There are 11 ways to get from Athens to Helensburgh by plane, bus, train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ATH - GLA
10h 26m£82–258Bus, train
- 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 Glasgow Centraltrain
2d 5hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Helensburghcar
36h 22mFly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ATH - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Park to Helensburgh Centraltrain
9h 36m£95–248Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Newcastle (NCL)plane ATH - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
12h 37m£109–337Fly to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane ATH - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
15h 11m£123–356Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ATH - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
11h 59m£89–385Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Dortmund ZOBbus
- Take the bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hallbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station Stance 57bus
2d 8hTrain, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Dortmundbus
- Take the bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hallbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station Stance 57bus
2d 12h£203–276Bus, train via Prague
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Glasgow Centraltrain
2d 14h£177–418Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Helensburghcar
37h 24m£611–886
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Helensburgh is to fly and train which costs £95 - £250 and takes 9h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Helensburgh is to fly and train which takes 9h 36m and costs £95 - £250.
The distance between Athens and Helensburgh is 1864 miles.
The best way to get from Athens to Helensburgh without a car is to bus and train which takes 2 days 5h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 26m to get from Athens to Helensburgh, including transfers.
The best way to get from Athens to Helensburgh is to fly which takes 10h 26m and costs £80 - £260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 2 days 8h.
Helensburgh is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 5:12 PM in Athens and 3:12 PM in Helensburgh.
There are 755+ hotels available in Helensburgh.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Helensburgh, Scotland?
KLM, Lufthansa, and six other airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Helensburgh Central via Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Tirana, DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse, LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall, London Victoria Coach Station, Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station Stance 57, and Glasgow Queen Street Low Level in around 2d 8h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–310
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–330
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–440
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newcastle via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newcastle via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–230
- 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 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–270
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newcastle via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–280
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–310
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–200
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice 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 Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
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
- 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
- £17–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £17–23
- 1st Class
- £28–40
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–55
- 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 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–180
- 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
- £8–22
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6–23
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.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
- +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
Bus from Tirana to Dortmund ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Dortmund ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 102 280
- armendi_tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- armenditours.com
Bus from Tirana to Dortmund ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- armenditours.com
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station Stance 57
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £15–20
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- sharrtravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £18
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £18
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Pristina to Dortmund
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- Phone
- +49 179 8464672
- fadilitours@outlook.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Dortmund
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Pristina to Dortmund
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £79
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- 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 Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/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
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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