There are 8 ways to get from Athens to Sligo by plane, bus, train, or 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 to Ireland West Airport Knock, bus
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)plane ATH - NOC
- Take the bus from Ireland W Airport to Sligo Bus Stnbus
11h 40m€112–317Fly to Belfast International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane ATH - BFS
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 14 to Enniskillen Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Enniskillen Bus to Sligo Hospitalbus
15h 13m€100–250Bus
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastirioubus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Suceavabus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Liffey Valley SC to Sligo Bus Stnbus
3d 12h€138–475Fly to Dublin Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ATH - DUB
- Take the train from Drumcondra to Sligotrain
11h 50m€105–258Fly to City Of Derry Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to City Of Derry Airport (LDY)plane ATH - LDY
- Take the bus from Derry Bus Station to Sligo Bus Stnbus
14h 31m€173–461Fly to Shannon Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane ATH - SNN
- Take the bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
- Take the bus from Galway Cathdrl to Sligo Markieviczbus
14h 53m€166–436Fly to George Best Belfast City Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane ATH - BHD
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 14 to Enniskillen Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Enniskillen Bus to Sligo Hospitalbus
15h 12m€142–338Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thessalonikiferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Suceavabus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the train from Broombridge to Sligotrain
4d 10h€307–853
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Sligo is to fly and train which costs €100 - €260 and takes 11h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Sligo is to fly and bus which takes 11h 40m and costs €110 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Sligo. However, there are services departing from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL and arriving at Sligo Bus Stn via Thessaloniki, Suceava, Rădăuți and Liffey Valley SC. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 12h.
The distance between Athens and Sligo is 3137 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Sligo without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 12h and costs €130 - €480.
It takes approximately 11h 40m to get from Athens to Sligo, including transfers.
Athens to Sligo bus services, operated by KTEL Thessalonikis S.A., depart from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL station.
Athens to Sligo bus services, operated by KTEL Thessalonikis S.A., arrive at Thessaloniki Monastiriou station.
Sligo is 2h behind Athens. It is currently 10:38 AM in Athens and 8:38 AM in Sligo.
There are 156+ hotels available in Sligo.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Sligo, Ireland?
You can take a bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Sligo Bus Stn via Thessaloniki Monastiriou, Thessaloniki, Suceava, Rădăuți, Dublin, and Liffey Valley SC in around 3d 12h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Athens International Airport to City Of Derry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–430
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- When
- Thursday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–380
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Saturday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–270
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Thursday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–380
Flights from Athens International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–380
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to City Of Derry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–420
Flights from Athens International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to City Of Derry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Drumcondra to Sligo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €18–26
Train from Broombridge to Sligo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €18–26
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Ireland W Airport to Sligo Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Liffey Valley SC to Sligo Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Derry Bus Station to Sligo Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTEL Thessalonikis S.A.
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–50
- Website
- KTEL Thessalonikis S.A.
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- [email protected]
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Thessaloniki to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Thessaloniki to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- [email protected]
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +353 74 954 8114
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bus Feda Teoranta
Bus from Galway Cathdrl to Sligo Markievicz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–25
- Website
- Bus Feda Teoranta
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 14 to Enniskillen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- €4
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 14 to Enniskillen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- €4
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bus Éireann
Bus from Enniskillen Bus to Sligo Hospital
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Bus Éireann
- Standard
- €16–22
Bus from Enniskillen Bus to Sligo Hospital
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Bus Éireann
- Standard
- €16–22
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €180–440
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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