There are 13 ways to get from Athens to Penzance by plane, train, bus, car, car train, 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 Newquay Cornwall Airport, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY)plane ATH - NQY
- Take the train from Truro to Penzancetrain
12h 36m£131–428Fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ATH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Plymouthtrain
- Take the train from Plymouth to Penzancetrain
12h 14m£65–323Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Plymouthtrain
- Take the train from Plymouth to Penzancetrain
45h 26m£131–331Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Penzancecar
34h 3mFly to Exeter, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Exeter (EXT)plane ATH - EXT
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Penzancetrain
13h 46m£214–438Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ATH - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Penzancetrain
16h 8m£158–416Fly to Cardiff Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane ATH - CWL
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Plymouthtrain
- Take the train from Plymouth to Penzancetrain
16h 40m£112–382Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ATH - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Penzancetrain
16h 38m£129–328Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane ATH - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Penzancetrain
16h 52m£153–393Bus
- 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 Lutonbus
- Take the bus from Airport Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus 230 / ...
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Bus Stationbus 406 / ...
47h 56m£146–216Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Paris Nordbus
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Penzancetrain
2d 10hBus via Prague
- 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 Bus Stationbus 406 / ...
2d 18h£134–248Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Penzancecar
35h 12m£552–821
Athens to Penzance by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Penzance is to bus which costs £140 - £220 and takes 47h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Penzance is to fly and train which takes 12h 14m and costs £65 - £330.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Penzance station. However, there are services departing from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL and arriving at Bus Station via Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor, Airport Bus Station and Heathrow Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 56m.
The distance between Athens and Penzance is 1738 miles.
The best way to get from Athens to Penzance without a car is to train and bus which takes 45h 26m and costs £130 - £340.
It takes approximately 12h 36m to get from Athens to Penzance, including transfers.
Athens to Penzance bus services, operated by Korona Travel, depart from Athens station.
Athens to Penzance bus services, operated by Korona Travel, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Penzance is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 9:59 PM in Athens and 7:59 PM in Penzance.
Book your Athens to Penzance bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Penzance, England?
You can take a bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Bus Station via Thessaloniki Monastiriou, Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor, Airport Bus Station, and Heathrow Central Bus Station in around 47h 56m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newquay Cornwall Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–340
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–320
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–180
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newquay Cornwall Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–340
Flights from Athens International Airport to Exeter via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–550
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–440
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Thessaloniki, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–440
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newquay Cornwall Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–400
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newquay Cornwall Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–340
Flights from Athens International Airport to Exeter via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newquay Cornwall Airport via London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £95–340
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Truro to Penzance
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–16
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Plymouth to Penzance
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–29
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Penzance
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–60
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £23–75
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Penzance
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–170
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Penzance
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Truro to Penzance
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £9–10
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Plymouth to Penzance
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £6–30
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Penzance
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £13–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £8–11
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/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
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-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
- £40–60
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £25–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- ktel2310@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £37
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Airport Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +302110120492
- saimiritoursandtravels@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £11–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65–100
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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
- £65–160
- On Foot
- £30–40
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