There are 11 ways to get from Carlisle to Athens by train, plane, bus, car, car train, 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.
Train to Newcastle, fly
best- Take the train from Carlisle to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane NCL - ATH
10h 28mDrive, car ferry
cheapest- Drive from Carlisle to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Athenscar
35h 50m€611–996Train, bus
- Take the train from Carlisle to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Strasbourgtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
40h 10mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Carlisle to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Athenscar
34h 37mTrain to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Carlisle to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MAN - ATH
8h 46mTrain to Edinburgh Airport, fly
- Take the train from Carlisle to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane EDI - ATH
8h 33mTrain, train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly
- Take the train from Carlisle to Newcastletrain
- Take the train from Newcastle to Darlingtontrain
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MME - ATH
12h 16mTrain, bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the train from Carlisle to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
41h 8mBus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 590 / ...
- 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
44h 21mTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from Carlisle to London Eustontrain
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athensbus
47h 2mTrain, bus #3
- Take the train from Carlisle to Bingleytrain
- Take the bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
2d 13h
Newcastle (NCL) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Carlisle to Athens is to drive and car ferry which costs €600 - €1000 and takes 35h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Carlisle to Athens is to drive and car ferry which takes 35h 50m and costs €600 - €1000.
No, there is no direct bus from Carlisle station to Athens. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Athens Karaiskaki Square via Manchester, Coach Station, Bucharest and Thessaloniki Monastiriou. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 21m.
The distance between Carlisle and Athens is 2847 km.
The best way to get from Carlisle to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 40h 10m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 28m to get from Carlisle to Athens, including transfers.
Carlisle to Athens bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Bus Station.
Carlisle to Athens bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Manchester Central Coach Station.
Athens is 2h ahead of Carlisle. It is currently 7:44 AM in Carlisle and 9:44 AM in Athens.
There are 5807+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Carlisle, England and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Bus Station to Athens Karaiskaki Square via Manchester, Coach Station, Bucharest, Thessaloniki, and Thessaloniki Monastiriou in around 44h 21m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Athens International Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- northernrail.org
Train from Carlisle to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- northernrail.org
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- northernrail.org
Train from Carlisle to Bingley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- northernrail.org
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from Carlisle to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from Carlisle to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- virgintrains.co.uk
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Carlisle to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- sleeper.scot
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- eurostar.com
- Website
- voyages-sncf.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- voyages-sncf.com
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- voyages-sncf.com
- 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
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Carlisle to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Carlisle to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- virgintrainseastcoast.com
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- virgintrainseastcoast.com
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- trainose.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- trainose.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 135 228
- zhitia-turist@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- info@sharrtravel.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from Bus Station to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- traveline.info
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- 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
- €45–75
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- info@ktelthes.gr
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens Karaiskaki Square
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–45
- Website
- https://ktelthes.gr/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.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
- €9–22
- 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
- €6–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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