There are 11 ways to get from Southampton to Piraeus by plane, subway, train, 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.
Fly from Southampton Airport, subway
best- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Athens International Airport (ATH)SOU - ATH
- Take the subway from Athens Airport to Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá
9h 1m€122–309Train to Bournemouth Airport, fly, subway
cheapest- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Fly from Bournemouth Airport (BOH) to Athens International Airport (ATH)BOH - ATH
- Take the subway from Athens Airport to Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá
12h 48m€87–255Train, bus via Bucharest
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Birmingham New Street
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to AthensIc
42h 52m€118–290Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Southampton to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Piraeus
31h 24mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly, subway
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Woking
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)LHR - ATH
- Take the subway from Athens Airport to Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá
8h 41m€102–312Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly, subway
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junction
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Athens International Airport (ATH)LGW - ATH
- Take the subway from Athens Airport to Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá
8h 43m€91–257Train, train to Luton Airport, fly, subway
- Take the train from Southampton Central to London Waterloo
- Take the train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)LTN - ATH
- Take the subway from Athens Airport to Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá
9h 15m€103–351Train to London Stansted Airport, fly, subway
- Take the train from Southampton Central to London Waterloo
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)STN - ATH
- Take the subway from Athens Airport to Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá
9h 30m€96–337Train, bus
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Brighton
- Take the bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
44h 30mBus
- Take the bus from Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals032
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
2d 11h€167–315Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Southampton to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Piraeus
32h 33m€576–854
Southampton Airport (SOU) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Southampton to Piraeus is to train and fly and subway which costs €90 - €260 and takes 8h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Southampton to Piraeus is to train and fly and subway which takes 8h 41m and costs €100 - €320.
The distance between Southampton and Piraeus is 2509 km.
The best way to get from Southampton to Piraeus without a car is to train and bus via Bucharest which takes 42h 52m and costs €110 - €290.
It takes approximately 9h 1m to get from Southampton to Piraeus, including transfers.
Piraeus is 2h ahead of Southampton. It is currently 7:51 AM in Southampton and 9:51 AM in Piraeus.
There are 11928+ hotels available in Piraeus.
What companies run services between Southampton, England and Piraeus, Greece?
You can take a bus from Coach Station to Σταδιο Ειρηνησ-Φιλιασ Σεφ via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Praha, ÚAN Florenc, Athens, and Μπακνανα in around 2d 11h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Athens International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Southampton Airport to Athens International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Southampton Airport to Athens International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Athens International Airport via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Athens International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Athens International Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Athens International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Athens International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–450
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Athens International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Athens International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Athens International Airport via Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Phone
- +30 210 8202900
- oasa@oasa.gr
- Website
- oasa.gr
Subway from Athens Airport to Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.oasa.gr/en/
Train from Southampton Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–150
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.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
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–60
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–70
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–13
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- 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
- €16–23
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- 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
- €26–35
- 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
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- 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
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- 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
- €70–190
- 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
- €65–100
- 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
- +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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