There are 12 ways to get from Athens to Poole by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to Southampton Airport, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Southampton Airport (SOU)ATH - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Poole
9h 46m£156–327Fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)ATH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Poole
10h 49m£68–335Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to ThessalonikiIc
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bournemouth
43h 11m£108–277Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Poole
31h 15mFly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)ATH - LHR
- Take the train from Woking to Poole
10h 1m£91–303Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Stansted Airport (STN)ATH - STN
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Poole
10h 9m£90–313Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)ATH - LGW
- Take the train from Clapham Junction to Poole
10h 14m£96–371Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)ATH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Bournemouth
11h 9m£110–494Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Luton Airport (LTN)ATH - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Poole
10h 5m£86–362Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Take the train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Poole
2d 2hBus
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Take the bus from Green Line Coach Station to Seldown Coach Station
2d 8h£148–184Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Poole
32h 19m£538–781
Athens to Poole by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Poole is to fly and train which costs £90 - £310 and takes 10h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Poole is to fly and train which takes 9h 46m and costs £150 - £330.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Poole station. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Seldown Coach Station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc and Green Line Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 8h.
The distance between Athens and Poole is 1594 miles.
The best way to get from Athens to Poole without a car is to train and bus which takes 43h 11m and costs £100 - £280.
It takes approximately 9h 46m to get from Athens to Poole, including transfers.
Athens to Poole bus services, operated by Korona Travel, depart from Athens station.
Athens to Poole bus services, operated by Korona Travel, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Poole is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 9:24 PM in Athens and 7:24 PM in Poole.
There are 2215+ hotels available in Poole.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Poole, England?
You can take a bus from Athens to Seldown Coach Station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, London Victoria, and Green Line Coach Station in around 2d 8h.
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- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–310
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £95–310
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–330
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–270
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–450
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £95–310
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–330
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £26–180
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–19
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Woking to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–55
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from London Waterloo to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–85
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Clapham Junction to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–17
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- 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
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–150
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–310
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.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
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–20
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–25
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- 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 Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £22–29
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £36
- 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 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- 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
- £80
- 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
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Green Line Coach Station to Seldown Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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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