There are 6 ways to get from San Francisco to Lesbos by plane, ferry, bus, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly San Francisco International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport, ferry
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)plane SFO - ADB
- Take the ferry from Alsancak Limanı to Mytileneferry
21h 40m€378–1,107Fly San Francisco International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
cheapest- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane SFO - MJT
22h 46m€314–856Fly Oakland International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT)plane OAK - MJT
20h 38m€439–1,552Fly San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul, bus, ferry
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Istanbul (IST)plane SFO - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Balıkesir Otogarbus
- Take the bus from Balıkesir Terminal to Sarımsaklıbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Ayvalik to Mytileneferry
25h 40m€510–1,031Fly San Francisco International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, ferry
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane SFO - SKG
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytileneferry
29h 38m€549–1,328Fly San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport, subway, ferry
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane SFO - ATH
- Take the subway from Athens Airport to Peiraiassubway
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Mytileneferry
32h 47m€516–1,195
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Lesbos is to fly which costs €310 - €900 and takes 22h 46m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Lesbos is to fly which takes 20h 38m and costs €430 - €1600.
The distance between San Francisco and Lesbos is 11174 km.
It takes approximately 21h 40m to get from San Francisco to Lesbos, including transfers.
Lesbos is 10h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 11:12 in San Francisco and 21:12 in Lesbos.
There are 531+ hotels available in Lesbos.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Lesbos, Greece?
Delta, KLM, and four other airlines fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis (MJT) 6 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–850
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 13m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Seattle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Seattle, Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 44m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Mytilene International Airport Odysseas Elytis via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–490
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €220–650
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–700
- Phone
- +30 210 8202900
- oasa@oasa.gr
- Website
- OASA
Subway from Athens Airport to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- OASA
- Phone
- 0850 222 59 59
- info@istanbulseyahat.com.tr
- Website
- istanbulseyahat.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Balıkesir Otogar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26
- Schedules at
- istanbulseyahat.com.tr
- Phone
- 444 40 10
- info@bttas.com.tr
- Website
- balikesirulasim.com.tr
Bus from Balıkesir Terminal to Sarımsaklı
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7
- Schedules at
- balikesirulasim.com.tr
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- kamilkoc@kamilkoc.com.tr
- Website
- Kamil Koç
Bus from Balıkesir Terminal to Sarımsaklı
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- Kamil Koç
- Phone
- 0850 202 22 22
- sikayet@uludagturizm.com.tr
- Website
- balikesiruludag.com.tr
Bus from Balıkesir Terminal to Sarımsaklı
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Schedules at
- balikesiruludag.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 600 00 10
- info@efetur.com.tr
- Website
- efetur.com.tr
Bus from Balıkesir Terminal to Sarımsaklı
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- efetur.com.tr
- Phone
- 0 850 333 35 35
- info@pamukkale.com.tr
- Website
- pamukkale.com.tr
Bus from Balıkesir Terminal to Sarımsaklı
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- pamukkale.com.tr
- Phone
- 0 232 330 89 22
- iletisim@izdeniz.com.tr
- Website
- izdeniz.com.tr
Ferry from Alsancak Limanı to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60
- Schedules at
- izdeniz.com.tr
- Phone
- 0545 783 50 61
- info@jalemtur.com
- Website
- jalemtur.com
Ferry from Port of Ayvalik to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Schedules at
- jalemtur.com
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
- Phone
- +30 210 89 19 800
- hellenicseaways@hellenicseaways.gr
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Mytilene
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Hellenic Seaways
- Airplane Type Seats
- €50–75
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