There are 9 ways to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Samos by plane, train, ferry, bus or bus and ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly London Gatwick to Samos • 7h 26m
8 alternative options
Train to London Heathrow, fly to Samos • 10h 17m
Train to London City, fly to Samos • 10h 10m
Train, bus, ferry via Vienna • 2 days 2h
Train, bus and ferry, bus, ferry via Istanbul • 2 days 15h
Train, bus and ferry, bus, ferry • 2 days 16h
Train, bus, ferry • 2 days 19h
Questions & Answers
What is the cheapest way to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Samos?
The cheapest way to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Samos is to fly and train and ferry which costs £65 - £310 and takes 16h 30m.
How do I get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Samos the fastest?
The fastest way to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Samos is to fly. Taking this option will cost £40 - £310 and takes 7h 26m.
How far is it from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Samos?
The distance between London Gatwick Airport (LGW) and Samos is 2595 km.
How do I travel from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Samos without a car?
The best way to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Samos without a car is to train and bus and ferry via Vienna which takes 2 days 2h and costs £280 - £700.
How long does it take to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Samos?
It takes approximately 7h 26m to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Samos, including transfers.
How long is the flight from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Samos?
There is no direct flight from London Gatwick Airport to Samos Airport. The quickest flight takes 12h and has one stopover.
What is the time difference between London Gatwick Airport (LGW) and Samos?
Samos is 2h ahead of London Gatwick Airport (LGW). It is currently 4:37 AM in London Gatwick Airport (LGW) and 6:37 AM in Samos.
Which airlines fly from London Gatwick Airport to Samos Airport?
Condor Flugdienst, Wizz Air UK, Wizz Air and five other airlines offer flights from London Gatwick Airport to Samos Airport.
Where can I stay near Samos?
There are 84+ hotels available in Samos. Prices start at €87 per night.
Launch map view
- Distance: 2594.8 km
- Duration: 7h 26m
What companies run services between London Gatwick Airport (LGW), England and Samos, Greece?
easyJet, Olympic Air and six other airlines fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Samos twice daily.
Airlines
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Samos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80 - €430
Flights from London Gatwick to Samos via Thessaloniki, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €470
Flights from London Gatwick to Samos via Munich, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230 - €750
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €260
Flights from London Heathrow to Samos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €330
Flights from London Heathrow to Samos via Munich, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180 - €600
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Samos via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €200 - €750
Flights from London Heathrow to Samos via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €160 - €600
Flights from London City to Samos via Zurich, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €200 - €750
Flights from London City to Samos via Frankfurt, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €200 - €750
Flights from London City to Samos via Dusseldorf, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €200 - €750
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from London Stansted to Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75 - €1300
Flights from London Stansted to Izmir via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75 - €1300
Flights from London Stansted to Izmir via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75 - €1300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55 - €320
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Samos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80 - €430
Flights from London Gatwick to Samos via Thessaloniki, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €470
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200 - €700
Flights from London Stansted to Izmir via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130 - €1400
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Samos via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €400
Flights from London Heathrow to Samos via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85 - €320
Flights from London City to Samos via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Samos via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180 - €460
Flights from London City to Samos via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €220 - €600
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Samos via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180 - €460
Flights from London City to Samos via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €220 - €600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50 - €330
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €550
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230 - €700
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260 - €700
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Samos via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130 - €550
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted to Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €300
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from London City to Samos via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €550
Train operators
- Phone
- +30 213 0121121
- Website
- trainose.gr
Train from Athens Airport to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- Greek Railways (Suburban)
- Book at
- Greek Railways (Suburban)
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10 - €26
- Website
- Southern Service
- Schedules at
- Southern Service
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Anytime Standard
- €10 - €15
- Anytime 1st Class
- €19 - €26
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10 - €26
- Website
- Southern Service
- Schedules at
- Southern Service
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Anytime Standard
- €10 - €15
- Anytime 1st Class
- €19 - €26
Carriage interior
Stronger Unions
Comuter train
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First class interior
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London to Brighton standard carridge
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Exterior of Southern Railways train
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Southern Railways train
