There are 9 ways to get from Athens to Elgin by plane, bus, train, 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 Aberdeen Airport, bus
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane ATH - ABZ
- Take the bus from Aberdeen Airport to Elgin stationbus
11h 27m£91–230Bus, train via Tirana
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road Londonbus
- Take the train from London Euston to Huntlytrain
- Take the bus from The Square to Bus Stationbus 10 / ...
2d 11hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Elgincar
39h 26m£726–1,014Fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane ATH - INV
- Take the train from Inverness Airport to Elgintrain
11h 15m£91–279Fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ATH - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Elgintrain
14h 12m£171–337Fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ATH - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Aberdeentrain
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Elgintrain
12h 58m£155–338Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Rotterdambus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Aberdeentrain
- Take the bus from Union Square Bus Station to Bus Stationbus M96 / ...
2d 14h£472–717Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Union Square Bus Station to Bus Stationbus M96 / ...
3d 2h£232–322Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Elgincar
40h 27m£643–972
Athens to Elgin by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Elgin is to fly and bus which costs £90 - £230 and takes 11h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Elgin is to fly and train which takes 11h 15m and costs £90 - £280.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Elgin station. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Bus Station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, London Victoria and Union Square Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 2h.
The distance between Athens and Elgin is 1876 miles.
The best way to get from Athens to Elgin without a car is to bus and train via Tirana which takes 2 days 11h and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 27m to get from Athens to Elgin, including transfers.
Athens to Elgin bus services, operated by Korona Travel, depart from Athens station.
Athens to Elgin bus services, operated by Korona Travel, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Elgin is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 4:41 AM in Athens and 2:41 AM in Elgin.
There are 429+ hotels available in Elgin.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Elgin, Scotland?
You can take a bus from Athens to Bus Station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, London Victoria, and Union Square Bus Station in around 3d 2h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–430
Flights from Athens International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–440
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–330
Flights from Athens International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–220
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–320
Flights from Athens International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–440
Flights from Athens International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–310
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–270
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–320
Flights from Athens International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Huntly
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £120–180
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness Airport to Elgin
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Elgin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Aberdeen to Elgin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £170–240
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £170–270
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Aberdeen Airport to Elgin station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £38
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £42
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £38
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- 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
- 0345 241 8000
- Website
- Stagecoach North Scotland
Bus from The Square to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £2
- Website
- Stagecoach North Scotland
Bus from Union Square Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2
- Website
- Stagecoach North Scotland
Bus from Union Square Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2
- Website
- Stagecoach North Scotland
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Rotterdam
- 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
- £75
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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