There are 12 ways to get from Prestwick 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, train to Edinburgh Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Prestwick Town to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane EDI - ATH
9h 31m€137–299Fly from Glasgow/Prestwick
cheapest- Fly from Glasgow/Prestwick (PIK) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane PIK - ATH
10h 34m€77–213Train, bus via Bucharest
- Take the train from Prestwick Town to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Northamptontrain
- Take the bus from Northampton to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
46h 2m€273–436Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Prestwick to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Athenscar
36h 25mTrain, 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
12h 49m€164–462Train to Glasgow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Prestwick Town to Paisley Gilmour Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane GLA - ATH
11h 40m€106–273Train, 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 43m€183–408Train, train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly
- Take the train from Prestwick Town to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Darlingtontrain
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MME - ATH
14h 57m€283–674Bus
- Take the bus from Station Road to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 4 / ...
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Coach Parkbus
- Take the bus from Northampton to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
2d€142–263Train, 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 1hBus via Prague
- Take the bus from Kyle Street 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€192–325Drive, 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€638–1,035
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Prestwick to Athens is to fly which costs €75 - €220 and takes 10h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Prestwick to Athens is to train and fly which takes 9h 31m and costs €130 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Prestwick to Athens. However, there are services departing from Kyle Street 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 3026 km.
The best way to get from Prestwick to Athens without a car is to train and bus via Bucharest which takes 46h 2m and costs €270 - €440.
It takes approximately 9h 31m to get from Prestwick to Athens, including transfers.
Prestwick to Athens bus services, operated by Stagecoach West Scotland, depart from Kyle Street station.
The best way to get from Prestwick to Athens is to fly which takes 10h 34m and costs €75 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €140 - €270 and takes 2 days 0h.
Prestwick to Athens bus services, operated by Stagecoach West Scotland, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Athens is 2h ahead of Prestwick. It is currently 3:03 PM in Prestwick and 5:03 PM in Athens.
What companies run services between Prestwick, Scotland and Athens, Greece?
Ryanair, Vueling Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Glasgow/Prestwick (PIK) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Station Road to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL via Buchanan Bus Station, Coach Park, Northampton, Bucharest, Thessaloniki, and Thessaloniki Monastiriou in around 2d.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–230
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Athens International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–170
Flights from Glasgow/Prestwick to Athens International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Glasgow/Prestwick to Athens International Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Glasgow/Prestwick to Athens International Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Athens International Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Newcastle to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Glasgow/Prestwick to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- 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 Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- 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/
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/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Northampton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- 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
- +44 345 722 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 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- 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
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Northampton to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–40
- 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
- €45–75
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
Bus from Station Road to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/about/west-scotland
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/about/west-scotland
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Coach Park
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- info@ktelthes.gr
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–50
- Website
- https://ktelthes.gr/en/
- 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
- 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
- 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
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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