There are 12 ways to get from London to Athens by plane, train, bus, night train, car ferry, car or car train
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 from London Heathrow • 6 h 51 min
$122 - $357
Cheapest option
Fly from London Stansted • 7 h 22 min
$95 - $365
10 alternative options
Fly from London Gatwick • 7 h 7 min
$106 - $355
Fly from London City • 8 h 28 min
$154 - $565
Train to London Luton, fly • 7 h 45 min
$108 - $583
Train, bus • 38 h 16 min
$369 - $703
Bus FlixBus • 2 days 2 h
$184 - $266
Train • 2 days 3 h
$367 - $695
Train, Thello, car ferry, bus • 2 days 6 h
$327 - $766
Bus Radina VIP • 2 days 7 h
$142 - $218
Drive, carferry, car ferry • 2 days 2 h
$366 - $720
Drive, Eurotunnel, train • 33 h 11 min
$753 - $1,014
Questions & Answers
No, there is no direct bus from London to Athens. However, there are services departing from London and arriving at Athens via Budapest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 2 h.
No, there is no direct train from London to Athens. However, there are services departing from London St. Pancras International and arriving at Athens via Paris Nord RER, Paris Gare de Lyon, Zürich HB, Beograd and Thessaloniki. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 3 h.
The distance between London and Athens is 1495 miles.
The best way to get from London to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 38 h 16 min and costs .
It takes approximately 6 h 51 min to get from London to Athens, including transfers.
London to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from London station.
London to Athens train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St. Pancras International station.
The best way to get from London to Athens is to fly which takes 6 h 51 min and costs . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 2 days 2 h, you could also train, which costs and takes 2 days 3 h.
The quickest flight from London Heathrow Airport to Athens Airport is the direct flight which takes 3 h 35 min.
London to Athens bus services, operated by Siamos Tours, arrive at Athens station.
- Distance: 1494.5 miles
- Duration: 6 h 51 min
What companies run services between London, England and Athens, Greece?
British Airways, Aegean Airlines and eight other airlines fly from London to Athens hourly. Alternatively, you can take a bus from London to Athens via Budapest, Budapest Népliget and Budapest in around 2 days 2 h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 41 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60 - $550
Flights from London Stansted to Athens via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 5 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60 - $550
Flights from London Stansted to Athens via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 40 min
- When
- Monday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60 - $550
Flights from London Stansted to Athens via Rome Ciampino
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60 - $550
Flights from London Stansted to Athens via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 15 min
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60 - $550
Flights from London Stansted to Athens via Berlin Schoenefeld
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60 - $550
Flights from London Stansted to Athens via Warsaw Modlin
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60 - $550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120 - $750
- Website
- aegeanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 36 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $700
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 20 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240 - $850
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 40 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $1,700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240 - $850
Flights from London City to Athens via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 3 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310 - $1,000
Flights from London City to Athens via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9 h 30 min
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100 - $550
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 36 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $700
Flights from London City to Athens via Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 55 min
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100 - $550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 27 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240 - $850
Flights from London City to Athens via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 35 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330 - $950
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 42 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90 - $600
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 20 min
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90 - $600
Flights from London Stansted to Athens via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 20 min
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150 - $390
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Amsterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $850
Flights from London City to Athens via Amsterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 27 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $800
- Website
- cobalt.aero
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 39 min
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80 - $240
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 30 min
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100 - $410
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 37 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190 - $1,100
- Website
- p.turkishairlines.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Istanbul Ataturk
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $800
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Luton to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70 - $280
Flights from London Luton to Athens via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 50 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80 - $300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260 - $1,200
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 15 min
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110 - $700
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 25 min
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $170 - $1,000
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from London City to Athens via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 25 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320 - $1,400
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from London City to Athens via Warsaw
- Ave. Duration
- 10 h 15 min
- When
- Tuesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100 - $550
- Website
- airbagan.com
Flights from London Luton to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $650
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras International LL to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14 - $20
- Schedules at
- thameslinkrailway.com
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- getintouch@eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras International to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14 - $21
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Advance Single
- $6 - $10
- Off-Peak Single
- $13 - $21
- Anytime Day Single
- $14 - $21
- Anytime Single
- $19 - $28
Rome2rio's guide to Eurostar
Contact Details
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St. Pancras International to Paris Nord Eurostar
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 16 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75 - $240
- Website
- eurostar.com
- Standard
- $75 - $240
- Premier
- $180 - $280
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- Phone
- 0033 892 353535
- Website
- sncf.com
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 9 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $130
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $110 - $130
- 1st Class
- $150 - $220
Train from Paris Gare de Lyon to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 14 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $130
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $110 - $130
- 1st Class
- $160 - $230
Train from Calais-Fréthun to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $65 - $75
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $65 - $75
- 1st Class
- $95 - $130
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 17 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $60
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $50 - $60
- 1st Class
- $75 - $95
Deutsche Bahn is the German railway company, and the largest railway operator and infrastructure owner in Europe. Based in Berlin, Deutsche Bahn was founded in 1994, and offers many different types of rail transportation including ICE or Intercity-Express for high-speed services between major cities and regions, IC (InterCity) for long-distance trains, RE (Regional Express) trains that connect regions and cities, and the S-Bahn rapid transit service. There are two main tickets on offer: the Flexpreis that has full flexibility, and the Sparpreis which is the cheaper, advanced fare.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 9 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $170
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 58 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60 - $90
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 13 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50 - $75
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25 - $40
- Website
- bahn.de
- Website
- trainose.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $27 - $40
- Website
- trainose.gr
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
- Second Class
- $27 - $40
- First Class
- $35 - $50
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. Swiss Railways codeshares with American Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines out of Zurich International Airport.
