There are 11 ways to get from Sicily to Edinburgh by plane, train, bus, car ferry, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Trapani Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane TPS - EDI
9h 41m£87–492Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CTA - EDI
6h 38m£68–153Train, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Casertatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Caserta Piazza Carlo Terzo to Lyon Lyon Perrache Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Lyon Perrache to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
40h 26m£436–696Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the carferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the bus from Genoa to Marseillebus
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
42h 33m£485–726Bus, train
- Take the bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Mons - Place Léopoldbus
- Take the train from Mons to Lille Flandrestrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
46h 14m£474–690Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CTA - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 5m£73–228Fly Palermo Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PMO - EDI
7h£68–214Bus and ferry to Malta International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the busferry from Pozzallo to Vallettabusferry
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MLA - EDI
9h 35m£269–418Fly Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PMO - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
10h 32m£73–239Bus, train via Milan
- Take the bus from Palermo to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
2d£286–566Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Luxembourg Park&Drivebus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
2d 6h£311–481
Sicily to Edinburgh by bus, train, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sicily to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £65 - £160 and takes 6h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Sicily to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 38m and costs £65 - £160.
No, there is no direct bus from Sicily to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Piazza Boiardo and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Palermo Piazza Cairoli, Luxembourg P+R Bouillon and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Sicily and Edinburgh is 1472 miles.
The best way to get from Sicily to Edinburgh without a car is to train and bus which takes 40h 26m and costs £430 - £700.
It takes approximately 9h 41m to get from Sicily to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Sicily to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Palermo Piazza Cairoli station.
The best way to get from Sicily to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 9h 41m and costs £85 - £500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £310 - £490 and takes 2 days 6h.
Sicily to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Luxembourg Park&Drive station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Sicily. It is currently 2:22 PM in Sicily and 1:22 PM in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Sicily, Italy and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Ryanair and easyJet fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 5 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Piazza Boiardo to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna, Palermo Piazza Cairoli, Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, London Victoria Green Line Station, and London Victoria in around 2d 6h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trapani Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £85–300
Flights from Trapani Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–140
Flights from Palermo Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Malta International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Malta International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Malta International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Trapani Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–330
Flights from Trapani Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–300
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–140
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £80–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–370
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–310
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Caserta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Perrache to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Marseille St Charles to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £160–240
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Mons to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £130–220
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Caserta Piazza Carlo Terzo to Lyon Lyon Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Genoa to Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Palermo to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £110–180
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Mons - Place Léopold
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £250–350
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Luxembourg Park&Drive
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £240–330
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- (+356) 22069022
- [email protected]
- Website
- Virtu Ferries Ltd
Busferry from Pozzallo to Valletta
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £61
- Website
- Virtu Ferries Ltd
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £85–120
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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