There are 9 ways to get from Greece to Ireland by plane, bus, train, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Athens International Airport to Cork Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane ATH - ORK
9h 51m€83–265Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Belfast International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane SKG - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalktrain
13h 30m€66–200Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport Arrival Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
3d 7h€115–330Fly Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ATH - DUB
8h 2m€82–221Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cork Airport
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane SKG - ORK
9h 31m€106–268Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane SKG - DUB
7h 42m€70–244Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane SKG - SNN
12h 4m€83–138Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Suceavabus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
3d 8h€137–421Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Athens to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Rennes Place de la Garebus
- Take the bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Garebus
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
3d 10h
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Cork Airport (ORK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Ireland is to fly which costs €80 - €140 and takes 12h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Ireland is to fly which takes 7h 42m and costs €70 - €250.
The distance between Greece and Ireland is 2993 km.
The best way to get from Greece to Ireland without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 7h and costs €110 - €330.
It takes approximately 9h 51m to get from Greece to Ireland, including transfers.
The best way to get from Greece to Ireland is to fly which takes 9h 51m and costs €80 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €330 and takes 3 days 7h.
Ireland is 2h behind Greece. It is currently 9:11 PM in Greece and 7:11 PM in Ireland.
There are 1066+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Greece and Ireland?
Swiss, Edelweiss Air, and four other airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Cork Airport (ORK) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Athens to Dublin via Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport Arrival Terminal, Bucharest Otopeni Airport, Rădăuţi, Rădăuți, and Dublin in around 3d 7h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Dublin Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cork Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–460
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Athens to Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport Arrival Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Rennes Place de la Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 42h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–30
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- en.tourist-service.com
Bus from Athens to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €69
- Website
- https://en.tourist-service.com/
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- capcotentin.fr
Bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- capcotentin.fr
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–85
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €210–1,000
- On Foot
- €70–85
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