There are 11 ways to get from Athens to Preston by plane, train, bus, 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, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ATH - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
8h£77–198Bus, 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 Prestontrain
38h 56mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Prestoncar
33h 17m£650–896Fly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Liverpool (LPL)plane ATH - LPL
- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Prestontrain
11h 10m£77–187Fly 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 Prestontrain
11h 39m£98–298Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ATH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Prestontrain
9h 34m£95–215Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ATH - LHR
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain
9h 50m£161–385Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 82
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Prestontrain
39h 13mBus, 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 Prestontrain
2d 1hBus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Athens to București, Autogara Militaribus
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
3d 15h£146–297Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Prestoncar
34h 19m£539–819
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Manchester Airport (MAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Preston is to fly and train which costs £75 - £200 and takes 8h.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Preston is to fly and train which takes 8h and costs £75 - £200.
The distance between Athens and Preston is 1710 miles.
The best way to get from Athens to Preston without a car is to bus and train via Strasbourg which takes 38h 56m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h to get from Athens to Preston, including transfers.
Preston is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 7:34 PM in Athens and 5:34 PM in Preston.
There are 2309+ hotels available in Preston.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Preston, England?
There is no direct connection from Athens to Preston. However, you can take the subway to Athens Airport, walk to Athens International Airport (ATH) airport, fly to Manchester Airport (MAN), walk to Manchester Airport, then take the train to Preston. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Preston via Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Tirana, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Gare De L'Est, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 38h 56m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–140
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–140
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Liverpool via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- 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
- £90–400
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–280
- 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
- £75–260
- 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
- £85–140
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–400
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–30
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Bradford Interchange to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–23
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–26
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–20
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £65–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £80–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–16
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- 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
- +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
- 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
- £44
- 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
- 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
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £15–20
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.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
- Phone
- +383 44 135 228
- zhitia-turist@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- 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
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Athens to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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