There are 9 ways to get from Europe to Ballater by train, plane, bus, taxi, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Aberdeen Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane FRA - ABZ
- Take the bus from Aberdeen Airport to Ballaterbus
12h 10m£153–385Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Aberdeen Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Amersfoort Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amersfoort Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane AMS - ABZ
- Take the bus from Aberdeen Airport to Ballaterbus
14h 23m£140–389Bus, train, taxi
- Take the bus from Kassel Kaufungen Papierfabrik to Dortmund central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Amsterdam Centraal Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from Finsbury Park to Aviemoretrain
- Take the taxi from Aviemore to Ballatertaxi
25h 45mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Wabern Bahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 26 / ...
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to St Andrew's Housebus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundeetrain
- Take the bus from Dundee station to Ballaterbus
34h 59m£217–427Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Europe to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Ballatercar
17h 8m£334–443Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport, bus
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane HAJ - ABZ
- Take the bus from Aberdeen Airport to Ballaterbus
11h 45mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FRA - EDI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Malmaisonbus
- Take the bus from Dundee station to Ballaterbus
12h 35mTrain, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DUS - EDI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Malmaisonbus
- Take the bus from Dundee station to Ballaterbus
14h 33mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Europe to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Ballatercar
18h 9m£224–370
Frankfurt (FRA) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Ballater is to train and fly and bus which costs £140 - £390 and takes 14h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Ballater is to train and fly and bus which takes 12h 10m and costs £150 - £390.
The distance between Europe and Ballater is 834 miles.
The best way to get from Europe to Ballater without a car is to bus and train and taxi which takes 25h 45m and costs .
It takes approximately 12h 10m to get from Europe to Ballater, including transfers.
Ballater is 1h behind Europe. It is currently 11:30 AM in Europe and 10:30 AM in Ballater.
There are 163+ hotels available in Ballater.
What companies run services between Europe and Ballater, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Ballater. However, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ), walk to Aberdeen Airport, then take the bus to Ballater. Alternatively, you can take the taxi to Hessisch Lichtenau Stadtmitte, take the line 4 vehicle to Kaufungen-Papierfabrik, walk to Kassel Kaufungen Papierfabrik, take the bus to Dortmund central bus station, take the bus to Amsterdam Centraal Station, walk to Amsterdam Centraal, take the train to London St Pancras Intl, take the train to Finsbury Park, take the train to Aviemore, then take the taxi to Ballater.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from Hannover Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–350
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Thursday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–370
Flights from Hannover Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–470
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Aberdeen Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–380
Flights from Hannover Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wabern Bahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £8–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £8–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Finsbury Park to Aviemore
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £170–280
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–30
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–50
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–28
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Amersfoort Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amersfoort Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Aberdeen Airport to Ballater
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Dundee station to Ballater
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Aberdeen Airport to Ballater
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Dundee station to Ballater
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Dundee station to Ballater
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Aberdeen Airport to Ballater
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- Ember
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Kassel Kaufungen Papierfabrik to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to St Andrew's House
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Amsterdam Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- 01382 201121
- [email protected]
- Website
- Xplore Dundee
Bus from Terminal to Malmaison
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- Xplore Dundee
Bus from Terminal to Malmaison
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- Xplore Dundee
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–45
- Website
- Irish Ferries
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Estimated price
- £100–130
Aviemore Taxis
- Phone
- +44 1479 811 111
- Website
- taxisinaviemore.com
Doc's Taxis
- Phone
- +44 7971 736 599
- Website
- docstaxisaviemore.co.uk
Gerry's Aviemore Taxis
- Phone
- +44 1479 812 000
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