There are 8 ways to get from Taormina to Edinburgh by train, plane, bus, night train, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Taormina-Giardini to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CTA - EDI
8h 4m£71–158Bus, train via Basel
- Take the bus from Taormina to Baselbus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Offenburg to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
33h 23m£527–865Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Taormina-Giardini to Firenze Campo Martenighttrain Ini
- Take the nighttrain from Firenze Campo Marte to Muenchen Hbfnighttrain En
- Take the train from München Hbf to Frankfurttrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
42h 1m£511–919Train, ferry to Reggio Calabria Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Taormina-Giardini to Messina Centraletrain
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Reggio di Calabriaferry
- Fly from Reggio Calabria Airport (REG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane REG - EDI
12h 20m£131–476Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Taormina-Giardini to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CTA - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
10h 32m£76–233Train to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Taormina-Giardini to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CTA - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
10h 50m£87–283Bus, train
- Take the bus from Taormina to Mons - Place Léopoldbus
- Take the train from Mons to Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
39h 43m£485–699Bus
- Take the bus from Taormina 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
47h 56m£286–435
Taormina to Edinburgh by night train and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Taormina to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £70 - £160 and takes 8h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Taormina to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 8h 4m and costs £70 - £160.
No, there is no direct bus from Taormina to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Taormina and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Luxembourg P+R Bouillon and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Taormina to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Taormina-Giardini and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Firenze Campo Marte, München Hbf, Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 1m.
The distance between Taormina and Edinburgh is 1585 miles.
The best way to get from Taormina to Edinburgh without a car is to bus and train via Basel which takes 33h 23m and costs £500 - £900.
It takes approximately 8h 4m to get from Taormina to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Taormina to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Taormina station.
Taormina to Edinburgh train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity Night, depart from Taormina-Giardini station.
Taormina to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Luxembourg Park&Drive station.
What companies run services between Taormina, Italy and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a bus from Taormina to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, London Victoria Green Line Station, and London Victoria in around 47h 56m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
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 Reggio Calabria Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–240
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–240
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £85–240
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Newcastle via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–140
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–330
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–330
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
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–320
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Newcastle via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Reggio Calabria Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–240
- 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
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Taormina-Giardini to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Taormina-Giardini to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Taormina-Giardini to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Taormina-Giardini to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £22–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Offenburg to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- 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 Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- 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
- 06 3000
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
Night train from Taormina-Giardini to Firenze Campo Marte
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- Trenitalia ICN
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Night train from Firenze Campo Marte to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £100–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- £100–150
- 2nd Class
- £120–170
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Mons to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- 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
- 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
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Taormina to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £160–230
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Taormina to Mons - Place Léopold
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £220–310
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Taormina to Luxembourg Park&Drive
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £210–290
- Website
- Onebus
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
- £55–100
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 0923.873813
- [email protected]
- Website
- libertylines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Reggio di Calabria
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–8
- Schedules at
- libertylines.it
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Edinburgh is 1h behind Taormina. It is currently 12:48 PM in Taormina and 11:48 AM in Edinburgh.
Taormina to Edinburgh train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity Night, arrive at Firenze Campo Marte station.
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