Shipping From Australia to Greece

Last Reviewed: 21th Oct 2026

Shipping to Greece from Australia works better as a single managed job than as four separate ones. PACK & SEND picks the route, books the carrier, packs the goods to survive the trip and prepares the paperwork the Greek border will ask for.

Clients reach Athens, Thessaloniki and the islands whether the consignment travels by air freight, by sea freight or as international express courier through our carrier network.

Greece clears inbound consignments under EU rules, so the paperwork decides as much as the transport does. Whether you are posting a family gift to Piraeus, sending luggage ahead of a summer on Crete or moving stock to a Greek distributor, start with a personalised quote from the PACK & SEND Service Centre nearest you.

Pack with precision, send with confidence: that is how a Greece consignment is handled from the counter to the doorstep.

Shipping from Australia to Greece

Shipping from Australia to Greece covers gifts, documents, palletised stock and household relocations across three managed modes, set by size, urgency and whether the goods are personal or commercial. Each mode is managed end to end, with up-to-date tracking and a Service Centre team you can call.

Air Freight

Air freight carries what is too large or too heavy for an express parcel but still needs pace: palletised stock, equipment, furniture pieces and several boxes moving as one lot.

Consignments land at Athens International Airport before the domestic leg runs by road to the rest of the country. It is the middle option, slower than express but far quicker than a vessel.

Sea Freight

For household relocations, bulky furniture and commercial volumes with time to spare, sea freight is the practical route. Space is booked either as LCL, a less than container load sharing a container with other shippers, or as FCL, a full container load taken exclusively for one consignment.

Most Greek-bound cargo arrives through the Port of Piraeus, the country's principal container gateway, then clears and travels inland by road. Because the goods are at sea for weeks rather than hours, a Service Centre will specify crating, cases and internal protection built for humidity and repeated handling rather than for a short hop.

International Express Courier

A courier to Greece carrying documents, samples, gifts or a smaller parcel almost always travels express, which is the quickest of the three modes and runs on our express carrier network. Milestone updates and up-to-date tracking run from the moment the consignment is collected until it is signed for in Greece.

How Long Does Shipping to Greece Take?

Typical transit times

• Express courier: typically 3 to 7 business days
• Air freight: 5 to 10 business days
• Sea freight: 6 to 10 weeks door to door

These timeframes are a guide only, as factors outside PACK & SEND's control may affect delivery schedules.

What can extend a transit

• EU customs clearance, which heads the list
• Incomplete paperwork, carrier schedules and peak-season volumes
• Island destinations, because the consignment transfers to a ferry or a domestic courier once it has cleared
• The pre-Christmas peak and Orthodox Easter, which falls on a different date from Western Easter and moves each year

Anything genuinely urgent is scoped by a Service Centre on 1300 668 000. Same day is a separate, bespoke service that gets planned rather than booked, and it is never offered through the online platform.

How to Send a Package from Australia to Greece

Three steps cover how to send a package to Greece:

1. Get a quote, which your local Service Centre prepares once it has seen the goods, though if your shipment is eligible, you may be able to book online.
2. Arrange professional packing and have the customs paperwork prepared, whether that is a single parcel, a suitcase or a crated antique.
3. Confirm the carrier and the service level, then follow the consignment to a Greek doorstep with up-to-date tracking and milestone updates.

Nothing else is asked of the sender once the documentation is right.

Documents You'll Need

When sending a package to Greece, you'll generally need to provide accurate details about the goods, including a clear description and a truthful value. Additional customs documentation or permits may be required depending on what you're sending and whether the recipient is a business.

Vague goods descriptions are a common reason parcels sit in clearance, so name precisely what is inside. Your local PACK & SEND Service Centre can advise on the documentation needed for your shipment before you send.

Online Self-Service or a Personalised Service Centre Quote

For almost everything Greece-bound, the personalised Service Centre route is the one that fits, because it wraps professional packing, carrier choice, Freight Plus Warranty and the customs documentation into a single job.

If your shipment is eligible, you may be able to book online instead: that means an individual sending a pre-packed parcel under 20 kg and valued up to $1,000, not sending for a business or regularly. Business and regular senders go to a Service Centre, which also handles:

• Anything beyond the online limits.
• Anything unpacked, fragile, oversized or carrying lithium batteries.
• Regular senders moving repeat consignments to Greece, who are set up with a consistent process.

Service Centre staff take on the handling and the compliance documentation.

