There are 11 ways to get from Blackpool to Greece by train, plane, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
best- Take the train from Blackpool North to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane MAN - SKG
8h 20m€74–202Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Blackpool North to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MAN - ATH
8h 28m€71–279Bus
- Take the bus from National Express Coach Facility to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 121 / ...
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens Karaiskaki Squarebus
42h 36m€89–168Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Blackpool to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Athenscar
33h 52mTrain to Manchester Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Blackpool North to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MAN - HER
8h 4m€108–302Train to Liverpool, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the train from Blackpool North to Huytontrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LPL - ATH
10h 56m€122–284Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Rhodes International Airport
- Take the train from Blackpool North to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane MAN - RHO
8h 30m€73–283Train to Liverpool, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take the train from Blackpool North to Huytontrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LPL - HER
8h 23m€89–317Train, bus
- Take the train from Preston to London Eustontrain
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athensbus
46h 1mTrain, bus via Prague
- Take the train from Blackpool North to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Take the bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
2d 12h€179–339Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Blackpool to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Athenscar
35h 4m€615–921
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Blackpool to Greece is to train and fly which costs €70 - €280 and takes 8h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Blackpool to Greece is to train and fly which takes 8h 4m and costs €100 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Blackpool to Greece. However, there are services departing from National Express Coach Facility and arriving at Athens Karaiskaki Square via Manchester, Coach Station, Bucharest and Thessaloniki Monastiriou. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 36m.
The distance between Blackpool and Greece is 2481 km.
The best way to get from Blackpool to Greece without a car is to bus which takes 42h 36m and costs €85 - €170.
It takes approximately 8h 20m to get from Blackpool to Greece, including transfers.
Blackpool to Greece bus services, operated by National Express, depart from National Express Coach Facility station.
Blackpool to Greece bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Manchester Central Coach Station.
Greece is 2h ahead of Blackpool. It is currently 3:23 PM in Blackpool and 5:23 PM in Greece.
There are 12306+ hotels available in Greece.
What companies run services between Blackpool, England and Greece?
You can take a bus from National Express Coach Facility to Athens Karaiskaki Square via Manchester, Coach Station, Bucharest, Thessaloniki, and Thessaloniki Monastiriou in around 42h 36m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Liverpool to Athens International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Liverpool to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Liverpool to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Liverpool to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Liverpool to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Liverpool to Athens International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Manchester Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Liverpool to Athens International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Liverpool to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Blackpool North to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–40
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Blackpool North to Huyton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Blackpool North to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–70
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–250
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–95
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–270
- Sleeper Seat
- €70–95
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €300–350
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from National Express Coach Facility to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- ktel2310@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens Karaiskaki Square
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–45
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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