There are 12 ways to get from Athens to Margate by plane, train, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
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 London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ATH - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Margatetrain
9h 26m£93–299Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ATH - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
- Take the train from London Victoria to Margatetrain
9h 45m£76–308Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Doverbus
37h 12m£107–152Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
29h 32m£495–713Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London City Airport (LCY)plane ATH - LCY
- Take the train from Stratford International to Margatetrain
10h 21m£151–367Fly to London Stansted Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane ATH - STN
- Take the bus from Coach Station to Stratford City Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Stratford International to Margatetrain
9h 5m£78–283Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane ATH - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Margatetrain
9h 11m£82–312Train, bus via Würzburg
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Würzburgbus
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Margatetrain
41h 52mBus
- Take the bus from Athens to Elbasanbus
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nordbus
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Doverbus
42h 6m£166–174Bus, 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 St Pancras Intl to Margatetrain
2dBus via Prague
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Doverbus Michalovce
2d 5h£115–120Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Margatecar
28h 51m
Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Margate is to bus via Prague which costs £115 - £120 and takes 2 days 5h.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Margate is to fly and bus and train which takes 9h 5m and costs £75 - £290.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Margate. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Marine Terrace via Elbasan, Tirana, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Pencester Road and Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 6m.
The distance between Athens and Margate is 1646 miles.
The best way to get from Athens to Margate without a car is to train and bus which takes 37h 12m and costs £100 - £160.
It takes approximately 9h 26m to get from Athens to Margate, including transfers.
Athens to Margate bus services, operated by Top Lines, depart from Athens station.
Athens to Margate bus services, operated by Top Lines, arrive at Elbasan station.
Margate is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 4:21 PM in Athens and 2:21 PM in Margate.
There are 633+ hotels available in Margate.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Margate, England?
You can take a bus from Athens to Marine Terrace via Elbasan, Tirana, Brussels-Nord, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Pencester Road, and Bus Station in around 42h 6m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–300
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–380
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–450
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–150
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–380
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–370
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–200
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Margate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–65
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Stratford International to Margate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–65
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from London Victoria to Margate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–65
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–45
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £25–55
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–290
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £80–120
- 1st Class
- £170–290
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £80–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-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
- +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
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £20–26
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Coach Station to Stratford City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–20
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Coach Station to Stratford City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–16
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- 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 Würzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- Schedules at
- 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
- +383 38 616 161
- travel@gjirafa.com
- Website
- gjirafa.com
Bus from Elbasan to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £113
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road London
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–10
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £37–42
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- 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
- +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
- +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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