There are 10 ways to get from Athens to Elgin by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Athens International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane ATH - INV
- Take the train from Inverness Airport to Elgintrain
10h 29m£152–634Fly Athens International Airport to Aberdeen Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane ATH - ABZ
- Take the bus from Aberdeen Airport to Elgin stationbus
11h 7m£117–381Bus, 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 King's Cross to Invernesstrain
- Take the train from Inverness to Elgintrain
2d 9hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Elgincar
39h 26m£721–1,008Fly Athens International Airport 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 31m£166–363Fly Athens International Airport 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 57m£148–358Bus to Kalamata International Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, train
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Kalamatabus
- Fly from Kalamata International Airport (KLX) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane KLX - INV
- Take the train from Inverness Airport to Elgintrain
14h 12m£138–389Bus, 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 London Euston to Larberttrain
- Take the train from Larbert to Elgintrain
2d 15h£422–848Bus
- 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 Aberdeen Union Street to Elgin stationbus
2d 21h£217–322Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Elgincar
40h 27m£621–935
Athens to Elgin by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Elgin is to fly and bus which costs £110 - £390 and takes 11h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Elgin is to fly and train which takes 10h 29m and costs £150 - £650.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Elgin station. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Elgin station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, London Victoria and Aberdeen Union Street. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 21h.
The distance between Athens and Elgin is 1914 miles.
The best way to get from Athens to Elgin without a car is to bus and train via Tirana which takes 2 days 9h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 29m 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 6:04 PM in Athens and 4:04 PM in Elgin.
There are 443+ hotels available in Elgin.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Elgin, Scotland?
You can take a bus from Athens to Elgin station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, London Victoria, Union Square Bus Station, and Aberdeen Union Street in around 2d 21h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–390
Flights from Athens International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–390
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–310
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–460
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £100–340
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Kalamata International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £100–340
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £100–310
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–310
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–210
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness Airport to Elgin
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–24
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Elgin
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–29
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Elgin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–180
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Elgin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Larbert to Elgin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £80–160
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £180–260
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.lner.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
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £65–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £130–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Larbert
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £39
- 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
- £44
- 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
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Aberdeen Airport to Elgin station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Aberdeen Union Street to Elgin station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +30 27210 28581
- info@ktelmessinias.gr
- Website
- ktelmessinias.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Kalamata
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/routes/
- 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
- £50–80
- 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
- £78
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–120
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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