There are 9 ways to get from Athens to Sligo by plane, bus, train, or ferry
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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 West Airport to Sligo Bus Stationbus
15h 52m€82–257Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the train from Broombridge to Sligotrain Re / ...
3d 5h€137–380Fly to Dublin Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ATH - DUB
- Take the train from Drumcondra to Sligotrain
11h 51m€105–238Fly 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 Stationbus
14h 28m€129–367Fly 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 2 to Enniskillen Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Enniskillen to Sligo University Hospitalbus
14h 54mFly 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 2 to Enniskillen Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Enniskillen to Sligo University Hospitalbus
15h 15mFly 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 Ceannt Stationbus
- Take the bus from Galway Cathedral to Sligo Markievicz Roadbus
15h 5mBus
- 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 Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Liffey Valley SC to Sligo Bus Stationbus 23
3d 6h€164–402Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thessalonikiferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bacăubus
- Take the bus from Bacău to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the train from Broombridge to Sligotrain
4d 10h€208–500
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 train which costs €100 - €240 and takes 11h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Sligo is to fly and train which takes 11h 51m and costs €100 - €240.
The distance between Athens and Sligo is 3138 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Sligo without a car is to train and bus which takes 3 days 5h and costs €130 - €380.
It takes approximately 15h 52m to get from Athens to Sligo, including transfers.
Sligo is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 2:11 PM in Athens and 12:11 PM in Sligo.
There are 152+ 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 Station via Thessaloniki Monastiriou, Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor, Rădăuţi, Rădăuți, Dublin, and Liffey Valley SC in around 3d 6h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to City Of Derry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–550
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–430
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–460
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €140–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to City Of Derry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–430
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to City Of Derry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Broombridge to Sligo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €18–26
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 West Airport to Sligo Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Ulsterbus Depot to Sligo Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceannt Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Liffey Valley SC to Sligo Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bacău
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–28
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 2 to Enniskillen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Enniskillen to Sligo University Hospital
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Phone
- +353 74 954 8114
- info@feda.ie
- Website
- busfeda.ie
Bus from Galway Cathedral to Sligo Markievicz Road
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://busfeda.ie/
- 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
- €42
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–30
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Bacău to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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