There are 12 ways to get from Edinburgh to Potes by plane, bus, train, 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 Edinburgh Airport to Santander Airport, bus
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane EDI - SDR
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potesbus
9h 3m€88–222Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Paris to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potesbus
24h 38m€365–589Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Plymouthcar
- Take the carferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Potescar
29h 48m€252–921Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Potescar
22h 8m€459–624Fly Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane EDI - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potesbus
11h 30m€89–226Fly Edinburgh Airport to Asturias Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Asturias Airport (OVD)plane EDI - OVD
- Take the bus from [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Salidas [CTA 20118] to [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo FL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 01549]bus
- Take the bus from Oviedo to Unquerabus
- Take the bus from Unquera to Potesbus
13h 24m€98–241Fly Edinburgh Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane EDI - BIQ
- Take the bus from Biarritz - Airport Bus Station to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potesbus
13h 35m€115–306Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane MAN - BIO
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potesbus
14h 4m€174–348Fly Edinburgh Airport to San Sebastián Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS)plane EDI - EAS
- Take the bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Santanderbus
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potesbus
13h 12m€137–404Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Plymouthtrain
- Take the carferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potesbus
34h 14m€465–1,214Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potesbus
34h 40m€168–410Train, car ferry, bus via Birmingham
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the carferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santandercarferry
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potesbus
47h 41m€332–1,049
Edinburgh to Potes by train, subway, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Potes is to fly and bus which costs €85 - €230 and takes 9h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Potes is to fly and bus which takes 9h 3m and costs €85 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Potes. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Potes via London Victoria, Dover, Paris and Estación de autobuses de Santander. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 40m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Potes is 1526 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Potes without a car is to train and bus which takes 24h 38m and costs €360 - €600.
It takes approximately 9h 3m to get from Edinburgh to Potes, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Potes bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Potes bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Potes is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 2:21 PM in Edinburgh and 3:21 PM in Potes.
There are 511+ hotels available in Potes.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Potes, Spain?
You can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Potes via London Victoria, Dover, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Paris, and Estación de autobuses de Santander in around 34h 40m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Asturias Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Asturias Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Sebastián Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Sebastián Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Asturias Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Asturias Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to San Sebastián Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Asturias Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–470
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Asturias Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–390
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santander Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Asturias Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Asturias Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Asturias Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Asturias Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
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
- €120–220
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €350–500
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €210–310
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +34 900 202 777
- [email protected]
- Website
- jimenezmovilidad.es
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Schedules at
- transportedecantabria.es
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Schedules at
- transportedecantabria.es
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Schedules at
- transportedecantabria.es
Bus from Unquera to Potes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €3–7
- Schedules at
- transportedecantabria.es
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Schedules at
- transportedecantabria.es
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Schedules at
- transportedecantabria.es
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Schedules at
- transportedecantabria.es
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Schedules at
- transportedecantabria.es
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Schedules at
- transportedecantabria.es
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Potes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Schedules at
- transportedecantabria.es
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Salidas [CTA 20118] to [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo FL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 01549]
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Oviedo to Unquera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Biarritz - Airport Bus Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- National Express
- 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
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
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- 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
- €210–600
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