There are 10 ways to get from Ireland to Greece by plane, bus, train, shuttle, car ferry, 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 Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane DUB - ATH
7h 50m€89–236Fly Dublin Airport to Rhodes International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane DUB - RHO
8h 2m€67–188Bus, 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€164–429Fly Dublin Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane DUB - HER
7h 33m€96–199Fly Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane DUB - SKG
7h 34m€87–209Fly Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport, Private transfer
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane DUB - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
9h 1m€200–427Train to Belfast International Airport, fly to Rhodes International Airport
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Centraltrain
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane BFS - RHO
9h 31m€101–275Train, 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 6h€642–1,012Bus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Suceava to Thessalonikibus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens Karaiskaki Squarebus
3d 9h€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 Greece is to fly which costs €65 - €190 and takes 8h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Greece is to fly which takes 7h 33m and costs €95 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Ireland to Greece. However, there are services departing from Dublin and arriving at Athens Karaiskaki Square via Rădăuţi, Suceava and Thessaloniki Monastiriou. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 9h.
The distance between Ireland and Greece is 2933 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Greece without a car is to bus and train which takes 3 days 5h and costs €160 - €430.
It takes approximately 7h 50m to get from Ireland to Greece, including transfers.
Ireland to Greece bus services, operated by Tarsin, depart from Dublin station.
The best way to get from Ireland to Greece is to fly which takes 7h 50m and costs €85 - €240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €120 - €450 and takes 3 days 9h.
Ireland to Greece bus services, operated by Tarsin, arrive at Rădăuți station.
Greece is 2h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 5:16 PM in Ireland and 7:16 PM in Greece.
What companies run services between Ireland and 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 Karaiskaki Square via Dublin, Rădăuţi, Suceava, Thessaloniki, and Thessaloniki Monastiriou in around 3d 9h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from Dublin Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Dublin Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Dublin Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–390
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- 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.
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
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
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
- +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
- +30 693-724-9486
- info@cretetaxitransfers.gr
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
Shuttle from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–190
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–230
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €230–250
- 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
- +30 2310 500111
- info@ktelthes.gr
- Website
- KTEL Thessalonikis S.A.
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens Karaiskaki Square
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- 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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