There are 8 ways to get from Munich to Athlone by plane, train, car, car ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Munich International Airport to Dublin Airport, train
best- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane MUC - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Athlonetrain
7h 55m€76–245Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Munich to Dunkirkcar
- Take the carferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Athlonecar
35h 44m€640–1,044Bus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Regensburg central train stationbus 083
- Take the bus from Regensburg to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Liffey Valley to Arcadiabus 763
3d 1h€86–277Bus to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly to Dublin Airport, train
- Take the bus from München to Memmingen Airportbus
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane FMM - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Athlonetrain
8h 27m€81–309Fly Munich International Airport to Shannon Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane MUC - SNN
- Take the train from Ennis to Athenrytrain
- Take the train from Athenry to Athlonetrain
11h 19m€126–429Fly Munich International Airport to Cork Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane MUC - ORK
- Take the train from Cork to Portlaoisetrain
- Take the train from Portarlington to Athlonetrain
10h 4m€148–337Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from München Hbf to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane ZRH - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Athlonetrain
11h 7m€116–382Fly Munich International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)plane MUC - NOC
- Take the train from Claremorris to Athlonetrain
12h 47m€88–316
Munich International Airport (MUC) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Athlone is to bus and fly and train which costs €80 - €310 and takes 8h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Athlone is to fly and train which takes 7h 55m and costs €75 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Munich station to Athlone. However, there are services departing from Munich central bus station and arriving at Arcadia via Regensburg, Rădăuți and Liffey Valley. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 1h.
The distance between Munich and Athlone is 1560 km.
The best way to get from Munich to Athlone without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 1h and costs €85 - €280.
It takes approximately 7h 55m to get from Munich to Athlone, including transfers.
Munich to Athlone bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Munich central bus station.
Munich to Athlone bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Regensburg central train station.
Athlone is 1h behind Munich. It is currently 6:24 AM in Munich and 5:24 AM in Athlone.
There are 68+ hotels available in Athlone.
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Athlone, Ireland?
You can take a bus from Munich central bus station to Arcadia via Regensburg central train station, Regensburg, Rădăuţi, Rădăuți, Dublin, and Liffey Valley in around 3d 1h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–460
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cork Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–280
Flights from Munich International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–450
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Munich International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Dublin Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Dublin Airport via Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Munich International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Munich International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Munich International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–460
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Dublin Heuston to Athlone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €11–17
Train from Dublin Heuston to Athlone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €11–17
Train from Ennis to Athenry
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €6–9
Train from Athenry to Athlone
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €6–9
Train from Cork to Portlaoise
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €16–23
Train from Portarlington to Athlone
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €6–9
Train from Dublin Heuston to Athlone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €11–17
Train from Claremorris to Athlone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €8–13
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Regensburg central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- [email protected]
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Regensburg to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- [email protected]
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Regensburg to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €16–21
- 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 91 564 164
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Liffey Valley to Arcadia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- Citylink
- Phone
- +49 (0) 8331 9842 00 509
- [email protected]
- Website
- allgaeu-airport-express.de
Bus from München to Memmingen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–30
- Schedules at
- allgaeu-airport-express.de
- On Board Fare
- €22
- Internet fare
- €9
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- [email protected]
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €440–750
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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