There are 13 ways to get from England to Thessaloniki by plane, train, bus, 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 from London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane LHR - SKG
6h 23m€154–307Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane LGW - SKG
6h 25m€89–251Train, bus
- 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 Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
33h 33m€284–533Train, bus via Vienna
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Meidlingtrain Nj / ...
- Take the train from Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest Kelenfold Train Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Budapest to Thessaloníkibus
36h 59m€435–706Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from London to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Thessalonikicar
25h 2m€619–867Fly from Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane MAN - SKG
6h 21m€103–192Fly from London Stansted Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane STN - SKG
6h 56m€111–242Fly from Bristol Airport
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane BRS - SKG
6h 29m€92–268Fly from Birmingham Airport
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane BHX - SKG
6h 17m€122–422Bus
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Prrenjasbus
- Take the bus from Prrenjas to Thessalonikibus
39h 42mTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Gjilanbus
- Take the bus from Gjilan to Thessaloníkibus
42h 31m€266–381Train, Bus
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Thessalonikibus
2d 3h€453–768Drive, car ferry
- Drive from London to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Thessalonikicar
26h 9m€513–823
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from England to Thessaloniki is to fly which costs €100 - €200 and takes 6h 21m.
The fastest way to get from England to Thessaloniki is to fly which takes 6h 17m and costs €120 - €430.
No, there is no direct bus from England to Thessaloniki. However, there are services departing from Charing Cross and arriving at Thessaloniki via Bounds Green Road London, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave and Prrenjas. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 42m.
The distance between England and Thessaloniki is 2217 km.
The best way to get from England to Thessaloniki without a car is to train and bus which takes 33h 33m and costs €280 - €550.
It takes approximately 6h 23m to get from England to Thessaloniki, including transfers.
England to Thessaloniki bus services, operated by Anumi Travel, depart from Bounds Green Road London station.
The best way to get from England to Thessaloniki is to fly which takes 6h 23m and costs €150 - €310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 39h 42m.
England to Thessaloniki bus services, operated by Anumi Travel, arrive at Tirana station.
Thessaloniki is 2h ahead of England. It is currently 16:33 in England and 18:33 in Thessaloniki.
What companies run services between England and Thessaloniki, Greece?
British Airways, Lufthansa, and Aegean Airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Charing Cross to Thessaloniki via Hobart Corner, Bounds Green Road London, Tirana, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Prrenjas, and Thessaloniki in around 39h 42m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Bristol Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–180
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Bristol Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Eurostar
- 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
- €40–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €220–350
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest Kelenfold Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €139
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €139
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- Nasir Tours
Bus from Cologne to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80
- Website
- Nasir Tours
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- Hak Bus
Bus from Cologne to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120
- Website
- Hak Bus
- Phone
- +30 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Budapest to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 213 1213
- Travelbusel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Prrenjas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- crazy.holidays.tours@gmail.com
- Website
- Crazy Holidays
Bus from Prrenjas to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Crazy Holidays
- Phone
- +383 44198634
- meticomercc@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Gjilan
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Gjilan to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 43h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €240–360
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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