There are 9 ways to get from Ireland to Athens by plane, train, car ferry, bus, 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 from Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane DUB - ATH
7h 51m€89–236Bus to Kerry Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Limerick Colbert to Kerry Airportbus
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane KIR - ATH
10h 30m€60–161Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
3d 5h€640–1,010Fly from Shannon Airport
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane SNN - ATH
11h 42m€140–402Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Centraltrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BHD - ATH
10h 37m€136–311Bus to Ireland West Airport Knock, fly
- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt to Ireland W Airportbus
- Fly from Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane NOC - ATH
11h€95–271Bus, train
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the train from Suceava to Constanţatrain
- Take the bus from Constanța to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
3d 5h€164–428Bus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Suceava to Thessalonikibus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
3d 8h€121–449Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Rosslare to Santanderferry
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athensbus
3d 18h
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Athens is to bus and fly which costs €60 - €170 and takes 10h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Athens is to fly which takes 7h 51m and costs €85 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Ireland to Athens. However, there are services departing from Dublin and arriving at Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL via Rădăuţi, Suceava and Thessaloniki Monastiriou. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 8h.
The distance between Ireland and Athens is 2933 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Athens without a car is to train and car ferry and bus which takes 3 days 5h and costs €600 - €1100.
It takes approximately 7h 51m to get from Ireland to Athens, including transfers.
Ireland to Athens bus services, operated by Tarsin, depart from Dublin station.
The best way to get from Ireland to Athens is to fly which takes 7h 51m and costs €85 - €240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €120 - €450 and takes 3 days 8h.
Ireland to Athens bus services, operated by Tarsin, arrive at Rădăuți station.
Athens is 2h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 6:12 AM in Ireland and 8:12 AM in Athens.
What companies run services between Ireland and Athens, Greece?
Ryanair, Aegean Airlines, and Aer Lingus fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Athens International Airport (ATH) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Dublin to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL via Dublin, Rădăuţi, Suceava, Thessaloniki, and Thessaloniki Monastiriou in around 3d 8h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Shannon Airport to Athens International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–270
Flights from Shannon Airport to Athens International Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–270
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Athens International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Kerry Airport to Athens International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Kerry Airport to Athens International Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Athens International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–430
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Athens International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Athens International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Athens International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Athens International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Shannon Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Kerry Airport to Athens International Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Shannon Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–420
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €14–21
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €9–13
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €14–21
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- contact@regiocalatori.ro
- Website
- Regio Călători
Train from Suceava to Constanţa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- Regio Călători
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Suceava to Constanţa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €39–43
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Galway Ceannt to Ireland W Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Limerick Colbert to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Constanța to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Suceava to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- info@ktelthes.gr
- Website
- KTEL Thessalonikis S.A.
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–50
- Website
- KTEL Thessalonikis S.A.
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–150
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +355 69 31 41 219
- info@artanitravel.com
- Website
- artanitravel.com
Bus from Padova to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- artanitravel.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
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- amr_travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- 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
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €440–750
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Ferry from Rosslare to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €244
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
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