There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Ljubljana by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, train, night train, shuttle, 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 Ljubljana
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane EDI - LJU
5h 58m€136–336Fly Edinburgh Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane EDI - TRS
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Airport to Ljubljana
9h 9m€102–481Train
- 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 Paris Est to Muenchen Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
21h 49m€541–925Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich Hbf to Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postajabus
36h 51m€653–1,138Train, night train
- 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 nighttrain from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Salzburg Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the nighttrain from Salzburg Hbf to Ljubljananighttrain En
26h 38m€369–755Fly Edinburgh Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane EDI - ZAG
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb Airport to Ljubljana
9h 48m€109–601Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Ljubljana
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane GLA - LJU
9h 33m€173–406Fly Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane EDI - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Ljubljana
8h 37m€121–621Train, shuttle
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Luxembourgtrain Ic / ...
- Take a shuttle bus from Luxembourg to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
24h 23m€920–1,305Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Ljubljanacar
21h 32m€478–634Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Ljubljanacar
22h 39m€370–588
Edinburgh to Ljubljana by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Ljubljana is to fly which costs €130 - €340 and takes 5h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Ljubljana is to fly which takes 5h 58m and costs €130 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Ljubljana. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja via London Victoria and Munich Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 51m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Ljubljana. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Ljubljana via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est, Muenchen Hbf, Salzburg Hbf and Villach Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 49m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Ljubljana is 1677 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Ljubljana without a car is to train which takes 21h 49m and costs €500 - €950.
It takes approximately 5h 58m to get from Edinburgh to Ljubljana, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Ljubljana bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Ljubljana train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Ljubljana is to fly which takes 5h 58m and costs €130 - €340. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €500 - €950 and takes 21h 49m, you could also bus, which costs €650 - €1200 and takes 36h 51m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Ljubljana, Slovenia?
easyJet and KLM fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ljubljana (LJU) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Ljubljana via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Muenchen Hbf, Salzburg Hbf, and Villach Hbf in around 21h 49m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–370
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Weeze
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–410
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–420
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
- €170–280
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €20–24
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–60
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €42–48
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- 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
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Munich Hbf to Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €500–900
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €204
Shuttle from Zagreb Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–320
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €28–75
- Private
- €140–180
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €55–450
- Website
- GoOpti
- Phone
- +386 070740450
- [email protected]
- Website
- easydrive.si
Shuttle from Trieste Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- [email protected]
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Luxembourg to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €600–700
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €600–700
- 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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Booking & Getting There
Edinburgh to Ljubljana bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Ljubljana is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 10:05 PM in Edinburgh and 11:05 PM in Ljubljana.
Edinburgh to Ljubljana train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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