There are 11 ways to get from Greece to Scotland by plane, bus, train, 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 Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SKG - GLA
8h 49m£80–247Fly Rhodes International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane RHO - EDI
7h 52m£65–167Bus, train
- 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 Glasgow Centraltrain
2d 4hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Glasgowcar
36h 9m£689–954Fly Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ATH - EDI
7h 39m£88–198Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HER - EDI
7h 26m£66–181Fly Rhodes International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane RHO - GLA
7h 54m£68–222Fly Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ATH - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
10h 50m£115–323Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Larissatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Larisa to Elbasanbus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road Londonbus
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
2d 4hBus
- 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 Buchanan Bus Stationbus
2d 20h£222–347Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Glasgowcar
37h 10m£596–911
Greece to Scotland by train, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Scotland is to fly which costs £65 - £170 and takes 7h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Scotland is to fly which takes 7h 26m and costs £65 - £190.
No, there is no direct bus from Greece to Scotland station. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Buchanan Bus Station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 20h.
The distance between Greece and Scotland is 1658 miles.
The best way to get from Greece to Scotland without a car is to bus and train which takes 2 days 4h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 49m to get from Greece to Scotland, including transfers.
Greece to Scotland bus services, operated by Korona Travel, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Greece to Scotland is to fly which takes 8h 49m and costs £75 - £250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £220 - £350 and takes 2 days 20h.
Greece to Scotland bus services, operated by Korona Travel, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Scotland is 2h behind Greece. It is currently 5:54 PM in Greece and 3:54 PM in Scotland.
What companies run services between Greece and Scotland?
Aegean Airlines, Airbus France, and three other airlines fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) 3 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a train from Ομονοια to Buchanan Bus Station via Παιδικη Χαρα, Athens, Praha, ÚAN Florenc, and London Victoria in around 2d 20h.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–330
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–400
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Athens to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £18–27
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £38
- 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
- £42
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £38
- 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
Bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road London
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- [email protected]
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Larisa to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- 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
- £76
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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