There are 13 ways to get from London to Athens by plane, train, bus, bus and ferry, car, car train or car 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 from London Heathrow • 6h 46m
Cheapest option
Fly from London Stansted • 7h 21m
11 alternative options
Fly from London City • 8h 28m
Train to London Gatwick, fly • 7h 15m
Train to London Luton, fly • 7h 20m
Train to Birmingham, fly • 7h 50m
Train, bus via Bratislava • 34h 39m
Train, bus • 37h 11m
Bus • 2 days 3h
Train, Bus • 2 days 3h
Bus and ferry, bus • 2 days 5h
Drive, Eurotunnel • 29h 24m
Drive, car ferry • 30h 46m
London to Athens by train, walk, taxi and bus
The journey time between London and Athens is around 34h 39m and covers a distance of around 3542 km. This includes an average layover time of around 5h. Operated by Eurostar, Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express, TGV inOui and others, the London to Athens service departs from London St Pancras Intl and arrives in Athens. Typically only one service runs weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Athens is to train and fly which costs £80 - £210 and takes 7h 20m.
The quickest way to get from London to Athens is to fly which costs £75 - £400 and takes 6h 46m.
No, there is no direct bus from London station to Athens. However, there are services departing from London, Victoria Green Line Station and arriving at Athens via Prague Florenc Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 3h.
The distance between London and Athens is 2392 km.
The best way to get from London to Athens without a car is to train and bus via Bratislava which takes 34h 39m and costs £390 - £800.
It takes approximately 6h 46m to get from London to Athens, including transfers.
London to Athens bus services, operated by RegioJet, depart from London, Victoria Green Line Station.
The best way to get from London to Athens is to fly which takes 6h 46m and costs £75 - £400. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £80 - £130 and takes 2 days 3h.
The quickest flight from London Heathrow Airport to Athens Airport is the direct flight which takes 3h 30m.
London to Athens bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Athens station.
- Distance: 2391.6 km
- Duration: 6h 46m
What companies run services between London, England and Athens, Greece?
Sky Express, Aegean Airlines and 10 other airlines fly from London Paddington to Athens hourly. Alternatively, you can take a bus from London Victoria to Athens via Prague Florenc Central Bus Station in around 2 days 3h.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €550
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180 - €800
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180 - €800
Flights from London City to Athens via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210 - €750
Flights from Birmingham to Athens via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240 - €800
Flights from Birmingham to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240 - €800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130 - €950
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €440 - €3300
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90 - €600
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180 - €800
Flights from Birmingham to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95 - €370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55 - €450
Flights from London Stansted to Athens via Warsaw Modlin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55 - €450
Flights from London Stansted to Athens via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55 - €450
Flights from London Luton to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €340
Flights from Birmingham to Athens via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65 - €380
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190 - €850
Flights from Birmingham to Athens via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230 - €1100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City to Athens via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210 - €850
Flights from Birmingham to Athens via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240 - €1200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London City to Athens via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210 - €700
Flights from London City to Athens via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €420
Flights from Birmingham to Athens via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €260 - €900
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220 - €800
Flights from Birmingham to Athens via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290 - €1800
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75 - €440
Flights from London Luton to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75 - €170
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190 - €800
Flights from Birmingham to Athens via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330 - €1100
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280 - €600
Flights from Birmingham to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €450
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from London Stansted to Athens via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150 - €700
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95 - €600
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130 - €1000
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 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
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- customerservices@gatwickexpress.com
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14 - €20
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
- Anytime Standard
- €14 - €20
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras International LL to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15 - €19
- Website
- Thameslink
- Anytime
- €15 - €19
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- getintouch@eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras International to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18 - €27
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
- Advance Single
- €8 - €22
- Off-Peak Single
- €13 - €20
- Anytime Day Single/Anytime Single
- €18 - €27
- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45 - €160
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- €45 - €60
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €110 - €160
- Phone
- +44 121 634 2040
- comments@londonmidland.com
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45 - €55
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
- Advanced Single/Anytime Advance
- €9 - €13
- Anytime Day Single
- €45 - €55
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110 - €350
- Website
- Eurostar
- Business Premier
- €310 - €350
- Standard
- €110 - €140
- Standard Premier
- €160 - €210
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €350
- Website
- Eurostar
- Business Premier
- €300 - €350
- Standard
- €100 - €130
- Standard Premier
- €150 - €190
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German rail company Deutsche Bahn is known for its efficient and comfortable service. It 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 (bookings usually open 6 months in advance for domestic tickets).
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100 - €140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
Train from Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70 - €95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €70 - €100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
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France’s high-speed TGV train network runs at speeds of up to 320km/h connecting major cities across France and into neighbouring countries. All TGV tickets include a seat reservation; seating is 1+2 in 1st class, 2+2 in 2nd class. Popular routes include Paris to Marseille and Paris to Strasbourg. Most TGVs have a cafe area, power points at each seat and WiFi.
Contact Details
- Phone
- 0033 892 353535
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris l'Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90 - €130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- 2nd Class
- €90 - €110
- 1st Class
- €100 - €130
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 Salzburg Hbf to Bratislava-Petrzalka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110 - €200
- Website
- Swiss Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS)
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- Phone
- +302130121451
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10 - €35
- Website
- Greek Railways (OSE)
- Airport
- €10
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10 - €22
- Website
- Greek Railways (OSE)
- Airport
- €10
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Eurotunnel
- 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
- 2310-241545
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Stuttgart to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45 - €110
- Schedules at
- crazyholidays.gr
- Phone
- +420 542 42 42 42
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London, Victoria Green Line Station to Prague, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35 - €50
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- 02/989 0000
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60 - €90
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €250 - €380
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.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
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- tourist-service.com
Bus from Sofia to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €67
- Website
- Tourist Service Holding AD
- Phone
- +45 33 42 30 10
- incoming@dfdsseaways.dk
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Dover to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €95 - €160
- Website
- dfds.co.uk
- Standard Car - Economy
- €97
- Standard Car - Premium
- €155
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