What You Can Send from Australia to Greece

Individuals on this corridor are mostly sending family gifts, care packages and personal effects to family living in Athens, up in Thessaloniki, or out on the islands.

Gifts & personal items

• Family gifts, care packages and personal effects.
• Heirlooms, framed photographs and paintings, which come up constantly on this corridor and are where art and antiques packing earns its place alongside specialist fragile handling.
• Some gifts sent to Greece may qualify for duty relief, depending on the type and value of the goods and the circumstances of the shipment.
• Other charges, including import taxes or customs fees, may still apply, and alcohol and tobacco are generally treated differently.
• Your local PACK & SEND Service Centre can assist with the requirements and charges for your gift.

International relocation

• An international relocation covers a household or an office move in full.

Businesses shipping to Greece commonly send:

Business goods

• Product samples, spare parts, retail stock and commercial documents bound for Greek partners.

Large or specialised items

• Sending excess, oversized, fragile and high-value items can only be achieved through contacting your local PACK & SEND Service Centre.

Shipping Luggage and Excess Baggage to Greece

Shipping luggage to Greece is handled as excess baggage, a managed service in which your bags travel as freight, so you are not hauling the weight through two terminals and a transit hub.

How it works

• The service is offered door to door or door to depot. For door to door, a Service Centre arranges collection from your home or office in Australia and delivery to the Greek address you nominate.
• That address can be an apartment in Athens, a family home in Thessaloniki or a holiday address on Crete or Santorini.
• Bags travelling separately from the passenger generally move as unaccompanied baggage, with their own inventory.

Who uses it

Students starting at a Greek university, returning travellers and families heading home for a season are the usual senders, and the options are built around exactly those cases:

• Students: student moves cover the move to a Greek university.
• Returning travellers and families: baggage removals for overseas moves cover the bags and personal effects of a household heading home.
• Mode: whether a set of suitcases travels as excess baggage by air or sea depends on how soon they are needed and how much is going.
• Single items: we can courier a bag or suitcase on ahead by itself.

Sending excess, oversized, fragile and high-value items can only be achieved through contacting your local PACK & SEND Service Centre, so send luggage to Greece through a Service Centre rather than the online booking path.

Restricted & Prohibited Items for Greece

Some goods are restricted or prohibited when sending to Greece, and what applies depends on the goods and the destination. Broad categories to check include:

• Dangerous goods
• Alcohol and tobacco
• Food, plant and animal products
• Medicines
• Weapons
• Currency and valuables

Dangerous goods, lithium batteries, aerosols and flammables included, never travel through the online booking path. They are assessed, packed and documented at a Service Centre, and our own acceptance rules sit on our dangerous goods page.

Your local PACK & SEND Service Centre can confirm what can be sent before you commit to sending it.

Cost of Shipping to Greece

There is no price list for Greece. Every consignment is quoted on its own facts, and the answer to what it costs is a personalised quote from your local Service Centre.

What the quote turns on:

• Weight measured against cube.
• The outer dimensions.
• The mode.
• The standard of packing the goods genuinely require.
• How remote the Greek delivery address is.
• Whether warranty cover is added.

Customs duty and import taxes may apply depending on the type and value of the goods and the circumstances of the shipment, and they sit outside the freight quote. Your local PACK & SEND Service Centre can confirm the requirements and charges for your specific shipment before the goods travel.

Sending from Greece to Australia

Shipping from Greece to Australia is the opposite leg and a different job, handled by our Import Services team rather than by this outbound lane. They arrange the collection in Greece, the inbound movement and Australian clearance, using import express courier for parcels and documents and freight forwarding for pallets, crates and container work.

Australian import charges and biosecurity controls may apply, particularly to foods and plant-material items, depending on the type and value of the goods. Have each item checked with a Service Centre before anyone in Greece packs it.

Where We Deliver in Greece

Greek delivery runs into Athens and the port at Piraeus, north to Thessaloniki, west to Patras, and out to island addresses on Crete, Santorini and Mykonos. An island delivery takes longer than a mainland one once the goods have cleared, because the final leg moves by ferry or domestic courier.

Consignments start at any of the 135+ PACK & SEND Service Centres, from Sydney and Melbourne to Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart and Darwin, and the same Greek lanes run from all of them. Visit your nearest PACK & SEND Service Centre to have the goods assessed and the Greek paperwork prepared.

