  • 198Places you can leave for
  • 55Countries
  • 98Operators

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