There are 8 ways to get from Athens to Northern Ireland by plane, train, bus, car ferry, or busferry
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 George Best Belfast City Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane ATH - BHD
9h 15m£106–241Fly to Belfast International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane ATH - BFS
9h 20m£71–210Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Liverpool, Liverpool Onebus
- Take the car ferry from Liverpool to Belfastcarferry
2d 3h£119–226Fly to City Of Derry Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to City Of Derry Airport (LDY)plane ATH - LDY
10h 55m£118–358Fly to Dublin Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ATH - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to Portadowntrain
9h 54m£83–209Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastirioubus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Northamptonbus
- Take the bus from Coach Park to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
2d 6hBus, train, bus and ferry
- 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 King's Cross to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
2d 12hBus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Liverpool, Liverpool Onebus
- Take the car ferry from Liverpool to Belfastcarferry
3d 2h£197–398
Athens to Northern Ireland by bus, foot, and car ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Northern Ireland is to fly which costs £70 - £210 and takes 9h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Northern Ireland is to fly which takes 9h 15m and costs £100 - £250.
The distance between Athens and Northern Ireland is 1843 miles.
The best way to get from Athens to Northern Ireland without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 2 days 3h and costs £110 - £230.
It takes approximately 9h 15m to get from Athens to Northern Ireland, including transfers.
Northern Ireland is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 8:51 PM in Athens and 6:51 PM in Northern Ireland.
There are 1295+ hotels available in Northern Ireland.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Northern Ireland?
British Airways, easyJet, and KLM fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–380
Flights from Athens International Airport to City Of Derry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–480
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–370
Flights from Athens International Airport to City Of Derry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to City Of Derry Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £110–350
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to City Of Derry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–360
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–170
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Connolly to Portadown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- £11–16
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Dublin Connolly to Portadown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- 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
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Northampton
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- info@ktelthes.gr
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–45
- Website
- https://ktelthes.gr/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Coach Park to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice 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 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- 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
- +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
- £78
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Liverpool to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £24–85
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Passenger
- £36
- Car Passenger
- £139
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