There are 10 ways to get from London to Greece by plane, train, bus or bus and ferry
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Fly London Heathrow to Thessaloniki • 6h 36m
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8 alternative options
Fly London Heathrow to Athens • 6h 46m
Train, bus via Paris • 36h 56m
Train, Bus • 2 days 3h
Bus and ferry, bus • 2 days 5h
Bus • 2 days 13h
London to Greece by bus
The bus journey time between London and Greece is around 2 days 13h and covers a distance of around 3710 km. This includes an average layover time of around 1h. Operated by Union Ivkoni, Tourist Service Holding AD and Valeross, the London to Greece bus service departs from London Victoria Green Line Station and arrives in Athens. Typically three buses run weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
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Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Greece is to train and fly which costs £55 - £250 and takes 7h 5m.
The fastest way to get from London to Greece is to fly. Taking this option will cost £90 - £310 and takes 6h 36m.
No, there is no direct bus from London station to Greece. However, there are services departing from London Victoria Station and arriving at Athens via Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 5h.
The distance between London and Greece is 2206 km.
The best way to get from London to Greece without a car is to train and bus via Paris which takes 36h 56m and costs £220 - £550.
It takes approximately 6h 36m to get from London to Greece, including transfers.
London to Greece bus services, operated by Balkan Horn, depart from London Victoria Station.
The best way to get from London to Greece is to fly which takes 6h 36m and costs £90 - £310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £95 - £150 and takes 2 days 13h.
The quickest flight from London Heathrow Airport to Thessaloniki Airport is the direct flight which takes 3h 20m.
London to Greece bus services, operated by Tourist Service Holding AD, arrive at Athens station.
- Distance: 2205.8 km
- Duration: 6h 36m
What companies run services between London, England and Greece?
British Airways, Eurowings and 10 other airlines fly from London Paddington to Thessaloníki hourly. Alternatively, you can take a bus from London Victoria to Athens via Sofia Central Bus Station in around 2 days 13h.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €600
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95 - €700
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95 - €700
Flights from London Luton to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210 - €490
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310 - €1400
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160 - €900
Flights from London Gatwick to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200 - €1200
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180 - €2500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60 - €470
Flights from London Stansted to Thessaloniki via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60 - €470
Flights from London Stansted to Thessaloniki via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60 - €470
Flights from London Stansted to Thessaloniki via Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60 - €470
Flights from London Stansted to Thessaloniki via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60 - €470
Flights from London Stansted to Thessaloniki via Chania
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60 - €470
Flights from London Luton to Thessaloniki via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75 - €270
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Thessaloniki via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190 - €700
Flights from London Heathrow to Thessaloniki via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190 - €700
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110 - €600
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190 - €800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Thessaloniki via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200 - €700
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190 - €800
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190 - €800
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Thessaloniki via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €180 - €800
Flights from London Heathrow to Thessaloniki via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €180 - €800
Flights from London Heathrow to Thessaloniki via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180 - €800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Thessaloniki via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240 - €1500
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180 - €850
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Thessaloniki via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290 - €900
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230 - €850
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from London Heathrow to Thessaloniki via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200 - €900
Flights from London Heathrow to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €650
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75 - €550
Flights from London Luton to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260 - €650
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55 - €260
Flights from London Luton to Thessaloniki via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140 - €400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Thessaloniki via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230 - €700
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Thessaloniki via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220 - €750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Thessaloniki via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240 - €800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Thessaloniki via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75 - €600
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70 - €650
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Thessaloniki via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €200 - €850
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210 - €800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Athens via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140 - €900
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11 - €27
- Website
- Southern Service
- Schedules at
- Southern Service
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Anytime Standard
- €11 - €16
- Anytime 1st Class
- €20 - €27
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- customerservices@gatwickexpress.com
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15 - €21
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
- Anytime Standard
- €15 - €21
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras International LL to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16 - €20
- Website
- Thameslink
- Anytime
- €16 - €20
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- getintouch@eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras International to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19 - €28
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
- Advance Single
- €8 - €23
- Off-Peak Single
- €14 - €20
- Anytime Day Single/Anytime Single
- €19 - €28
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110 - €350
- Website
- Eurostar
- Business Premier
- €310 - €350
- Standard
- €110 - €140
- Standard Premier
- €160 - €210
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €350
- Website
- Eurostar
- Business Premier
- €300 - €350
- Standard
- €100 - €130
- Standard Premier
- €150 - €190
German rail company Deutsche Bahn is known for its efficient and comfortable service. It offers many different types of rail transportation, including ICE or Intercity-Express for high-speed services between major cities and regions, IC (InterCity) for long-distance trains, RE (Regional Express) trains that connect regions and cities, and the S-Bahn rapid transit service. There are two main tickets on offer: the Flexpreis that has full flexibility, and the Sparpreis which is the cheaper, advanced fare (bookings usually open 6 months in advance for domestic tickets).
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Paris Est to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85 - €130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70 - €100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn
France’s high-speed TGV train network runs at speeds of up to 320km/h connecting major cities across France and into neighbouring countries. All TGV tickets include a seat reservation; seating is 1+2 in 1st class, 2+2 in 2nd class. Popular routes include Paris to Marseille and Paris to Strasbourg. Most TGVs have a cafe area, power points at each seat and WiFi.
Contact Details
- Phone
- 0033 892 353535
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris l'Est to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80 - €110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- 2nd Class
- €80 - €95
- 1st Class
- €90 - €110
- Website
- trainose.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10 - €35
- Website
- Greek Railways (OSE)
- Airport
- €10
Train from Larissa to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10 - €22
- Website
- Greek Railways (OSE)
- Airport
- €10
- Phone
- 2310-241545
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Mannheim to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50 - €110
- Schedules at
- crazyholidays.gr
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €250 - €380
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +44 74 71405777
- office@balkanhorn.com
- Website
- balkanhorn.com
Bus and ferry from London Victoria Station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €144
- Website
- Balkan Horn
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- tourist-service.com
Bus from Sofia to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €67
- Website
- Tourist Service Holding AD
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Athens Karolou
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10 - €50
- Website
- Tourist Service Holding AD
- Phone
- 02/989 0000
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85 - €120
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25 - €35
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- 046/ 66 13 21
- valeross_holiday@abv.bg
- Website
- valeross.com
Bus from Sofia to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29 - €60
- Schedules at
- valeross.com
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