There are 9 ways to get from Athens to Elgin by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, train
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane ATH - INV
- Take the train from Inverness Airport to Elgintrain
8h 34m£194–610Fly to Aberdeen Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane ATH - ABZ
- Take the bus from Aberdeen Airport to Elgin stationbus
8h 54m£137–407Bus, train via Tirana
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road Londonbus
- Take the train from London Euston to Huntlytrain
- Take the bus from The Square to Bus Stationbus 10 / ...
2d 11hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Elgincar
39h 26m£715–998Fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ATH - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Elgintrain
12h 16m£197–389Fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ATH - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Aberdeentrain
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Elgintrain
10h 47m£164–394Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Rotterdambus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Larberttrain
- Take the train from Larbert to Elgintrain
2d 15h£431–877Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Aberdeen Union Street to Elgin stationbus
3d 2h£236–350Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Elgincar
40h 27m£605–930
Athens to Elgin by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Elgin is to fly and bus which costs £130 - £410 and takes 8h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Elgin is to fly and train which takes 8h 34m and costs £190 - £650.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Elgin station. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Elgin station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, London Victoria and Aberdeen Union Street. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 2h.
The distance between Athens and Elgin is 1914 miles.
The best way to get from Athens to Elgin without a car is to bus and train via Tirana which takes 2 days 11h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 34m to get from Athens to Elgin, including transfers.
Athens to Elgin bus services, operated by Korona Travel, depart from Athens station.
Athens to Elgin bus services, operated by Korona Travel, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Elgin is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 3:42 AM in Athens and 1:42 AM in Elgin.
There are 440+ hotels available in Elgin.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Elgin, Scotland?
You can take a bus from Athens to Elgin station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, London Victoria, Union Square Bus Station, and Aberdeen Union Street in around 3d 2h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–400
Flights from Athens International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–410
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £160–550
Flights from Athens International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–400
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £90–370
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–310
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–190
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness Airport to Elgin
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–24
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Elgin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Elgin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Larbert to Elgin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £85–160
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Huntly
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £160–270
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £65–100
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £130–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Larbert
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £39
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £43
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road London
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 01224591381
- [email protected]
- Website
- stagecoachbus.com
Bus from The Square to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £2
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Aberdeen Airport to Elgin station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–13
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Aberdeen Union Street to Elgin station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +302105233969
- [email protected]
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- [email protected]
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Rotterdam
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £78
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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