The cheapest order to fly Athens, Madrid and Rome from Buenos Aires
There are 6 ways to fly these cities. They do not cost the same. The cheapest works out at about $1,160 a person and the most expensive at $1,391, a difference of $231 for visiting exactly the same places.
Fly them in this order
Buenos Aires → Athens → Rome → Madrid → Buenos Aires
About $1,160 per person in flights, based on fares recently seen on these routes.
Every order, priced
- Buenos Aires → Athens → Rome → Madrid → Buenos Aires$1,160cheapest order
- Buenos Aires → Rome → Athens → Madrid → Buenos Aires$1,200$40 more per person
- Buenos Aires → Madrid → Athens → Rome → Buenos Aires$1,206$46 more per person
- Buenos Aires → Athens → Madrid → Rome → Buenos Aires$1,232$72 more per person
- Buenos Aires → Madrid → Rome → Athens → Buenos Aires$1,361$201 more per person
- Buenos Aires → Rome → Madrid → Athens → Buenos Aires$1,391$231 more per person
Why end in Madrid
- Buenos Aires to Athens$580
- Athens to Rome$36
- Rome to Madrid$31
- Madrid to Buenos Aires$513
- Out of Buenos Aires, the cheapest first flight goes to Madrid at about $546, but the cheapest order starts in Athens at $580 because the rest of the route is cheaper that way.
- Going home, Madrid is the cheapest city to leave from at about $513, against $728 from Athens.
- Athens to Rome is about $36, but the other way round is $57. Same two cities, $21 apart on direction alone.
- The dearest order pays $728 for Athens to Buenos Aires, a flight the cheapest order never takes.
- Buenos Aires to Athens is 50% of what the cheapest order spends on flights, so it is the leg to watch.
Between the cities
- Athens to Rome: about 1,050 km (650 miles) as the crow flies. No train or bus we would suggest instead of flying.
- Rome to Madrid: about 1,360 km (840 miles) as the crow flies. No train or bus we would suggest instead of flying.
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How much the order matters here
Getting the order right is worth $231 a person on this trip, 20% of what the cheapest way round costs. Of the 107 trips we price in full, that is number 61 for how much the order matters, about the middle: worth getting right, and worth checking against your own dates.
What these numbers are
Cached one-way fares, 12 of 12 legs priced from real observations, put together on November 10, 2026, from fares departing November 10, 2026 onwards. Right for comparing one order with another, not a quote for your dates.
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