There are 8 ways to get from Athens to Ireland by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ATH - DUB
8h 2m€92–221Fly to Cork Airport
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane ATH - ORK
10h 3m€83–265Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport Arrival Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
3d 7h€115–330Fly to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane ATH - SNN
10h 29m€95–225Fly to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane ATH - BHD
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalktrain
11h 19m€151–255Fly to Belfast International Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane ATH - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalktrain
11h 45m€128–357Fly to Ireland West Airport Knock, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)plane ATH - NOC
- Take the bus from Ireland West Airport to Galway Ceannt Stationbus
18h 22m€85–261Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Suceavabus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
3d 8h€149–433
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Ireland is to fly which costs €90 - €230 and takes 8h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Ireland is to fly which takes 8h 2m and costs €90 - €230.
The distance between Athens and Ireland is 2923 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Ireland without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 7h and costs €110 - €330.
It takes approximately 8h 2m to get from Athens to Ireland, including transfers.
The best way to get from Athens to Ireland is to fly which takes 8h 2m and costs €90 - €230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €330 and takes 3 days 7h.
Ireland is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 7:06 PM in Athens and 5:06 PM in Ireland.
There are 1066+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Ireland?
Aer Lingus, Ryanair, and Aegean Airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Dublin Airport (DUB) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Dublin via Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport Arrival Terminal, Bucharest Otopeni Airport, Rădăuţi, Rădăuți, and Dublin in around 3d 7h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €140–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–480
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–460
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–430
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Athens to Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport Arrival Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–30
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Ireland West Airport to Galway Ceannt Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
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