There are 11 ways to get from Kendal to Athens by train, plane, bus, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)MAN - ATH
8h 58m€87–359Train, bus
- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to AthensIc
42h 30m€111–200Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Kendal to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Athens
34h 15mTrain to Liverpool, fly
- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to Warrington Bank Quay
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Athens International Airport (ATH)LPL - ATH
11h 47m€132–278Train, train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to Carlisle
- Take the train from Carlisle to Newcastle
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Athens International Airport (ATH)NCL - ATH
13h 37m€109–251Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly
- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to Haymarket
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)EDI - ATH
10h 9m€108–415Train, train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly
- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to Carlisle
- Take the train from Carlisle to Newcastle
- Take the train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Athens International Airport (ATH)MME - ATH
13h 44m€196–840Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Rail Station106
- Take the bus from Rail Station to Golders Green Station590
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens Larissis Station
2d 5hTrain, bus via Prague
- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to Birmingham New Street
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
2d 10h€182–293Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Oxenholme Lake District to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the busferry from Manchester, Coach Station to Sibiu
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Thessaloniki
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens Karaiskaki Square
3d€143–320Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Kendal to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Athens
35h 22m€628–980
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kendal to Athens is to train and bus which costs €110 - €200 and takes 42h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Kendal to Athens is to train and fly which takes 8h 58m and costs €85 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Kendal station to Athens station. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Athens Larissis Station via Rail Station, Golders Green Station, Mill Hill East Station, Bounds Green Road London and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 5h.
The distance between Kendal and Athens is 2804 km.
The best way to get from Kendal to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 42h 30m and costs €110 - €200.
It takes approximately 8h 58m to get from Kendal to Athens, including transfers.
Kendal to Athens bus services, operated by Cumbria Classic Coaches, depart from Bus Station.
Kendal to Athens bus services, operated by Cumbria Classic Coaches, arrive at Rail Station.
Athens is 2h ahead of Kendal. It is currently 7:54 AM in Kendal and 9:54 AM in Athens.
There are 5443+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Kendal, England and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Bus Station to Athens Larissis Station via Rail Station, Golders Green Station, Mill Hill East Station, Hobart Corner, Bounds Green Road London, Tirana, and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 2d 5h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–150
Flights from Liverpool to Athens International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Liverpool to Athens International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Liverpool to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Liverpool to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Liverpool to Athens International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Kefallinia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Liverpool to Athens International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Liverpool to Athens International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Liverpool to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–750
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Liverpool to Athens International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–65
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–27
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–11
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- 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
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Warrington Bank Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–20
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- €60–90
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- €120–170
Train from Oxenholme Lake District to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- 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
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Sibiu to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bus Station to Rail Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Website
- https://www.cumbriaclassiccoaches.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Rail Station to Golders Green Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.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
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens Larissis Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- 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
- +40 239 629 822
- office@transmarian.ro
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Busferry from Manchester, Coach Station to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–120
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- ktel2310@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens Karaiskaki Square
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €42
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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