There are 11 ways to get from Oban to Athens by train, bus, plane, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Oban to Crianlarichtrain
- Take the bus from Police Station to Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane EDI - ATH
10h 47m€115–272Bus, train
- Take the bus from Station Road to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 976
- 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 4hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Oban to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Athenscar
38h 8mBus, bus to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly
- Take the bus from North Pier Car Park to Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Filling Station to Drum Greenbus
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane INV - ATH
15h 11m€127–425Train, train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Oban to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane ABZ - ATH
15h 29m€232–585Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Oban to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MAN - ATH
13h 51m€121–465Train, bus to Glasgow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Oban to Crianlarichtrain
- Take the bus from Public Toilets to Terminal Buildingbus
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane GLA - ATH
11h 50m€121–316Train, bus
- Take the train from Oban to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brightontrain
- Take the bus from Brighton to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
2d 5hBus
- Take the bus from Corran Halls Car Park to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 976
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall Stbus
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
2d 16h€180–245Bus, train via Munich
- Take the bus from Station Road to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 976
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from München to Larissabus
- Take the train from Larissa to Athenstrain Ic
3d 2h€286–581Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Oban to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Athenscar
39h 15m€693–1,073
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Oban to Athens is to train and bus and fly which costs €110 - €280 and takes 10h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Oban to Athens is to train and bus and fly which takes 10h 47m and costs €110 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Oban to Athens. However, there are services departing from Corran Halls Car Park and arriving at Athens via Buchanan Bus Station, Birmingham and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 16h.
The distance between Oban and Athens is 3068 km.
The best way to get from Oban to Athens without a car is to bus and train which takes 2 days 4h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 47m to get from Oban to Athens, including transfers.
Oban to Athens bus services, operated by Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, depart from Corran Halls Car Park station.
Oban to Athens bus services, operated by Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Athens is 2h ahead of Oban. It is currently 12:40 AM in Oban and 2:40 AM in Athens.
There are 12233+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Corran Halls Car Park to Athens via Buchanan Bus Station, Newhall St, Birmingham, and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 2d 16h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–150
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Athens International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–460
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–450
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Athens International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Athens International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Athens International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Athens International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–480
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–450
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Oban to Crianlarich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–21
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Oban to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- 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
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–95
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–270
- Sleeper Seat
- €70–95
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €300–350
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Police Station to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Public Toilets to Terminal Building
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Police Station to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Station Road to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Filling Station to Drum Green
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Public Toilets to Terminal Building
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Corran Halls Car Park to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://www.citylink.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
Bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- 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 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- 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
- Phone
- 01586 552319
- enquiries@westcoastmotors.co.uk
- Website
- westcoastmotors.co.uk
Bus from North Pier Car Park to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.westcoastmotors.co.uk/
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- 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
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from München to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €170–260
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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