Why PACK & SEND for This Route

International shipping to Greece asks as much of the paperwork as it does of the aircraft. On this lane there is:

• EU clearance to satisfy.
• An accurate description and classification of the goods to get right.
• The recipient's details to confirm on the Greek side.
• Cultural-property controls running in both directions.
• Four carrier networks to choose between.

That is where route experience pays for itself. PACK & SEND is a retail logistics company with a national network of 135+ Service Centres and reach into 220+ countries, so the same managed process applies whether the address is in Athens or on Mykonos.

Packing, documentation, carrier selection, up-to-date tracking with milestone updates and Freight Plus Warranty all sit inside the one job. Pack with precision, send with confidence: on a lane this documentation-heavy that is the entire proposition. A conversation on 1300 668 000, or a visit to your nearest Service Centre, is where a Greece consignment gets quoted properly.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does shipping from Australia to Greece take?

On a typical run, express arrives in 3 to 7 business days and air freight in 5 to 10, while a sea freight consignment needs 6 to 10 weeks. These timeframes are a guide only, as factors outside PACK & SEND's control, including EU customs clearance, may affect delivery schedules.

Island addresses run longer than the mainland, because the final leg moves by ferry or domestic courier.

How much does it cost to ship to Greece?

Freight to Greece is quoted per consignment and there is no price list. The number moves with chargeable weight, outer dimensions, the mode, the packing the goods require, how far the Greek address sits from a major centre, and any warranty cover.

Customs duty, import taxes and other charges may apply at clearance and sit outside the freight quote. Ask your local PACK & SEND Service Centre to quote the consignment and talk you through the service levels.

Can I get a quote for a shipment to Greece?

Yes. An online quote is available for eligible, pre-packed parcels under 20 kg and up to $1,000 in value when you are sending as an individual and not a regular shipper.

If the shipment is heavier, higher in value, fragile, unpacked or complex, or you are sending on behalf of a business, you are routed to a personalised quote from your local PACK & SEND Service Centre instead. They assess the details, set out the suitable service options and prepare a tailored quote.

Can PACK & SEND pack my shipment for Greece?

Yes. Professional packing is available at every Service Centre and it is usually the right call for a Greece consignment, which faces a long transit and customs clearance at the far end. Service Centres handle the full range, from one carton through to a purpose-built crate for artwork, antiques and other fragile or awkward pieces.

Goods that arrive unpacked, and anything fragile, are Service Centre work and cannot be put through the online self-service path.

Can I book a shipment to Greece online?

Only in narrow circumstances. If your shipment is eligible, you may be able to book online, and eligibility means a pre-packed parcel under 20 kg, a declared value up to $1,000, a private sender, and no regular shipping account.

Outside that narrow case a Service Centre quotes the consignment, which covers loose goods, fragile pieces, oversized items, high declared values and anything with a lithium battery in it.

Can I send luggage or excess baggage to Greece?

Yes. Shipping luggage to Greece is handled as excess baggage, with the bags collected in Australia and delivered to the Greek address you nominate. Bags travelling separately from the passenger generally move as unaccompanied baggage with their own inventory. Sending excess, oversized, fragile and high-value items can only be achieved through contacting your local PACK & SEND Service Centre.

Do customs duty and import taxes apply to shipments to Greece?

They may. Customs duty, import taxes or other charges may apply to goods sent to Greece, depending on the type and value of the goods and the circumstances of the shipment.

Some gifts sent to Greece may qualify for duty relief, although other charges may still apply. Your local PACK & SEND Service Centre can talk you through what may apply to your shipment.

What paperwork do I need to send a business shipment to Greece?

When sending a business shipment to Greece, you'll generally need to provide accurate details about the goods, including a description and value. Additional customs documentation or permits may be required depending on what you're sending and who is receiving it. Your local PACK & SEND Service Centre can advise you on the documentation needed for your shipment.

What items are restricted or prohibited when shipping to Greece?

Some goods are restricted or prohibited, and the requirements depend on the goods and the destination. Food, plant and animal products, alcohol and tobacco, medicines and weapons all need checking first.

Lithium batteries, aerosols, flammables and other dangerous goods have to be assessed at a Service Centre before they can travel, and the team there can confirm what can be sent.

How do I arrange shipping from Greece to Australia?

Shipping from Greece to Australia is handled by the PACK & SEND Import Services team rather than through this outbound lane. They arrange collection in Greece, the inbound movement and Australian clearance, using express courier for parcels and freight forwarding for pallets and containers.

Australian import charges and biosecurity controls may apply, particularly to foods and plant-material items, so have each item checked with a Service Centre before it is packed.

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