There are 7 ways to get from Athens to Athlone by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Dublin Airport, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ATH - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Athlonetrain
10h 9m€104–236Fly to Ireland West Airport Knock, train
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)plane ATH - NOC
- Take the train from Claremorris to Athlonetrain
19h 31m€82–278Bus
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastirioubus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Liffey Valley to Arcadiabus 763
3d 5h€154–387Fly to Shannon Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane ATH - SNN
- Take the train from Ennis to Athenrytrain
- Take the train from Athenry to Athlonetrain
14h 24m€101–282Fly to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane ATH - BHD
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connollytrain
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Athlonetrain
14h 55m€169–303Fly to Belfast International Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane ATH - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connollytrain
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Athlonetrain
15h 25m€146–295Fly to Cork Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane ATH - ORK
- Take the train from Cork to Portlaoisetrain
- Take the train from Portarlington to Athlonetrain
15h 17m€127–301
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Athlone is to fly and train which costs €100 - €240 and takes 10h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Athlone is to fly and train which takes 10h 9m and costs €100 - €240.
The distance between Athens and Athlone is 3051 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Athlone without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 5h and costs €150 - €390.
It takes approximately 10h 9m to get from Athens to Athlone, including transfers.
Athlone is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 10:26 AM in Athens and 8:26 AM in Athlone.
There are 67+ hotels available in Athlone.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Athlone, Ireland?
You can take a bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Arcadia via Thessaloniki Monastiriou, Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor, Rădăuţi, Rădăuți, Dublin, and Liffey Valley in around 3d 5h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–460
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–440
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €140–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–430
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Heuston to Athlone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €11–17
Train from Claremorris to Athlone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €8–13
Train from Ennis to Athenry
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €6–9
Train from Athenry to Athlone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €6–9
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €15–22
Train from Cork to Portlaoise
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €16–23
Train from Portarlington to Athlone
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €6–9
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- ktel2310@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €42
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–30
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Liffey Valley to Arcadia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
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