There are 11 ways to get from Cheltenham to Greece 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 London Heathrow Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
best- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)LHR - ATH
8h 50m€130–473Train, bus via Bucharest
cheapest- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Birmingham New Street
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to AthensIc
40h 16m€106–190Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cheltenham to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Athens
31h 55mTrain, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Athens International Airport (ATH)LGW - ATH
9h 56m€115–535Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)LGW - SKG
9h 43m€143–558Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)STN - SKG
9h 30m€124–465Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)LTN - ATH
9h 28m€122–460Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)BRS - SKG
7h 29m€159–224Train, bus
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Take the bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
47h 24mTrain, bus via Prague
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Birmingham New Street
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
2d 7h€160–202Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cheltenham to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Athens
33h 3m€583–915
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cheltenham to Greece is to train and bus via Bucharest which costs €100 - €190 and takes 40h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Cheltenham to Greece is to train and fly which takes 7h 29m and costs €150 - €230.
The distance between Cheltenham and Greece is 2676 km.
The best way to get from Cheltenham to Greece without a car is to train and bus via Bucharest which takes 40h 16m and costs €100 - €190.
It takes approximately 8h 50m to get from Cheltenham to Greece, including transfers.
Greece is 2h ahead of Cheltenham. It is currently 10:05 PM in Cheltenham and 12:05 AM in Greece.
There are 12279+ hotels available in Greece.
What companies run services between Cheltenham, England and Greece?
There is no direct connection from Cheltenham to Greece. However, you can take the train to London Paddington, take the train to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, walk to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) airport, fly to Athens International Airport (ATH), walk to Στ.Αεροδρομιου, then take the subway to Στ.Μοναστηρακι. Alternatively, you can take a train from Cheltenham Spa to Athens via Birmingham New Street, Birmingham, Bucharest, Thessaloniki, and Thessaloniki in around 40h 16m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Bristol Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–390
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Bristol Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–170
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–290
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–21
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–15
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- 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
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–27
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- 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
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- 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 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- 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 Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- 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
- +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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