There are 10 ways to get from Athens to Manchester by plane, bus, train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ATH - MAN
4h 45m£87–182Fly to Liverpool, train
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Liverpool (LPL)plane ATH - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadillytrain
8h 20m£85–219Bus, 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 31mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Salzburg Hbfbus
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
45h 46mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Manchestercar
33h 27m£629–860Fly 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
8h 42m£114–323Fly 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
7h 9m£124–234Bus, 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£146–290Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Manchestercar
34h 28m£519–797
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 £85 - £190 and takes 4h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Manchester is to fly which takes 4h 45m and costs £85 - £190.
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 31m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 45m 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 8:18 AM in Athens and 6:18 AM in Manchester.
There are 3660+ hotels available in Manchester.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Manchester, England?
easyJet, Aegean Airlines, 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
- £40–120
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
- 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
- £40–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- 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
- £75–330
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–140
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- 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
- £65–220
- 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
- £75–140
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–330
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £130–280
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- 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
- Barileva Turist
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £15–20
- Website
- Barileva Turist
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- Sharr Travel
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £18
- Website
- Sharr Travel
- 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 49 181 500
- monika_deqan@hotmail.com
- Website
- Monika Travel
Bus from Pristina to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Monika Travel
- Phone
- +383 44 992 615
- maxharturizam@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +49 179 8464672
- fadilitours@outlook.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- Kavim Tours
- Phone
- +383 44 115 097
- arbenitours@hotmail.net
- Website
- arbenitours.com
Bus from Pristina to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arbenitours.com
- Phone
- +49 173 58 64 617
- Website
- Fatoni Reisen
Bus from Pristina to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Fatoni Reisen
- Schedules at
- Fatoni Reisen
- Phone
- +383 45 984 518
- kujtimibus@gmail.com
- Website
- Kujtimi Bus
Bus from Pristina to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Kujtimi Bus
- Phone
- +383 44 135 228
- zhitia-turist@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 49 324 464
- fershped@msn.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- 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
- Flixbus
Bus from Athens to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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