There are 13 ways to get from Athens to Bournemouth by plane, bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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 London Heathrow Airport, bus
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)ATH - LHR
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Bournemouth Station
9h 4m£81–278Fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)ATH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
10h 20m£66–330Bus
- 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 Luton
- Take the bus from Airport Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station230 / ...
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Bournemouth Station035 / ...
41h 52m£123–215Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Bournemouth
31h 9mFly to Bournemouth Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bournemouth Airport (BOH)ATH - BOH
10h 6m£75–220Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)ATH - LGW
- Take the train from Clapham Junction to Bournemouth
9h 36m£84–251Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Stansted Airport (STN)ATH - STN
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Bournemouth
9h 48m£91–295Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Luton Airport (LTN)ATH - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Bournemouth
9h 45m£99–312Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)ATH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Bournemouth
10h 38m£143–378Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to ThessalonikiIc
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bournemouth
42h 36m£104–271Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Take the train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
2d 2hBus via Prague
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Prague to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bournemouth Station035 / ...
2d 12h£148–279Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Bournemouth
32h 13m£526–763
Athens to Bournemouth by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Bournemouth is to fly and bus which costs £80 - £280 and takes 9h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Bournemouth is to fly and bus which takes 9h 4m and costs £80 - £280.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Bournemouth station. However, there are services departing from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL and arriving at Bournemouth Station via Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor, Airport Bus Station and Heathrow Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 52m.
The distance between Athens and Bournemouth is 1630 miles.
The best way to get from Athens to Bournemouth without a car is to bus which takes 41h 52m and costs £120 - £220.
It takes approximately 9h 4m to get from Athens to Bournemouth, including transfers.
Athens to Bournemouth bus services, operated by Korona Travel, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Athens to Bournemouth is to bus which takes 41h 52m and costs £120 - £220. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs £75 - £220 and takes 10h 6m.
Athens to Bournemouth bus services, operated by Korona Travel, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Bournemouth is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 9:27 AM in Athens and 7:27 AM in Bournemouth.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Bournemouth, England?
You can take a bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Bournemouth Station via Thessaloniki Monastiriou, Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor, Airport Bus Station, and Heathrow Central Bus Station in around 41h 52m. Alternatively, easyJet, Aegean Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bournemouth Airport (BOH) 6 times a week.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bournemouth Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- 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
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–150
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bournemouth Airport via Zakinthos
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bournemouth Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bournemouth Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–230
- 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
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Clapham Junction to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–75
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from London Waterloo to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–65
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–12
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–20
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–10
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–220
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £75–110
- 1st Class
- £150–220
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–150
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–24
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Bournemouth Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Airport Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Bournemouth Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Bournemouth Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Prague to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £60–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.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
- £37
- 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
- £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
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £22–29
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- 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
- +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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