There are 10 ways to get from Fort William to Athens by bus, plane, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Fort William to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane EDI - ATH
10h 24m€100–231Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 915
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Coach Parkbus
- Take the bus from Northampton to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
2d 3h€149–272Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Fort William to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Athenscar
38h 15mBus to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Fort William Bus Station to Inverness Union Streetbus
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane INV - ATH
12h 19m€155–275Bus, train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Fort William Bus Station to Inverness Union Streetbus
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane ABZ - ATH
14h 50m€195–402Train, train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Fort William to Glasgow Queen Street Low Leveltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane NCL - ATH
15h 32m€179–533Bus to Glasgow Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Fort William to Glasgow Airportbus
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane GLA - ATH
13h 11m€103–245Train, bus
- Take the train from Fort William to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athensbus
2d 5hBus via Košice
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 915
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Sheffield Interchange/E2bus 180
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Košicebus
- Take the bus from Košice to Athensbus
3d 2h€264–549Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Fort William to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Athenscar
39h 27m€668–1,079
Fort William to Athens by bus and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Fort William to Athens is to bus and fly which costs €100 - €240 and takes 10h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Fort William to Athens is to bus and fly which takes 10h 24m and costs €100 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Fort William station to Athens. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Athens via Buchanan Bus Station, Sheffield and Košice. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 2h.
The distance between Fort William and Athens is 3087 km.
The best way to get from Fort William to Athens without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 3h and costs €140 - €280.
It takes approximately 10h 24m to get from Fort William to Athens, including transfers.
Fort William to Athens bus services, operated by Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, depart from Bus Station.
Fort William to Athens bus services, operated by Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Athens is 2h ahead of Fort William. It is currently 3:45 AM in Fort William and 5:45 AM in Athens.
There are 12983+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Fort William, Scotland and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Bus Station to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL via Buchanan Bus Station, Coach Park, Northampton, Bucharest, Thessaloniki, and Thessaloniki Monastiriou in around 2d 3h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Athens International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Athens International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Athens International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Athens International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
- 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
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Fort William to Glasgow Queen Street Low Level
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Fort William to Glasgow Queen Street Low Level
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Fort William to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Fort William to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Fort William Bus Station to Inverness Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Fort William to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–26
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Fort William to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Coach Park
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Northampton to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- 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, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–50
- 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
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Sheffield Interchange/E2
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Košice
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Košice to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- 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
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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
- €6–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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