There are 11 ways to get from London to Greece by plane, train or bus
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 Heathrow to Athens • 6h 51m
Cheapest option
9 alternative options
Fly London Stansted to Athens • 7h 11m
Train to London Luton, fly to Athens • 7h 34m
Train, bus • 37h 31m
Train, bus via Budapest • 43h 23m
Bus via Budapest • 2 days 2h
Bus • 2 days 2h
Train, Bus • 2 days 5h
London to Greece by train, subway and bus
The journey time between London and Greece is around 37h 31m and covers a distance of around 3373 km. This includes an average layover time of around 3h 1m. Operated by Eurostar, RATP Metro, TGV inOui and others, the London to Greece service departs from London St Pancras Intl and arrives in Athens. Typically two services run weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
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Weekly Services
37h 31m
Average Duration
€350
Cheapest Price
Questions & Answers
What is the cheapest way to get from London to Greece?
The cheapest way to get from London to Greece is to fly which costs £45 - £260 and takes 7h 1m.
How do I get from London to Greece the fastest?
The fastest way to get from London to Greece is to fly. Taking this option will cost £85 - £360 and takes 6h 51m.
How far is it from London to Greece?
The distance between London and Greece is 2206 km.
How do I travel from London to Greece without a car?
The best way to get from London to Greece without a car is to train and bus which takes 37h 31m and costs £300 - £650.
How long does it take to get from London to Greece?
It takes approximately 6h 51m to get from London to Greece, including transfers.
Bus or fly from London to Greece?
The best way to get from London to Greece is to fly which takes 6h 51m and costs £85 - £360. Alternatively, you can bus via Budapest, which costs £70 - £130 and takes 2 days 2h.
How long is the flight from London to Greece?
The quickest flight from London Heathrow Airport to Athens Airport is the direct flight which takes 3h 35m.
What is the time difference between London and Greece?
Greece is 2h ahead of London. It is currently 5:24 AM in London and 7:24 AM in Greece.
Which airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport to Athens Airport?
Air France, Lufthansa, Alitalia and four other airlines offer flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens Airport.
Where can I stay near Greece?
There are 97+ hotels available in Greece. Prices start at €35 per night.
Launch map view
- Distance: 2205.8 km
- Duration: 6h 51m
What companies run services between London, England and Greece?
Aegean Airlines, British Airways and 11 other airlines fly from London Paddington to Athens hourly. Alternatively, you can take a bus from London Victoria to Athens via Budapest, Kelenföld vasútállomás M, Népliget M, and Budapest Hotel Platanus in around 2 days 2h.
Airlines
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35 - €360
Flights from London Stansted to Thessaloniki via Warsaw Modlin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €35 - €360
Flights from London Stansted to Thessaloniki via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35 - €360
Flights from London Stansted to Thessaloniki via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35 - €360
Flights from London Stansted to Thessaloniki via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €35 - €360
Flights from London Stansted to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55 - €370
Flights from London Stansted to Athens via Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55 - €370
Flights from London Stansted to Athens via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55 - €370
Flights from London Stansted to Athens via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55 - €370
Flights from London Stansted to Athens via Warsaw Modlin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55 - €370
Flights from London Luton to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45 - €230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75 - €370
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70 - €440
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70 - €440
Flights from London Luton to Athens via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65 - €340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160 - €600
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160 - €600
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140 - €440
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90 - €600
Flights from London Gatwick to Thessaloniki via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €360
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110 - €800
Flights from London Gatwick to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95 - €700
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210 - €1100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160 - €700
Flights from London Stansted to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €270 - €2300
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from London Gatwick to Thessaloniki via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160 - €600
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95 - €550
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60 - €490
Flights from London Stansted to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65 - €280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60 - €340
Flights from London Luton to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45 - €260
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210 - €1100
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170 - €800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160 - €800
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Thessaloniki via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160 - €450
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180 - €850
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110 - €460
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80 - €390
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from London Stansted to Athens via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130 - €850
Train operators
- 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
- €11 - €17
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €11 - €17
Comuter train
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First class interior
Southern Railway
Train Interior
happyrail.com
Exterior of Southern Railways train
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Train Exterior
Wikimedia Commons
Train Exterior
Wikimedia Commons
Train Exterior
Wikimedia Commons
Train Interior
Wikimedia Commons
London Victoria
Wikipedia
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14
- Schedules at
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/travel-information/plan-your-journey/timetables
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Anytime Day SIngle
- €14
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17 - €40
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €17 - €25
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €26 - €40
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16 - €80
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Schedules at
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/timetables
- Standard
- €16 - €23
- 1st Class
- €55 - €80
180 Adelante Train Exterior
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360 Desiro Train Exterior
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Class 158 Train Interior
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Class 222 Train Exterior
Wikipedia
Standard Class interior
Wikipedia
EMT Train Exterior
Wikipedia
EMT Train Exterior
Wikimedia Commons
1st class EMT Interior
Wiki Commons
Ticket vending machine
BBC
Class 222 Meridian at St Pancras
Wikipedia
London St. Pancras
Wikipedia
King's Cross
Wiki
Rome2Rio's guide to Eurostar
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120 - €350
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Business Premier
- €320 - €350
- Standard
- €120 - €150
- Standard Premier
- €160 - €210
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110 - €320
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Business Premier
- €312 - €317
- Standard
- €115 - €125
- Standard Premier
- €150 - €190
E320 London-Paris Standard class
Business Traveller
International departures
The Man in Seat 61...
Standard (2nd) class seats
The Man in Seat 61...
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
Wikipedia
London St. Pancras
Wikipedia
King's Cross
Wiki
Gare du Nord Entrance
Wikipedia
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
Train from Paris l'Est to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120 - €200
- Website
- https://www.sncf.com/en
- 2nd Class
- €120 - €160
- 1st Class
- €150 - €200
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95 - €170
- Website
- https://www.sncf.com/en
- 2nd Class
- €95 - €130
- 1st Class
- €120 - €170
- Phone
- +33 (0) 1 84 94 36 35
- info@lyria.com
- Website
- tgv-lyria.com
Train from Gare de Lyon to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70 - €100
- Website
- https://www.tgv-lyria.com/fr/en
- Phone
- +41 848 44 66 88
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zuerich Hb to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €310 - €550
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en/home.html
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50 - €75
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
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- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9 - €19
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Book at
- https://tickets.hellenictrain.gr/dromologia/?lang=gr
- Airport
- €9
Bus operators
- Phone
- +381 11 7620255
- office@fudeks.rs
- Website
- fudeks.rs
Bus from Augsburg to Beograd
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40 - €95
- Schedules at
- en.fudeks.rs
- Book at
- fudeks.rs
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Belgrade to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65 - €95
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Budapest to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80 - €110
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- 0745/ 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from London to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12 - €60
- Book at
- Trans Nicolaescu
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Budapest Hotel Platanus to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70 - €90
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65 - €95
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 210.92.33.33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- 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
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