There are 10 ways to get from Edinburgh to Benalmádena by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe, Ouigo), train, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
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 Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane EDI - AGP
6h 24m€62–174Train to Glasgow Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane GLA - AGP
7h 11m€55–213Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain
25h 3m€593–1,103Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain Ave
31h 19m€415–743Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Plymouthcar
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Benalmádenacar
38h 47m€377–1,108Train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane NCL - AGP
7h 35m€82–247Train, train to Glasgow/Prestwick, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Prestwick Intl Airporttrain
- Fly from Glasgow/Prestwick (PIK) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane PIK - AGP
8h 19m€81–251Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses to Torremolinosbus
43h 32m€227–568Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 594 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses to Torremolinosbus
45h 32m€211–555Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Benalmádenacar
28h 56m€570–775
Edinburgh to Benalmádena by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Benalmádena is to fly which costs €60 - €180 and takes 6h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Benalmádena is to fly which takes 6h 24m and costs €60 - €180.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Benalmádena. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Benalmádena Pueblo via London Victoria, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses and Terminal Torremolinos. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 32m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Benalmádena. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Torremuelle via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Perpignan, Barcelona-Sants and Málaga M.Z. Cercanías. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 3m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Benalmádena is 2168 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Benalmádena without a car is to train which takes 25h 3m and costs €550 - €1100.
It takes approximately 6h 24m to get from Edinburgh to Benalmádena, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Benalmádena bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Benalmádena train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Benalmádena is to fly which takes 6h 24m and costs €60 - €180. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €550 - €1100 and takes 25h 3m, you could also bus, which costs €220 - €600 and takes 43h 32m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Benalmádena, Spain?
Ryanair UK, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Málaga Airport (AGP) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Torremuelle via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Perpignan, Barcelona-Sants, Malaga Maria Zambrano, and Málaga M.Z. Cercanías in around 25h 3m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Newcastle to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Newcastle to Málaga Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Glasgow/Prestwick to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Glasgow/Prestwick to Málaga Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Glasgow/Prestwick to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Málaga Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Newcastle to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Newcastle to Málaga Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–150
Flights from Newcastle to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Newcastle to Málaga Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €230–370
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–310
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Prestwick Intl Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses to Torremolinos
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–95
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses to Torremolinos
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–95
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–700
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €100–230
- Car Single Ticket
- €290–700
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Benalmádena bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Benalmádena is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 8:23 PM in Edinburgh and 9:23 PM in Benalmádena.
Edinburgh to Benalmádena train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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