There are 14 ways to get from Athens Airport (ATH) to Heathrow Terminal 5 by plane, train, bus, car, car train, subway, or car ferry
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Fly to London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)ATH - LHR
4h 3m£68–235Fly to London Gatwick Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)ATH - LGW
- Take the bus from South Terminal Coach Station to Heathrow Terminal 5
5h 8m£48–173Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to ThessalonikiIc
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Luton
- Take the bus from Airport Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station230 / ...
40h 53m£107–167Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens Airport (ATH) to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Heathrow Terminal 5
30h 7mFly to London City Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London City Airport (LCY)ATH - LCY
6h 51m£98–417Fly to London Stansted Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Stansted Airport (STN)ATH - STN
5h 55m£79–238Fly to Luton Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Luton Airport (LTN)ATH - LTN
- Take the bus from Airport Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
5h 48m£62–248Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)ATH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Euston
6h 40m£103–298Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)ATH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
7h 6m£77–371Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)ATH - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
7h 55m£116–372Bus, subway
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road London
- Take the subway from Arnos Grove station to Heathrow Terminal 5 station
2d 2hBus
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London VictoriaRegioJet 10
2d 7h£148–181Train, Bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Athens to LarissaIc
- Take the bus from Larissa to Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
2d 8h£339–733Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens Airport (ATH) to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Heathrow Terminal 5
31h 11m£522–754
Athens Airport (ATH) to Heathrow Terminal 5 by train, bus, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens Airport (ATH) to Heathrow Terminal 5 is to fly and bus which costs £45 - £180 and takes 5h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Athens Airport (ATH) to Heathrow Terminal 5 is to fly which takes 4h 3m and costs £65 - £240.
The distance between Athens Airport (ATH) and Heathrow Terminal 5 is 1518 miles.
The best way to get from Athens Airport (ATH) to Heathrow Terminal 5 without a car is to train and bus which takes 40h 53m and costs £100 - £170.
It takes approximately 4h 3m to get from Athens Airport (ATH) to Heathrow Terminal 5, including transfers.
The best way to get from Athens Airport (ATH) to Heathrow Terminal 5 is to fly which takes 4h 3m and costs £65 - £240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £140 - £190 and takes 2 days 7h.
Heathrow Terminal 5 is 2h behind Athens Airport (ATH). It is currently 12:08 AM in Athens Airport (ATH) and 10:08 PM in Heathrow Terminal 5.
There are 19751+ hotels available in Heathrow Terminal 5.
What companies run services between Athens Airport (ATH), Greece and Heathrow Terminal 5, England?
Aegean Airlines, British Airways, and Brussels Airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a subway from Στ.Αεροδρομιου to Heathrow Terminal 5 via Στ.Συνταγματοσ, Συνταγμα, Μπακνανα, Athens, Praha, ÚAN Florenc, London Victoria, and Green Line Coach Station in around 2d 7h.
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- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–550
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–140
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–370
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–230
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Athens to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £25–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–190
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–65
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–280
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Subway from Arnos Grove station to Heathrow Terminal 5 station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–7
- Schedules at
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/tube/?cid=tube
- Off Peak
- £3–5
- Peak
- £5–7
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £21–28
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Airport Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from South Terminal Coach Station to Heathrow Terminal 5
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–29
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from South Terminal Coach Station to Heathrow Terminal 5
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 1865 785400
- info@oxfordbus.co.uk
- Website
- oxfordbus.co.uk
Bus from South Terminal Coach Station to Heathrow Terminal 5
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–11
- Website
- https://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- arttouroe@gmail.com
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road London
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £79
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Larissa to Frankfurt am Main
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £200–300
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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