There are 12 ways to get from Ely 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 London Stansted Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Ely to Stansted Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)STN - ATH
7h 19m€75–274Train, bus
- Take the train from Ely to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe HbfTgv
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pristina
- Take the bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to AthensIc
38h 36mTrain, bus via Sankt Pölten
- Take the train from Ely to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to St.Poelten HbfNj
- Take the bus from Sankt Pölten to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to AthensIc
42h 27m€282–638Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Ely to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Athens
30h 37mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ely to King's Cross
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)LHR - ATH
8h 47m€103–346Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ely to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)LTN - ATH
8h 27m€91–359Train to Norwich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ely to Norwich
- Fly from Norwich International Airport (NWI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)NWI - ATH
9h 45m€187–530Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Athens International Airport (ATH)LGW - ATH
9h 6m€86–386Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Ely to King's Cross
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
44h 19mBus
- Take the bus from Parkside to Stratford City Bus Station
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens Larissis Station
47h 10mTrain, bus #3
- Take the train from Ely to King's Cross
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
2d 4h€178–244Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Ely to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Athens
31h 44m€574–901
London Stansted Airport (STN) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ely to Athens is to train and fly which costs €75 - €280 and takes 7h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Ely to Athens is to train and fly which takes 7h 19m and costs €75 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Ely to Athens station. However, there are services departing from Market Street and arriving at Athens Larissis Station via Parkside, Stratford City Bus Station, King's Cross Stn / York Way, Bounds Green Road London and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 10m.
The distance between Ely and Athens is 2502 km.
The best way to get from Ely to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 38h 36m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 19m to get from Ely to Athens, including transfers.
Ely to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Parkside station.
Ely to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Stratford City Bus Station.
Athens is 2h ahead of Ely. It is currently 6:08 AM in Ely and 8:08 AM in Athens.
There are 12401+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Ely, England and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Market Street to Athens Larissis Station via Drummer St Bus Station, Parkside, Stratford City Bus Station, King's Cross St. Pancras station, King's Cross Stn / York Way, Hobart Corner, Bounds Green Road London, Tirana, and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 47h 10m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–120
Flights from Norwich International Airport to Athens International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–490
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Norwich International Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–900
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–270
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–350
Train from Ely to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Ely to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–26
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Ely to Norwich
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Ely to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.greatnorthernrail.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €95–140
- 1st Class
- €140–210
- 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 London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Ely to Norwich
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–19
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- 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
- barilevaturist.com
Bus from Pristina to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Schedules at
- barilevaworldwide.com
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- sharrtravel@hotmail.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
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Sankt Pölten to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- +389 70 667 766
- loni.tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Sankt Pölten to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- web.facebook.com
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €14–16
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- 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 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Parkside to Stratford City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Parkside to Stratford City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens Larissis Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- 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
- +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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