Contact Details
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Beograd
- Ave. Duration
- 20 h 57 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120 - $210
- Website
- fahrplan.sbb.ch
- Schedules at
- fahrplan.sbb.ch
- Phone
- +381 11 360-28-99
- infozeleznicesrb@gmail.com
- Website
- serbianrailways.com
Train from Beograd to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 14 h 17 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30 - $75
- Schedules at
- bahn.de
- Phone
- +33 1 83 82 00 00
- Website
- thello.com
Night train from Gare de Lyon to Venezia Santa Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 14 h 21 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130 - $180
- Website
- thello.com
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $173
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- ms.mk
Bus from Rosenheim Hbf. to Skopje
- Ave. Duration
- 15 h 52 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $70 - $130
- Schedules at
- ms.mk
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Skopje to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23 - $35
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves over 1400 destinations, in 26 countries including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, and across Scandinavia and central and eastern Europe. Founded in 2012, Flixbus’ extensive network connects cities with approximately 200,000 trips, with buses often departing every 30 minutes. One of the most affordable ways to get around Europe (and expanding soon into the US), a Flixbus journey is cost-effective, well-connected, comfortable and safe.
Rome2rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 1807 123 99 123
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from London to Budapest, Budapest Népliget
- Ave. Duration
- 28 h 10 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $100 - $180
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
- info@eurolines.cz
- Website
- elines.cz
Bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Budapest Népliget
- Ave. Duration
- 29 h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $90 - $130
- Schedules at
- elines.cz
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.gr
Bus from Budapest to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 21 h 9 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80 - $95
- Schedules at
- siamostours.gr
- Phone
- 2610 623 888
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Patras to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22 - $26
- Schedules at
- ktelachaias.gr
- Phone
- +359 879 321 588
- radinavip@gmail.com
- Website
- radinavip.com
Bus from London - Victoria Station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 44 h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110 - $150
- Schedules at
- radinavip.com
- Phone
- 046/ 66 13 21
- valeross_holiday@abv.bg
- Website
- valeross.com
Bus from Sofia to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10 h 3 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30 - $70
- Schedules at
- valeross.com
- Phone
- 02/989 0000
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12 h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $27 - $65
- Schedules at
- online.union-ivkoni.com
- Phone
- +359 2831 9192
- office@iliastravel.com
- Website
- iliastravel.com
Bus from Sofia to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14 h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $61 - $66
- Schedules at
- iliastravel.com
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Venezia to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 31 h 1 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95 - $320
- Schedules at
- superfast.com
- Deck
- $98 - $100
- Aircraft-type seats
- $119 - $121
- 2 bed inside cabin
- $313 - $316
- 3 bed outside cabin
- $270 - $320
- Phone
- 01304 448866.
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24 - $35
- Schedules at
- poferries.com
- Book at
- directferries.co.uk
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Athens is 2 h ahead of London. It is currently 10:00 PM in London and 12:00 AM in Athens.
London to Athens train services, operated by Greek Railways (OSE), arrive at Athens station.
Swiss, KLM, Austrian Airlines and four other airlines offer flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens Airport.
There are 3797+ hotels available in Athens. Prices start at $52 USD per night.
The best way to get from London to London Heathrow Airport is to train which takes 14 min and costs .