There are 5 ways to get from Cork to Athens by bus, plane, or train
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Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
best- Take the bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airportbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane SNN - ATH
11h 20m€118–344Bus to Kerry Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Cork Bus Station to Kerry Airportbus
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane KIR - ATH
15h 11m€66–172Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane DUB - ATH
10h 17m€93–242Fly Cork Airport to Athens International Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane ORK - ATH
9h 11m€83–205Fly Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane ORK - SKG
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain
22h 16m€93–353
Shannon Airport (SNN) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Athens is to bus and fly which costs €65 - €180 and takes 15h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Athens is to fly which takes 9h 11m and costs €80 - €210.
The distance between Cork and Athens is 3170 km.
It takes approximately 11h 20m to get from Cork to Athens, including transfers.
Athens is 2h ahead of Cork. It is currently 1:37 PM in Cork and 3:37 PM in Athens.
There are 12692+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Athens, Greece?
Aer Lingus, Aegean Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 6 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Athens International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Shannon Airport to Athens International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Kerry Airport to Athens International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Kerry Airport to Athens International Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Kerry Airport to Athens International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Cork Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–400
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Kerry Airport to Athens International Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Cork Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–400
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Shannon Airport to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Cork Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–390
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €22–35
- 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
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Cork Bus Station to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
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