There are 10 ways to get from Athens to Manchester by plane, bus, train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly to Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ATH - MAN
6h 57m£66–146Bus, train via Strasbourg
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
38h 30mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Manchestercar
33h 26m£637–876Fly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Liverpool (LPL)plane ATH - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadillytrain
10h 32m£94–183Fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane ATH - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoriatrain
10h 50m£93–237Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ATH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadillytrain
9h 21m£93–208Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 82
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
38h 47mBus, 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 Manchester Piccadillytrain
2d 1hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Athens to București, Autogara Militaribus N983
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
3d 14h£140–282Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Manchestercar
34h 27m£532–804
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Manchester Airport (MAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Manchester is to fly which costs £65 - £150 and takes 6h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Manchester is to fly which takes 6h 57m and costs £65 - £150.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly via Bucharest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 14h.
The distance between Athens and Manchester is 1679 miles.
The best way to get from Athens to Manchester without a car is to bus and train via Strasbourg which takes 38h 30m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 57m to get from Athens to Manchester, including transfers.
Athens to Manchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Athens station.
Athens to Manchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
Manchester is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 3:00 AM in Athens and 1:00 AM in Manchester.
There are 3622+ hotels available in Manchester.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Manchester, England?
easyJet, Jet2.com, and two other airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Manchester Airport (MAN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–110
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–360
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–220
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–220
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–220
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £70–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £80–290
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.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
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- 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
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
- £43
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £43
- 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
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £15–20
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.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
- Phone
- +383 44 135 228
- zhitia-turist@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Athens to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- 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
- £8–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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