There are 9 ways to get from Edinburgh to Zakopane by plane, bus, train, car, car train, shuttle, 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 John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, bus
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane EDI - KRK
- Take the bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDAbus
8h 51mzł 378–853Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane GLA - KRK
- Take the bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDAbus
9h 36mzł 338–1,033Train, 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 Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurttrain 79
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kraków Głównytrain Drf
- Take the bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDAbus K1
32h 19mBus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Zakopane, Bus stationbus
39h 35mzł 943–1,412Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Zakopanecar
22h 58mzł 2,176–3,026Fly Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane EDI - BUD
- Take a shuttle bus from Budapest to Zakopane
12h 2mzł 583–1,203Train to Newcastle, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane NCL - KRK
- Take the bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDAbus
10h 2mzł 416–1,447Bus, train
- Take the bus from North St David Street to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 839
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Wilsonova Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Czechowice-Dziedzicetrain 411 / ...
- Take the train from Czechowice-Dziedzice to Zakopanetrain Ic
39h 35mzł 859–1,785Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Zakopanecar
24h 6mzł 1,705–2,810
Edinburgh to Zakopane by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Zakopane is to train and fly and bus which costs 330 zł - 1 100 zł and takes 9h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Zakopane is to fly and bus which takes 8h 51m and costs 370 zł - 900 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Zakopane station. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Zakopane, Bus station via London Victoria and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 35m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Zakopane is 1811 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Zakopane without a car is to train and bus which takes 32h 19m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 51m to get from Edinburgh to Zakopane, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Zakopane bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Zakopane bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Zakopane is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 9:45 AM in Edinburgh and 10:45 AM in Zakopane.
Book your Edinburgh to Zakopane bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Zakopane, Poland?
You can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Zakopane, Bus station via London Victoria and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 39h 35m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 300–1,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,400
Flights from Newcastle to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 320–1,600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 270–700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–800
Flights from Newcastle to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Saturday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 240–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 420–1,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 310–950
Flights from Glasgow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- zł 310–950
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 300–700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 230–1,000
Flights from Newcastle to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- zł 250–1,200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 300–950
Flights from Newcastle to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 360–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 270–450
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 270–1,100
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 650–950
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 210–300
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 600–1,000
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 290–650
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 310–470
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Frankfurt to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Czechowice-Dziedzice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 80–120
- Website
- LEO Express
- 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
- zł 614
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- zł 614
- 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
- zł 95–160
- 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
- zł 40–70
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 280–420
- 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
- zł 190–310
- 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
- zł 140–200
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Czechowice-Dziedzice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 420–480
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Czechowice-Dziedzice to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 80–150
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +48 669 060 060
- [email protected]
- Website
- majerbus.pl
Bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 30–45
- Schedules at
- majerbus.pl
Bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 30–45
- Schedules at
- majerbus.pl
Bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 30–45
- Schedules at
- majerbus.pl
Bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 30–45
- Schedules at
- majerbus.pl
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- 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
- zł 230–350
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 430–650
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Zakopane, Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 280–420
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +36 70 282 1827
- [email protected]
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Budapest to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- zł 230–320
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from North St David Street to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- zł 330–600
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Wilsonova Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 360–600
- Website
- RegioJet
- 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
- zł 130–380
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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