There are 12 ways to get from Piraeus to Southampton by subway, 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.
Subway, fly to Southampton Airport
best- Take the subway from Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá to Athens Airportsubway
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane ATH - SOU
10h 23m£109–352Subway, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
cheapest- Take the subway from Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá to Athens Airportsubway
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane ATH - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Barnhamtrain
- Take the train from Barnham to Southampton Centraltrain
9h 39m£97–246Bus, train
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brightonbus
- Take the train from Brighton to Southampton Centraltrain
2d 1hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Piraeus to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Southamptoncar
31h 21m£607–832Subway, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the subway from Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá to Athens Airportsubway
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ATH - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Southampton Centraltrain
9h 22m£134–368Subway, fly to London City Airport, train
- Take the subway from Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá to Athens Airportsubway
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London City Airport (LCY)plane ATH - LCY
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Southampton Centraltrain
10h 25m£142–355Subway, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the subway from Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá to Athens Airportsubway
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane ATH - STN
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Southampton Centraltrain
9h 42m£116–317Subway, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the subway from Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá to Athens Airportsubway
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ATH - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Southampton Centraltrain
10h 24m£133–298Subway, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the subway from Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá to Athens Airportsubway
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ATH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
9h 57m£110–241Bus, train via Athens
- Take the bus from Athens to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brightonbus
- Take the train from Brighton to Southampton Centraltrain
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 Coach Stationbus 032 / ...
2d 15h£185–249Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Piraeus to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Southamptoncar
32h 25m£520–794
Piraeus to Southampton by bus and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Piraeus to Southampton is to subway and fly and train which costs £95 - £250 and takes 9h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Piraeus to Southampton is to subway and fly and train which takes 9h 22m and costs £130 - £370.
No, there is no direct bus from Piraeus to Southampton station. However, there are services departing from Τερψιθεα and arriving at Coach Station via Athens, Praha, ÚAN Florenc and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 15h.
The distance between Piraeus and Southampton is 1568 miles.
The best way to get from Piraeus to Southampton without a car is to bus and train which takes 2 days 1h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 23m to get from Piraeus to Southampton, including transfers.
Piraeus to Southampton bus services, operated by Korona Travel, depart from Athens station.
Piraeus to Southampton bus services, operated by Korona Travel, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Southampton is 2h behind Piraeus. It is currently 5:28 PM in Piraeus and 3:28 PM in Southampton.
There are 1960+ hotels available in Southampton.
What companies run services between Piraeus, Greece and Southampton, England?
You can take a bus from Τερψιθεα to Coach Station via ΣΤ. Συγγρου-Φιξ, Athens, Praha, ÚAN Florenc, and London Victoria in around 2d 15h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–360
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–470
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £100–340
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–310
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–310
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–340
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–340
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–120
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–450
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–480
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to Southampton Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–360
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–160
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–340
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Athens International Airport to London City Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–340
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Phone
- +30 210 8202900
- [email protected]
- Website
- OASA
Subway from Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá to Athens Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8
- Website
- OASA
Subway from Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá to Athens Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8
- Website
- OASA
Subway from Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá to Athens Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8
- Website
- OASA
Subway from Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá to Athens Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8
- Website
- OASA
Subway from Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá to Athens Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8
- Website
- OASA
Subway from Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá to Athens Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8
- Website
- OASA
Subway from Dimotikó Théatro Peiraiá to Athens Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8
- Website
- OASA
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- Southern
Train from Gatwick Airport to Barnham
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–28
- Website
- Southern
Train from Barnham to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- Southern
Train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- Southern
- 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 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Reading to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–30
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham International to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from London Waterloo to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–60
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from London Waterloo to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–60
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £38
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £42
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +210 52 25 550
- [email protected]
- Website
- arttour.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £34
- Schedules at
- arttour.gr
- 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
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- 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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