There are 12 ways to get from Poole to Athens by train, plane, bus, 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.
Train to Southampton Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane SOU - ATH
9h 16m€169–375Fly from Bournemouth Airport
cheapest- Fly from Bournemouth Airport (BOH) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BOH - ATH
11h 39m€81–261Train, bus via Bucharest
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
43h 34m€191–414Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Poole to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Athenscar
31h 31mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Poole to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LHR - ATH
9h 4m€129–342Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Poole to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LTN - ATH
9h 33m€133–389Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LGW - ATH
9h 38m€129–375Train, bus
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Brightontrain
- Take the bus from Brighton to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
46h 2mTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Brightontrain
- Take the bus from Brighton to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athensbus
46h 12mBus
- Take the bus from Seldown Coach Station to Wembley Stadium Pink Coach Parking South Waybus W17
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens Larissis Stationbus
46h 40mBus via Prague
- Take the bus from Seldown Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 035
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
2d 11h€190–263Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Poole to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Athenscar
32h 45m€584–915
Poole to Athens by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Poole to Athens is to fly which costs €80 - €270 and takes 11h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Poole to Athens is to train and fly which takes 9h 4m and costs €120 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Poole station to Athens station. However, there are services departing from Seldown Coach Station and arriving at Athens Larissis Station via Mitchell Way, Bounds Green Road London and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 40m.
The distance between Poole and Athens is 2551 km.
The best way to get from Poole to Athens without a car is to train and bus via Bucharest which takes 43h 34m and costs €190 - €420.
It takes approximately 9h 16m to get from Poole to Athens, including transfers.
Poole to Athens bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Seldown Coach Station.
The best way to get from Poole to Athens is to fly which takes 11h 39m and costs €80 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 46h 40m.
Poole to Athens bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Wembley Stadium Pink Coach Parking South Way station.
Athens is 2h ahead of Poole. It is currently 2:41 AM in Poole and 4:41 AM in Athens.
What companies run services between Poole, England and Athens, Greece?
easyJet, Jet2.com, and four other airlines fly from Bournemouth Airport (BOH) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Seldown Coach Station to Athens Larissis Station via Wembley Stadium Pink Coach Parking South Way, Mitchell Way, Hobart Corner, Bounds Green Road London, Tirana, and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 46h 40m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Athens International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–320
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Athens International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Athens International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Southampton Airport to Athens International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Athens International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Athens International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Athens International Airport via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Athens International Airport via Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–460
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Athens International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Athens International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €20–28
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €30–50
Train from Poole to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €45–65
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €75–110
Train from Poole to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €55–80
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €95–130
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €35–50
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €60–85
Train from Poole to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €18–25
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €30–45
Train from Bournemouth to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- €90–130
- 1st Class
- €180–260
- 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
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €14–21
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €21–30
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €22–35
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- 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
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens Larissis Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40
- 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
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Seldown Coach Station to Wembley Stadium Pink Coach Parking South Way
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Seldown Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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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