There are 10 ways to get from Edinburgh to Sými by plane, ferry, train, bus, car ferry, or busferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport, ferry
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane EDI - RHO
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Symiferry
9h 59m€74–220Train, bus, ferry via Strasbourg
- 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 Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Symiferry Bsf
2d 7hFly Edinburgh Airport to Kos, ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kos (KGS)plane EDI - KGS
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to Symiferry
12h 8m€108–317Train to Newcastle, fly to Rhodes International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane NCL - RHO
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Symiferry
11h 10m€129–393Fly Edinburgh Airport to Dalaman Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dalaman Airport (DLM)plane EDI - DLM
- Take the bus from Dalaman Havalimanı to Marmaris Otogarbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Marmaris to Port of Rhodesferry
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Symiferry
13h 51m€198–464Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Rhodes International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane GLA - RHO
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Symiferry
10h 48m€88–259Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Symiferry Bsf
2d 13hTrain, bus, ferry, car ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the bus from London Stonebridge to Sibiubus
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Thessalonikibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Patmosferry Bsf
- Take the car ferry from Port of Patmos to Symicarferry
3d 14hBus, ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Nuremberg central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Nürnberg to Thessalonikibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Patmosferry Bsf
- Take the car ferry from Port of Patmos to Symicarferry
4d€511–1,026Train, bus and ferry, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharestbusferry
- Take the bus from Bucuresti to Giurgiubus
- Take the bus from Ruse to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Symiferry
4d 10h€302–590
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Sými is to fly and ferry which costs €70 - €220 and takes 9h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Sými is to fly and ferry which takes 9h 59m and costs €70 - €220.
The distance between Edinburgh and Sými is 3274 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Sými without a car is to train and bus and ferry via Strasbourg which takes 2 days 7h and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 59m to get from Edinburgh to Sými, including transfers.
Sými is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 9:23 PM in Edinburgh and 11:23 PM in Sými.
There are 410+ hotels available in Sými.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Sými, Greece?
There is no direct connection from Edinburgh to Sými. However, you can take the vehicle to Edinburgh Airport, walk to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) airport, fly to Rhodes International Airport (RHO), walk to Paradeisi, Aerodrómio Ródou - Diagóras, take the bus to Rhodes, Stathmós KTEL, walk to Rhodes, then take the ferry to Symi. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Symi via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Strasbourg, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Tirana, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Peiraias, and Port of Piraeus in around 2d 7h.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Newcastle to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dalaman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–400
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Newcastle to Rhodes International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from Newcastle to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dalaman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dalaman Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–490
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kos via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–470
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dalaman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–380
- 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 Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- 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 King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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/
- 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/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- 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 Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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/
- 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
- +355 68 20 63 724
- [email protected]
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 4444801
- [email protected]
- Website
- ulasim.muttas.com.tr
Bus from Dalaman Havalimanı to Marmaris Otogar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–10
- Schedules at
- ulasim.muttas.com.tr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- [email protected]
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from London Stonebridge to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- [email protected]
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Sibiu to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from Nürnberg to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €200–300
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +4-0723-274.620
- Website
- omertaimpex.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucuresti to Giurgiu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- omertaimpex.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0743-337.546
- Website
- nelmatour.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucuresti to Giurgiu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- nelmatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- en.tourist-service.com
Bus from Ruse to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80
- Website
- https://en.tourist-service.com/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Ruse to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- [email protected]
- Website
- bluestarferries.com
Ferry from Rhodes to Symi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–16
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Symi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Kos to Symi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–30
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Rhodes to Symi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–16
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Rhodes to Symi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–16
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Rhodes to Symi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–16
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Symi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Patmos
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Patmos
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Symi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +30 22410 74 235
- [email protected]
- Website
- seadreams.gr
Ferry from Port of Marmaris to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €47
- Website
- https://seadreams.gr/
- Phone
- +30 22410 70590
- [email protected]
- Website
- 12ne.gr
Car ferry from Port of Patmos to Symi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
Car ferry from Port of Patmos to Symi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
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