There are 9 ways to get from Αθηνα to Edinburgh by plane, bus, train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ATH - EDI
5h 20m£104–224Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
42h 48mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Αθηνα to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
36h 28m£669–930Fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ATH - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 52m£105–249Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Newcastle (NCL)plane ATH - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 38m£136–283Bus, train via Colmar
- Take the bus from Athens to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Colmarbus
- Take the train from Colmar to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
46h 56mBus via Budapest
- Take the bus from Athens to Budapest Hotel Platanusbus
- Take the bus from Budapest Nepliget to Prague Florenc Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to St Andrew's Housebus
2d 14h£221–396Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Aleksinac, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Aleksinac, Autobuska stanica to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
2d 22h£261–561Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Αθηνα to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
37h 29m£559–862
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Αθηνα to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £100 - £230 and takes 5h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Αθηνα to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 20m and costs £100 - £230.
No, there is no direct bus from Αθηνα to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Δαφνη and arriving at St Andrew's House via Athens, Budapest Nepliget, Prague Florenc Central Bus Station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 14h.
The distance between Αθηνα and Edinburgh is 1807 miles.
The best way to get from Αθηνα to Edinburgh without a car is to bus and train which takes 42h 48m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 20m to get from Αθηνα to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Αθηνα to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Siamos Tours, depart from Athens station.
The best way to get from Αθηνα to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 20m and costs £100 - £230. Alternatively, you can bus via Budapest, which costs £220 - £400 and takes 2 days 14h.
Αθηνα to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Siamos Tours, arrive at Budapest Hotel Platanus station.
Edinburgh is 2h behind Αθηνα. It is currently 12:30 PM in Αθηνα and 10:30 AM in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Αθηνα, Greece and Edinburgh, Scotland?
easyJet, Aegean Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Αθηνα to St Andrew's House via Δαφνη, Παλαια Αγορα, Athens, Budapest Hotel Platanus, Budapest Nepliget, Prague Florenc Central Bus Station, London Victoria Green Line Station, and London Victoria in around 2d 14h.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–300
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–250
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newcastle via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newcastle via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–140
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Newcastle via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–190
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–300
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- 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)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Colmar to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £39
- 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
- £43
- 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 68 20 63 724
- [email protected]
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +302110120492
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 249 3348
- [email protected]
- Website
- pati-travel.al
Bus from Tirana to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- [email protected]
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Budapest Hotel Platanus
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Aleksinac, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Budapest Nepliget to Prague Florenc Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–120
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +420 777 300 214
- [email protected]
- Website
- dmd-ticket.eu
Bus from Budapest Nepliget to Prague Florenc Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Schedules at
- dmd-ticket.eu
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to St Andrew's House
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +381 25 424577
- [email protected]
- Website
- severtrans.rs
Bus from Aleksinac, Autobuska stanica to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £85–170
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- 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
- £8–50
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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