There are 12 ways to get from Dorset 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 Southampton Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Weymouth to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane SOU - ATH
11h€181–552Train to Bristol Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Weymouth to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BRS - ATH
11h 25m€132–381Train, bus
- Take the train from Moreton (Dorset) to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Brightontrain
- Take the bus from Brighton to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Larisabus
- Take the train from Larissa to Athenstrain Ic
46h 54mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Dorset to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Athenscar
31h 40m€689–1,012Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Weymouth to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LHR - ATH
11h 13m€165–378Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Poole to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LGW - ATH
11h 26m€152–383Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Weymouth to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LTN - ATH
11h 30m€174–385Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Weymouth to London Waterlootrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane STN - ATH
11h 47m€167–386Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Poole to St Malo Ferry Portcarferry
- Take the bus from Saint-Malo to Angersbus
- Take the train from Angers St Laud to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
47h 56mBus
- Take the bus from South Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 035
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
2d 8h€214–330Bus via Dortmund
- Take the bus from South Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 035
- Take the bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrassebus
- Take the bus from Dortmund to Librazhdbus
- Take the bus from Librazhd to Athensbus
2d 14h€294–415Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dorset to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Athenscar
32h 49m€563–928
Southampton Airport (SOU) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dorset to Athens is to train and fly which costs €130 - €390 and takes 11h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Dorset to Athens is to train and fly which takes 11h and costs €180 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Dorset to Athens. However, there are services departing from Dorchester Road Traffic Lights and arriving at Athens via South Station, London Victoria and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 8h.
The distance between Dorset and Athens is 2620 km.
The best way to get from Dorset to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 46h 54m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h to get from Dorset to Athens, including transfers.
Dorset to Athens bus services, operated by National Express, depart from South Station.
Dorset to Athens bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Athens is 2h ahead of Dorset. It is currently 11:09 AM in Dorset and 1:09 PM in Athens.
There are 13465+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Dorset, England and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Dorchester Road Traffic Lights to Athens via South Station, London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 2d 8h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Athens International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–140
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Athens International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–500
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Weymouth to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Moreton (Dorset) to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–60
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Weymouth to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Poole to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Weymouth to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Weymouth to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- 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
- Estimated price
- €138
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €138
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Weymouth to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Angers St Laud to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Angers St Laud to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–260
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Elbasan to Larisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Librazhd to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Saint-Malo to Angers
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from South Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from South Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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
- +48 77 443 44 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Dortmund to Librazhd
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150
- Schedules at
- nelatravel.site
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- crazy.holidays.tours@gmail.com
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Librazhd to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Librazhd to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +44 3456 091 024
- contactcentre@brittanyferries.gg
- Website
- condorferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Poole to St Malo Ferry Port
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- https://www.condorferries.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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