There are 12 ways to get from Athens to Dorset by plane, train, bus, car, car 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 Southampton Airport, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane ATH - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Weymouthtrain
12h 10m£155–413Fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ATH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Weymouthtrain
12h 22m£117–272Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bournemouthtrain
43h 48m£191–294Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Dorsetcar
31h 21mFly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ATH - LHR
- Take the train from Woking to Weymouthtrain
12h 5m£128–328Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ATH - LGW
- Take the train from Clapham Junction to Pooletrain
12h 19m£122–395Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane ATH - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslinktrain
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Weymouthtrain
12h 38m£126–368Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane ATH - STN
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Weymouthtrain
12h 41m£136–454Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ATH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Bournemouthtrain
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Weymouthtrain
13h 35m£161–333Bus, train, car ferry
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Paris Gare de Lyonbus
- Take the train from Paris Saint-Lazare to Cherbourgtrain K2+
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poolecarferry
47h 9mBus
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road Londonbus
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to South Stationbus 035
2d 4hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Dorsetcar
32h 30m£503–764
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Southampton Airport (SOU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Dorset is to fly and train which costs £110 - £280 and takes 12h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Dorset is to fly and train which takes 12h 5m and costs £120 - £330.
The distance between Athens and Dorset is 1637 miles.
The best way to get from Athens to Dorset without a car is to train and bus which takes 43h 48m and costs £190 - £300.
It takes approximately 12h 10m to get from Athens to Dorset, including transfers.
Dorset is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 1:50 AM in Athens and 11:50 PM in Dorset.
There are 2500+ hotels available in Dorset.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Dorset, England?
You can take a bus from Athens to Dorchester Road Traffic Lights via Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Tirana, Bounds Green Road London, Hobart Corner, Arnos Grove Station, Arnos Grove station, Heathrow Terminals 1-2-3 station, Heathrow Central Bus Station, and South Station in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–310
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–200
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–410
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–290
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–190
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Weymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–65
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Woking to Weymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Clapham Junction to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from London Waterloo to Weymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Bournemouth to Weymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- 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 Birmingham New Street to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Weymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- https://www.gwr.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
- £13–25
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Saint-Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £25–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice 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 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Paris Gare de Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.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
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £22–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £15–330
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £45–85
- Car Single Ticket
- £120–330
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–27
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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