There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Les Houches by plane, bus, train (Eurostar, TGV), 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.
Fly Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane EDI - GVA
- Take the bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeurbus
7h 40m€94–238Fly Edinburgh Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane EDI - MXP
- Take the bus from Milan to Chamonixbus
10h 10m€79–179Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayettrain Tgv
14h 35m€473–715Bus, train
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)bus
23h 52m€236–381Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Les Houchescar
16h 40m€421–559Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane GLA - GVA
- Take the bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeurbus
8h 36m€106–288Fly Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EDI - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausannetrain
- Take the train from Lausanne to Martignytrain
11h 17m€215–440Fly Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane EDI - LIN
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Brig to Martignytrain
11h 57m€164–424Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Albertvilletrain
- Take the bus from Albertville to St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayetbus
16h 32m€669–1,024Train, bus via Paris
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Carlisletrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoriabus 838
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)bus
29h 37m€177–308Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Les Houchescar
17h 40m€314–513
Edinburgh to Les Houches by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Les Houches is to fly and bus which costs €75 - €180 and takes 10h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Les Houches is to fly and bus which takes 7h 40m and costs €90 - €240.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Les Houches. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Les Houches via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Massy Tgv and Saint-Gervais-Les-Bains. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 35m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Les Houches is 1371 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Les Houches without a car is to train which takes 14h 35m and costs €470 - €750.
It takes approximately 7h 40m to get from Edinburgh to Les Houches, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Les Houches train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
Les Houches is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 3:55 PM in Edinburgh and 4:55 PM in Les Houches.
Edinburgh to Les Houches train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Les Houches, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Les Houches via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Massy - Palaiseau, Massy Tgv, St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet, and Saint-Gervais-Les-Bains in around 14h 35m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Albertville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €350–550
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Massy Tgv to St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Martigny
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Brig to Martigny
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €60–85
- 2nd Class
- €40–55
Train from Brig to Martigny
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- Phone
- +41 27 720 47 47
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegionalAlps
Train from Brig to Martigny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Schedules at
- RegionalAlps
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €28–32
- 1st Class Ticket
- €50–55
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +41 24 539 10 17
- [email protected]
- Website
- Alpy Transfers
Bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Alpy Transfers
Bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Alpy Transfers
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lille to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milan to Chamonix
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Albertville to St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- SNCF Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- 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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