There are 8 ways to get from Athens to Belfast by plane, train, bus, car ferry, or busferry
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 George Best Belfast City Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)ATH - BHD
9h 17m£131–221Fly to Belfast International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)ATH - BFS
9h 43m£62–170Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Athens to ThessalonikiIc
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Take the car ferry from Liverpool to Belfast
2d 2h£117–202Fly to Dublin Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)ATH - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 1 to Glengall Street
9h 37m£87–194Fly to City Of Derry Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to City Of Derry Airport (LDY)ATH - LDY
- Take the train from Coleraine to Lanyon Place
12h 56m£114–325Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Buchanan Bus Station802 / ...
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre923
2d 4hBus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Take the train from Brighton to Finsbury Park
- Take the train from Finsbury Park to Glasgow Central
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre923
2d 18hBus, bus and ferry via Prague
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sheffield
- Take the bus from Meadowhall Interchange/B1 to Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre923
3d 2h
Athens International Airport (ATH) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Belfast is to fly which costs £60 - £170 and takes 9h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Belfast is to fly which takes 9h 17m and costs £130 - £230.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Belfast. However, there are services departing from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL and arriving at Belfast, Europa Buscentre via Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor, Liverpool, Liverpool One and Glasgow Buchanan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Athens and Belfast is 1844 miles.
The best way to get from Athens to Belfast without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 2 days 2h and costs £110 - £210.
It takes approximately 9h 17m to get from Athens to Belfast, including transfers.
Athens to Belfast bus services, operated by KTEL Thessalonikis, depart from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL station.
Athens to Belfast bus services, operated by KTEL Thessalonikis, arrive at Thessaloniki Monastiriou station.
Belfast is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 1:49 PM in Athens and 11:49 AM in Belfast.
There are 1267+ hotels available in Belfast.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Belfast, Northern Ireland?
easyJet, British Airways, and two other airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) 3 times a day.
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- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £130–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–450
Flights from Athens International Airport to City Of Derry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–390
Flights from Athens International Airport to City Of Derry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to City Of Derry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–170
- 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
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Coleraine to Lanyon Place
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Brighton to Finsbury Park
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–45
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Finsbury Park to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–240
- Sleeper Seat
- £65–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £320–370
- 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 Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £23–30
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +353 1 903 9508
- Website
- dublinexpress.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 1 to Glengall Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–16
- Website
- https://www.dublinexpress.ie/
- 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
- £37
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £29–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Meadowhall Interchange/B1 to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- 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
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Meadowhall Interchange/B1 to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Meadowhall Interchange/B1 to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–28
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Liverpool to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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