There are 13 ways to get from Scotland to Greece by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane EDI - RHO
7h 37m€72–204Train, bus via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
41h 52mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Athenscar
36h 10mFly Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane EDI - HER
7h 14m€102–263Fly Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane EDI - ATH
7h 37m€90–220Fly Glasgow Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane GLA - HER
6h 57m€75–237Fly Glasgow Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane GLA - RHO
7h 25m€75–238Fly Edinburgh Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane EDI - SKG
7h 25m€73–163Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from München Hbf to Pejebus
- Take the bus from Peje to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
44h 23mBus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchangebus
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens Karaiskaki Squarebus
45h 27m€109–207Train, bus #2
- 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
47h 46mBus via Košice
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Stationbus 183 / ...
- Take the bus from Bradford to Košicebus
- Take the bus from Košice to Athensbus
2d 22h€219–508Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Athenscar
37h 23m€640–1,037
Scotland to Greece by bus and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Greece is to fly which costs €70 - €170 and takes 7h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Greece is to fly which takes 6h 57m and costs €75 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Scotland station to Greece. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Athens Karaiskaki Square via Hanover Street, Manchester, Coach Station, Bucharest and Thessaloniki Monastiriou. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 27m.
The distance between Scotland and Greece is 3229 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Greece without a car is to train and bus via Strasbourg which takes 41h 52m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 37m to get from Scotland to Greece, including transfers.
Scotland to Greece bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
The best way to get from Scotland to Greece is to fly which takes 7h 37m and costs €70 - €210. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €100 - €210 and takes 45h 27m.
Scotland to Greece bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Shudehill Interchange station.
Greece is 2h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 8:28 AM in Scotland and 10:28 AM in Greece.
What companies run services between Scotland and Greece?
easyJet, Jet2.com, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Athens Karaiskaki Square via Shudehill Interchange, Hanover Street, Charlotte Street, Manchester, Coach Station, Bucharest, Thessaloniki, and Thessaloniki Monastiriou in around 45h 27m.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- 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
- €110–210
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.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
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from München Hbf to Peje
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +49 179 8464672
- fadilitours@outlook.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from München Hbf to Peje
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 49 324 464
- fershped@msn.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from München Hbf to Peje
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 45 984 518
- kujtimibus@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from München Hbf to Peje
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/kujtimibus/
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Peje to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- 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
- €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
- €45–75
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- info@ktelthes.gr
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens Karaiskaki Square
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- 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
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Bradford to Košice
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Košice to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- 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
- €23–35
- 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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