There are 12 ways to get from Canterbury to Athens by train, plane, bus, car train, car, night train, busferry, 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.
Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Canterbury West to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LHR - ATH
8h 8m€160–396Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Canterbury West to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane STN - ATH
8h 22m€127–298Train, bus via Munich
- Take the train from Canterbury West to London St Pancras Intltrain
- 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
40h 6mEurotunnel, drive
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain le shuttle
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Athenscar
28h 49m€641–943Train to London City Airport, fly
- Take the train from Canterbury West to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LCY - ATH
9h 54m€180–367Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Canterbury West to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LGW - ATH
8h 25m€133–324Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Canterbury West to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LTN - ATH
8h 21m€139–310Train, bus
- Take the train from Canterbury West to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Cologne to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
40h 28m€327–645Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Elephant & Castle / New Kent Roadbus 007 / ...
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athensbus
45h 34mTrain, night train, bus
- Take the train from Canterbury West to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the nighttrain from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Re
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Athensbus
2d€336–566Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Dover to Timisoarabusferry
- Take the bus from Timișoara to Belgrade bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athensbus
2d 6h€136–280Car ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Athenscar
29h 46m€514–862
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Canterbury to Athens is to train and fly which costs €120 - €300 and takes 8h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Canterbury to Athens is to train and fly which takes 8h 8m and costs €160 - €400.
No, there is no direct bus from Canterbury station to Athens. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Athens via Elephant & Castle / New Kent Road, King's Cross Stn / York Way, Bounds Green Road London and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 34m.
The distance between Canterbury and Athens is 2600 km.
The best way to get from Canterbury to Athens without a car is to train and bus via Munich which takes 40h 6m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 8m to get from Canterbury to Athens, including transfers.
Canterbury to Athens bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Bus Station.
Canterbury to Athens bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Elephant & Castle / New Kent Road station.
Athens is 2h ahead of Canterbury. It is currently 7:51 PM in Canterbury and 9:51 PM in Athens.
There are 13532+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Canterbury, England and Athens, Greece?
You can take a bus from Bus Station to Athens via Elephant & Castle / New Kent Road, King's Cross Stn / York Way, Hobart Corner, Bounds Green Road London, Tirana, and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 45h 34m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from London City Airport to Athens International Airport via Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from London City Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London City Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from London City Airport to Athens International Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Athens International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London City Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from London City Airport to Athens International Airport via Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–500
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Canterbury West to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Canterbury West to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Canterbury West to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Canterbury West to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Canterbury West to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Canterbury West to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Canterbury West to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Canterbury West to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Southeastern
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €136
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €136
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–160
- Couchette Carriage
- €90–110
- Seating Carriage
- €60–75
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- 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
- [email protected]
- 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
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from München Hbf to Peje
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 45 984 518
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kujtimi Bus
Bus from München Hbf to Peje
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Kujtimi Bus
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- [email protected]
- Website
- Barileva Turist
Bus from Peje to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Barileva Turist
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- Nasir Tours
Bus from Cologne to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €81
- Website
- Nasir Tours
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hak Bus
Bus from Cologne to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120
- Website
- Hak Bus
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- [email protected]
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Bus Station to Elephant & Castle / New Kent Road
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- 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
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50
- 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
- +30 210 92 33 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Bratislava to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Dover to Timisoara
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Timișoara to Belgrade bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +302105233969
- [email protected]
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–55
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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