There are 9 ways to get from Northern Ireland to Greece by plane, car ferry, bus, train, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Athens International Airport
best- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BHD - ATH
8h 56m€122–232Fly Belfast International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane BFS - RHO
7h 53m€71–247Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Liverpoolcarferry
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
2d 3h€139–211Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane BHD - SKG
11h 23m€80–295Fly City Of Derry Airport to Athens International Airport
- Fly from City Of Derry Airport (LDY) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LDY - ATH
10h 36m€114–331Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take the train from Portadown to Dublin Connollytrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane DUB - ATH
9h 20m€85–227Bus and ferry, train, bus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Crosstrain
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athensbus
2d 7hBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
2d 23hBus and ferry, bus via Košice
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Sheffield Interchange/E2bus 180
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Košicebus
- Take the bus from Košice to Athensbus
3d 6h
George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Northern Ireland to Greece is to train and fly which costs €80 - €230 and takes 9h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Northern Ireland to Greece is to fly which takes 7h 53m and costs €70 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Northern Ireland to Greece. However, there are services departing from Belfast, Europa Buscentre and arriving at Athens via Buchanan Bus Station, Sheffield and Košice. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 6h.
The distance between Northern Ireland and Greece is 2948 km.
The best way to get from Northern Ireland to Greece without a car is to car ferry and bus and train which takes 2 days 3h and costs €130 - €220.
It takes approximately 8h 56m to get from Northern Ireland to Greece, including transfers.
Northern Ireland to Greece bus services, operated by Translink, depart from Belfast, Europa Buscentre station.
Northern Ireland to Greece bus services, operated by Translink, arrive at Glasgow Buchanan station.
Greece is 2h ahead of Northern Ireland. It is currently 6:50 PM in Northern Ireland and 8:50 PM in Greece.
There are 12252+ hotels available in Greece.
What companies run services between Northern Ireland and Greece?
British Airways, KLM, and easyJet fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Athens International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from City Of Derry Airport to Athens International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Athens International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–220
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Athens International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–220
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via East Midlands
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–420
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from City Of Derry Airport to Athens International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- 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 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €12–18
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- 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
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- 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
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Sheffield Interchange/E2
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Košice
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Košice to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Belfast to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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