There are 8 ways to get from Athens to Sligo by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Ireland West Airport Knock, bus
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)plane ATH - NOC
- Take the bus from Ireland W Airport to Sligo Bus Stnbus
10h 2m€142–188Fly to Dublin Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ATH - DUB
- Take the train from Drumcondra to Sligotrain
9h 40m€130–269Bus
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastirioubus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Suceavabus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Liffey Valley SC to Sligo Bus Stnbus
3d 12h€138–475Fly to City Of Derry Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to City Of Derry Airport (LDY)plane ATH - LDY
- Take the bus from Ulsterbus Depot to Sligo Bus Stnbus
12h 23m€174–448Fly to George Best Belfast City Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane ATH - BHD
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 14 to Enniskillen Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Enniskillen to Sligo Hospitalbus
13hFly to Belfast International Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane ATH - BFS
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 14 to Enniskillen Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Enniskillen to Sligo Hospitalbus
13h 56mFly to Shannon Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane ATH - SNN
- Take the bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
- Take the bus from Galway Cathdrl to Sligo Markieviczbus
12h 46mFly to Donegal Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Donegal Airport (CFN)plane ATH - CFN
- Take the bus from An Clochán Liath to Donegalbus
- Take the bus from Donegal to Sligo Bus Stnbus
14h 43m€165–388
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Sligo is to fly and bus which costs €140 - €190 and takes 10h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Sligo is to fly and train which takes 9h 40m and costs €130 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Sligo. However, there are services departing from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL and arriving at Sligo Bus Stn via Thessaloniki, Suceava, Rădăuți and Liffey Valley SC. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 12h.
The distance between Athens and Sligo is 3137 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Sligo without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 12h and costs €130 - €480.
It takes approximately 10h 2m to get from Athens to Sligo, including transfers.
Athens to Sligo bus services, operated by KTEL Thessalonikis S.A., depart from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL station.
Athens to Sligo bus services, operated by KTEL Thessalonikis S.A., arrive at Thessaloniki Monastiriou station.
Sligo is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 3:47 PM in Athens and 1:47 PM in Sligo.
There are 195+ hotels available in Sligo.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Sligo, Ireland?
You can take a bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Sligo Bus Stn via Thessaloniki Monastiriou, Thessaloniki, Suceava, Rădăuți, Dublin, and Liffey Valley SC in around 3d 12h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Athens International Airport to City Of Derry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Athens International Airport to Donegal Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Sunday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
Flights from Athens International Airport to Donegal Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to City Of Derry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- 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
- €120–390
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to City Of Derry Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Drumcondra to Sligo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €18–26
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Ireland W Airport to Sligo Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Liffey Valley SC to Sligo Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Ulsterbus Depot to Sligo Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Donegal to Sligo Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- 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
- €8–50
- Website
- https://ktelthes.gr/en/
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 14 to Enniskillen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 14 to Enniskillen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Enniskillen to Sligo Hospital
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Standard
- €16–22
Bus from Enniskillen to Sligo Hospital
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Standard
- €16–22
Bus from An Clochán Liath to Donegal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Standard
- €16–22
Bus from Donegal to Sligo Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Standard
- €16–22
- Phone
- +353 74 954 8114
- info@feda.ie
- Website
- busfeda.ie
Bus from Galway Cathdrl to Sligo Markievicz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://busfeda.ie/
Bus from An Clochán Liath to Donegal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://busfeda.ie/
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