There are 11 ways to get from Greece to Southampton by plane, train, 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.
Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Gatwick Airport, train
best- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane SKG - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Chichestertrain
- Take the train from Chichester to Southampton Centraltrain
8h 43m£81–218Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Stansted Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SKG - STN
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Southampton Centraltrain
8h 49m£77–317Bus
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastirioubus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Lutonbus
- Take the bus from Airport Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus 230 / ...
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Coach Stationbus 032
42h 40m£106–200Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Southamptoncar
30h 33mFly Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ATH - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Chichestertrain
- Take the train from Chichester to Southampton Centraltrain
9h 23m£82–244Fly Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ATH - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Southampton Centraltrain
9h 2m£113–305Fly Athens International Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane ATH - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslinktrain
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Southampton Centraltrain
9h 4m£90–297Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane HER - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Chichestertrain
- Take the train from Chichester to Southampton Centraltrain
9h 1m£105–307Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brightonbus
- Take the train from Brighton to Southampton Centraltrain
2d 1hBus via Prague
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Coach Stationbus 032
2d 13h£136–219Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Southamptoncar
31h 42m£516–756
Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Southampton is to fly and train which costs £80 - £250 and takes 9h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Southampton is to fly and train which takes 8h 43m and costs £80 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Greece to Southampton station. However, there are services departing from Αφετηρια and arriving at Coach Station via Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL, Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor, Airport Bus Station and Heathrow Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 40m.
The distance between Greece and Southampton is 1420 miles.
The best way to get from Greece to Southampton without a car is to bus which takes 42h 40m and costs £100 - £200.
It takes approximately 8h 43m to get from Greece to Southampton, including transfers.
Greece to Southampton bus services, operated by KTEL Thessalonikis, depart from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL station.
Greece to Southampton bus services, operated by KTEL Thessalonikis, arrive at Thessaloniki Monastiriou station.
Southampton is 2h behind Greece. It is currently 12:58 PM in Greece and 10:58 AM in Southampton.
There are 1901+ hotels available in Southampton.
What companies run services between Greece and Southampton, England?
You can take a bus from Αφετηρια to Coach Station via Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL, Thessaloniki Monastiriou, Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor, Airport Bus Station, and Heathrow Central Bus Station in around 42h 40m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–250
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–180
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–180
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Stansted Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–190
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to Chichester
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–24
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
Train from Chichester to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–22
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–40
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from London Waterloo to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–65
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
Train from Reading to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- ktel2310@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–40
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £25–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Airport Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–29
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–29
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £79
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65–100
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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