There are 11 ways to get from Alicante to Edinburgh by plane, train (Renfe, TGV, Eurostar), car, car ferry, bus, train, or car train
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Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ALC - EDI
6h 7m£56–109Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ALC - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
6h 45m£53–209Train
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Santstrain Eur / ...
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sudtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
22h 11m£449–789Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Alicante to Santandercar
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Edinburghcar
37h 2m£309–927Bus
- Take the bus from Alicante to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
41h 14m£195–443Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Newcastle (NCL)plane ALC - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 25m£68–198Fly Alicante-Elche Airport to Glasgow/Prestwick, train
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Glasgow/Prestwick (PIK)plane ALC - PIK
- Take the train from Prestwick Intl Airport to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 18m£75–244Train to Valencia Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nordtrain
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane VLC - EDI
8h 7m£78–194Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Santandertrain Alv
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Take the train from Plymouth to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
39h 25m£494–1,186Bus via Barcelona
- Take the bus from Alicante to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
- Take the bus from Barcelona to Ghent Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Ghent Dampoort to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Stationbus 426 / ...
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus 183 / ...
45h 28m£199–455Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Alicante to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
26h 36m£448–611
Alicante to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Alicante to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £55 - £110 and takes 6h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Alicante to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 7m and costs £55 - £110.
No, there is no direct bus from Alicante to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Alicante and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 14m.
No, there is no direct train from Alicante to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Alacant/Alicante Terminal and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Barcelona-Sants, Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud, Lille Europe and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 11m.
The distance between Alicante and Edinburgh is 1249 miles.
The best way to get from Alicante to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 22h 11m and costs £440 - £800.
It takes approximately 6h 7m to get from Alicante to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Alicante to Edinburgh bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Alicante station.
Alicante to Edinburgh train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Alacant/Alicante Terminal station.
The best way to get from Alicante to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 7m and costs £55 - £110. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £440 - £800 and takes 22h 11m, you could also bus, which costs £190 - £450 and takes 41h 14m.
What companies run services between Alicante, Spain and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Ryanair, Ryanair UK, and two other airlines fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Edinburgh Waverley via Barcelona-Sants, Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud, Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 22h 11m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–95
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Saturday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–95
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Glasgow/Prestwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Valencia Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Valencia Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–80
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Newcastle via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Estació del Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–30
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Alacant/Alicante Terminal to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £100–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £100–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £130–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Prestwick Intl Airport to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–30
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–17
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Plymouth to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £300–430
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Alicante to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £120–220
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Barcelona to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £95–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ghent Dampoort to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Alicante to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £90–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £90–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
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Alicante to Edinburgh bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Alicante. It is currently 7:02 AM in Alicante and 6:02 AM in Edinburgh.
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