There are 11 ways to get from Perth to Athens by bus, plane, train, 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.
Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Leonard Street to Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)EDI - ATH
7h 40mTrain to Glasgow Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)GLA - ATH
10h 31m€99–234Train, bus via Bucharest
- Take the train from Perth to Haymarket
- Take the train from Haymarket to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to AthensIc
46h 9m€147–302Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Perth to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Athens
36h 51mFly from Dundee Riverside Airport
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to Athens International Airport (ATH)DND - ATH
10h 44m€119–680Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Perth to Aberdeen
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)ABZ - ATH
11h 23m€123–410Train to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly
- Take the train from Perth to Inverness
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Athens International Airport (ATH)INV - ATH
12h 39m€113–537Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Liverpool, Liverpool One802
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens Karaiskaki Square
2d€160–226Train, bus
- Take the train from Perth to Edinburgh Waverley
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
2dTrain, bus via Prague
- Take the train from Perth to Edinburgh Waverley
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
2d 14h€198–525Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Perth to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Athens
37h 58m€673–1,045
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Perth to Athens is to train and fly which costs €95 - €240 and takes 10h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Perth to Athens is to train and fly which takes 10h 31m and costs €95 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Perth station to Athens. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Athens Karaiskaki Square via Buchanan Bus Station, Liverpool, Liverpool One, Bucharest and Thessaloniki Monastiriou. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between Perth and Athens is 2943 km.
The best way to get from Perth to Athens without a car is to train and bus via Bucharest which takes 46h 9m and costs €140 - €310.
It takes approximately 7h 40m to get from Perth to Athens, including transfers.
Perth to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bus Station.
The best way to get from Perth to Athens is to fly which takes 10h 44m and costs €110 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €160 - €230 and takes 2 days 0h.
Perth to Athens bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Athens is 2h ahead of Perth. It is currently 9:23 PM in Perth and 11:23 PM in Athens.
What companies run services between Perth, Scotland and Athens, Greece?
Loganair and British Airways fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to Athens International Airport (ATH) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Athens Karaiskaki Square via Buchanan Bus Station, Liverpool, Liverpool One, Bucharest, Thessaloniki, and Thessaloniki Monastiriou in around 2d.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Athens International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–600
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Athens International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–430
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Athens International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Athens International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Athens International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Athens International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Perth to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–65
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Perth to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–13
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- €70–110
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–13
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- 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 (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
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–260
- Sleeper Seat
- €70–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €280–320
Train from Perth to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €230–260
- Sleeper Seat
- €65–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €260–300
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Leonard Street to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €27–35
- 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
- €45–75
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- ktel2310@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens Karaiskaki Square
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €42
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.gr
- 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 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
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- 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
- 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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