There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Playa del Carmen by plane, shuttle, ferry, or 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 Edinburgh Airport to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane EDI - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Playa del Carmen Bus Station
17h 28m$10,286–25,636Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tulum International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)plane EDI - TQO
- Take the train from Estación Tren Maya Tulum Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Playa del Carmentrain
35h 36m$6,846–23,336Fly Edinburgh Airport to Cozumel International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cozumel International Airport (CZM)plane EDI - CZM
- Take the ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmenferry
33h 41m$6,981–25,046Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane GLA - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Playa del Carmen Bus Station
15h 9m$9,332–17,248Train to Newcastle, fly to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane NCL - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Playa del Carmen Bus Station
15h 54m$12,341–17,495Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane MAN - CUN
- Take a shuttle bus from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Playa del Carmen Bus Station
18h 2m$11,734–32,118Fly Edinburgh Airport to Mérida International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Mérida International Airport (MID)plane EDI - MID
- Take a shuttle bus from Mérida to Playa del Carmen
34h 28m$10,580–46,410
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cancún International Airport (CUN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Playa del Carmen is to fly and shuttle which costs $10000 - $26000 and takes 17h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Playa del Carmen is to train and fly and shuttle which takes 15h 9m and costs $9000 - $18000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Playa del Carmen is 7761 km.
It takes approximately 17h 28m to get from Edinburgh to Playa del Carmen, including transfers.
Playa del Carmen is 5h behind Edinburgh. It is currently 9:48 PM in Edinburgh and 4:48 PM in Playa del Carmen.
There are 2106+ hotels available in Playa del Carmen.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Playa del Carmen, Mexico?
There is no direct connection from Edinburgh to Playa del Carmen. However, you can take the vehicle to Edinburgh Airport, walk to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) airport, fly to Cancún International Airport (CUN), walk to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2, then take the shuttle to Playa del Carmen Bus Station. Alternatively, you can take the vehicle to Edinburgh Airport, walk to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) airport, fly to Cozumel International Airport (CZM), walk to Cozumel Airport, take the shuttle to Cozumel, walk to Cozumel, then take the ferry to Playa del Carmen.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cancún International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,600–17,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cancún International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,700–18,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cancún International Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–21,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–29,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tulum International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–25,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cancún International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $4,700–18,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mérida International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–28,000
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–24,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cancún International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–18,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tulum International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cancún International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–19,000
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–24,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cancún International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–18,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tulum International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cancún International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–19,000
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cancún International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–21,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–29,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tulum International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–25,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mérida International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–28,000
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,300–16,000
Flights from Newcastle to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,000–19,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $4,500–17,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cancún International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,600–18,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $6,500–24,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cancún International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,600–17,000
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cancún International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,600–18,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $6,500–24,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cancún International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,600–17,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–25,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Orlando, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 44m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–24,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mérida International Airport via Orlando, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 9m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–24,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–25,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Newcastle to Cancún International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–25,000
- 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
- $450–750
- 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
- $190–330
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +52 559 771 1000
- Website
- Booking Tren Maya
Train from Estación Tren Maya Tulum Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Playa del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $210–1,000
- Website
- Booking Tren Maya
- Special Tourist (INAPAM)
- $210–250
- Local Tourist
- $260–310
- National Tourist
- $390–470
- International Tourist
- $500–650
- National Premier
- $600–750
- International Premier
- $800–1,000
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,500
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1,300–2,000
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $850–1,500
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $1,600–2,800
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $650–950
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +52 998 980 0807
- [email protected]
- Website
- cancunshuttle.com
Shuttle from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Playa del Carmen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
Shuttle from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Playa del Carmen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
Shuttle from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Playa del Carmen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
Shuttle from Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2 to Playa del Carmen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
- Phone
- +52 984 188 6604
- Website
- facebook.com
Shuttle from Mérida to Playa del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $4,200–23,000
- Schedules at
- taxisplayadelcarmen.com
- To Airport
- $15,000–23,000
- Phone
- +52 998 460 3084
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ultramar Ferry
Ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $99–376
- Website
- Ultramar Ferry
- Premium Plus
- $290–320
- Premium Plus Adult
- $316
- Premium Plus Children
- $237
- Residentes Q.Roo
- $188
- INAPAM
- $99
- First Class Adult
- $376
- First Class Children
- $376
- Phone
- +52 987 872 1508
- [email protected]
- Website
- winjet.mx
Ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $109–341
- Schedules at
- winjet.mx
- Book at
- winjet.mx
- General
- $341
- Handicapped
- $109
- Minor
- $262
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