There are 12 ways to get from Scotland to Florence by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Trenitalia), train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane EDI - FLR
5h 56m€103–253Fly Edinburgh Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane EDI - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
6h 9m€60–218Train
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Firenze Santa Maria Novellatrain
19h 1m€439–804Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street 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 Monstrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Mons - Place Léopold to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus
27h 45mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Florencecar
22h 4m€467–615Fly Aberdeen Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane ABZ - FLR
7h 33m€103–340Fly Glasgow Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane GLA - FLR
7h 16m€103–238Fly Edinburgh Airport to Pisa International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane EDI - PSA
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
6h 56m€70–204Train to Glasgow/Prestwick, fly to Pisa International Airport, train
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Prestwick Intl Airporttrain
- Fly from Glasgow/Prestwick (PIK) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane PIK - PSA
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
6h 57m€63–228Train via Turin
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Firenze S.M.N.train Fr
19h 22m€528–999Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan 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 - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus
36h 25m€193–349Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Florencecar
23h 5m€343–547
Scotland to Florence by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Florence is to train and fly which costs €60 - €230 and takes 6h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Florence is to fly which takes 5h 56m and costs €100 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Scotland station to Florence station. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station via London Victoria, Dover and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Scotland to Florence. However, there are services departing from Glasgow Central and arriving at Firenze Santa Maria Novella via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Lyon Part Dieu and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 1m.
The distance between Scotland and Florence is 1715 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Florence without a car is to train which takes 19h 1m and costs €430 - €850.
It takes approximately 5h 56m to get from Scotland to Florence, including transfers.
Scotland to Florence bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Scotland to Florence train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Glasgow Central station.
The best way to get from Scotland to Florence is to fly which takes 5h 56m and costs €100 - €260. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €430 - €850 and takes 19h 1m, you could also bus, which costs €190 - €350 and takes 36h 25m.
What companies run services between Scotland and Florence, Italy?
British Airways, Edelweiss Air, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Glasgow Central to Firenze Santa Maria Novella via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Lyon Part Dieu, and Milano Centrale in around 19h 1m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Pisa International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–420
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Pisa International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Glasgow/Prestwick to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Website
- wideroe.no
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €230–390
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Mons
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Prestwick Intl Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- onebus.it
Bus from Mons - Place Léopold to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://onebus.it/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–55
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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