There are 11 ways to get from Athens to Helensburgh by plane, train, bus, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly to Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)ATH - GLA
10h 5m£82–238Train, bus
- 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 bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Buchanan Bus Station802 / ...
46h 8m£120–172Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Helensburgh
36h 31mFly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)ATH - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Park to Helensburgh Central
9h 35m£102–233Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Newcastle (NCL)ATH - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Helensburgh Central
13h 40m£112–277Fly to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)ATH - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Street
15h 7m£119–336Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)ATH - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Central
12h 1m£96–398Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road London
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
2d 5hBus
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Derby
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Station
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
2d 20h£162–214Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Athens to ThessalonikiIc
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Sibiu
- Take the busferry from Sibiu to Manchester, Coach Station
- Take the bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Station
3d 2h£115–277Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Helensburgh
37h 32m£606–878
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Helensburgh is to fly which costs £80 - £240 and takes 10h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Helensburgh is to fly and train which takes 9h 35m and costs £100 - £240.
The distance between Athens and Helensburgh is 1864 miles.
The best way to get from Athens to Helensburgh without a car is to train and bus which takes 46h 8m and costs £120 - £180.
It takes approximately 10h 5m to get from Athens to Helensburgh, including transfers.
The best way to get from Athens to Helensburgh is to fly which takes 10h 5m and costs £80 - £240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £160 - £220 and takes 2 days 20h.
Helensburgh is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 4:19 PM in Athens and 2:19 PM in Helensburgh.
There are 766+ hotels available in Helensburgh.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Helensburgh, Scotland?
KLM, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Helensburgh Central via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, Bus Station, Leeds City Bus Station, Buchanan Bus Station, and Glasgow Queen Street Low Level in around 2d 20h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newcastle via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newcastle via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–450
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newcastle via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newcastle via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–310
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–260
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newcastle via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–320
- 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 (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
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Park to Helensburgh Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–25
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Helensburgh Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–25
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £28–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £260–300
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–30
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- 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
Bus from Thessaloniki to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- 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
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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 Bounds Green Road London
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- 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 Derby
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–60
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leeds City Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 239 629 822
- office@transmarian.ro
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Busferry from Sibiu to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £22–110
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- 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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