There are 9 ways to get from Prestwick 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 Prestwick Town to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane EDI - ATH
8h 56m€108–268Train to Glasgow Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Prestwick Town to Paisley Gilmour Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane GLA - ATH
9h 26m€106–233Train, bus
- Take the train from Prestwick Town to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athensbus
2d 1hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Prestwick to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Athenscar
36h 24mTrain, train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Prestwick Town to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane NCL - ATH
13h 4m€159–462Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Prestwick Town to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Lancastertrain
- Take the train from Lancaster to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MAN - ATH
11h 39m€179–458Bus
- Take the bus from Station Road to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 4 / ...
- 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 15h€192–325Bus, train
- Take the bus from Kyle Street to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 4
- 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 1h€306–506Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Prestwick to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Athenscar
37h 37m€640–1,013
Prestwick to Athens by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Prestwick to Athens is to train and fly which costs €100 - €240 and takes 9h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Prestwick to Athens is to train and bus and fly which takes 8h 56m and costs €100 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Prestwick station to Athens. However, there are services departing from Station Road and arriving at Athens via Buchanan Bus Station, Birmingham and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 15h.
The distance between Prestwick and Athens is 3007 km.
The best way to get from Prestwick to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 1h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 56m to get from Prestwick to Athens, including transfers.
Prestwick to Athens bus services, operated by Stagecoach West Scotland, depart from Station Road.
Prestwick to Athens bus services, operated by Stagecoach West Scotland, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Athens is 2h ahead of Prestwick. It is currently 5:58 AM in Prestwick and 7:58 AM in Athens.
There are 12346+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Prestwick, Scotland and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Station Road to Athens via Buchanan Bus Station, Newhall St, Birmingham, and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 2d 15h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Athens International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Prestwick Town to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Prestwick Town to Paisley Gilmour Street
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–28
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.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
Bus from Station Road to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Kyle Street to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com
- 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
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- 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
- €65–170
- 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
- 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
- €7–20
- 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
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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