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Southern Railways train
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Southern Railways train
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Train interior
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London Victoria
Wikipedia
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- customerservices@gatwickexpress.com
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14 - €20
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
- Anytime Standard
- €14 - €20
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14 - €18
- Website
- Thameslink
- Anytime
- €14 - €18
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras International LL
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15 - €20
- Website
- Thameslink
- Anytime
- €15 - €20
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €350
- Website
- Eurostar
- Business Premier
- €300 - €350
- Standard
- €100 - €130
- Standard Premier
- €150 - €190
E320 London-Paris Standard class
Business Traveller
International departures
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Standard (2nd) class seats
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Exterior of Eurostar
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2nd Class
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The Eurostar through France
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1st Class Interior of Eurostar
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Eurostar at St Pancras
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King's Cross
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London St. Pancras
Wikipedia
- Phone
- +32 2 528 28 28
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90 - €130
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Book at
- Belgium Rail Pass
- 2nd Class
- €90 - €130
- 1st Class
- €140 - €200
Austria's national railway system is not only punctual, reliable and efficient, but offers free wifi to boot. Choose from high-speed intercity Railjet trains, overnight Nightjet trains and regional services such as Cityjet. ÖBB also operates international routes that connect cities in Austria with adjacent European countries including Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Slovenia. If you're planning to be in Austria for a while, consider the ÖBB Vorteilscard, an annual railcard that offers discounts on routes within Austria and in neighbouring countries.
Contact Details
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava-Petrzalka
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13 - €18
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Book at
- Austria Rail Pass
The national railway company of Switzerland, Swiss Railways operates trains throughout the country and adjacent European nations including Germany, France, Italy and Austria. Tickets are sold in two classes - First and Second - with most long-distance trains offering a bistro car serving beverages and snacks. Individual tickets can be bought easily at stands, while a variety of travel passes are on offer to suit different travel needs.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +41 51 220 11 11
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava-Petrzalka
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28 - €55
- Website
- Swiss Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava-Petrzalka
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20 - €28
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Bus operators
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bratislava to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50 - €80
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- 210.92.33.33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Bratislava to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €71
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +44 74 71405777
- office@balkanhorn.com
- Website
- balkanhorn.com
Bus and ferry from London Victoria Station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €144
- Website
- Balkan Horn
- Phone
- 0700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29 - €40
- Website
- Arda Tur
- Phone
- +90 212 658 00 61
- info@huntur.com.tr
- Website
- huntur.com.tr
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €2 - €25
- Website
- Huntur
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0810
- support@citylines.bg
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €16 - €26
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- iletisim@metroturizm.com.tr
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Otogar to Kusadası
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15 - €25
- Website
- MetroTurizm
- Phone
- +90 224 294 55 62
- kamilkoc@kamilkoc.com.tr
- Website
- flixbus.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Esenler to Kuşadası
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5 - €25
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.tr
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofia to Kavala
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
- Phone
- 02/989 0000
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80 - €120
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Ferry operators
- Phone
- +30-210-8919800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- bluestarferries.com
Ferry from Piraeus to Vathy Samou
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40 - €110
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
- Business
- €59 - €63
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €70 - €90
- Economy
- €40 - €60
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €65 - €85
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €90 - €110
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Vathy Samou
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50 - €130
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
- Business
- €65 - €70
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €80 - €100
- Economy
- €50 - €70
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €80 - €100
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €100 - €130
Ferry from Kavala to Vathy Samou
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50 - €120
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
- Business
- €62 - €67
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €75 - €95
- Economy
- €50 - €65
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €75 - €90
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €95 - €120
- Website
- meandertravel.com
Ferry from Kusadasis to Vathy, Samos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27 - €35
- Schedules at
- meandertravel.com
- Website
- bareltravel.com
Ferry from Kusadasis to Samos Vathy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €31 - €36
- Schedules at
- bareltravel.com
- Adult One Way
- €31
- Adult Same Day Return
- €36
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