There are 10 ways to get from Zakopane to Edinburgh by bus, plane, train (Eurostar), shuttle, train, car, car train, 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.
Bus to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the bus from Zakopane ZDA to MDA dworzec autobusowybus
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane KRK - EDI
8h 55m£73–170Bus to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Zakopane ZDA to MDA dworzec autobusowybus
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane KRK - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 52m£63–205Train
- Take the train from Zakopane to Krakow Plaszowtrain Tlk
- Take the train from Krakow Plaszow to Frankfurttrain Drf
- 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
31h 13mBus, shuttle, train
- Take the bus from Zakopane ZDA to MDA dworzec autobusowybus K1
- Take a shuttle bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Praha ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
35h 10m£218–435Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Zakopane to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
22h 51m£476–637Shuttle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Zakopane to Budapest
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BUD - EDI
11h 51m£110–236Drive to Poprad-Tatry Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Drive from Zakopane to Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT)car
- Fly from Poprad-Tatry Airport (TAT) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane TAT - EDI
6h 36m£65–214Bus to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the bus from Zakopane ZDA to MDA dworzec autobusowybus
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Newcastle (NCL)plane KRK - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
10h 16m£79–285Bus
- Take the bus from Zakopane, Bus station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
39h 31m£180–311Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Zakopane to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
23h 53m£384–604
John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zakopane to Edinburgh is to bus and fly which costs £70 - £170 and takes 8h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Zakopane to Edinburgh is to drive and fly which takes 6h 36m and costs £60 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Zakopane station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Zakopane, Bus station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Zakopane to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Zakopane and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Krakow Plaszow, Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 13m.
The distance between Zakopane and Edinburgh is 1130 miles.
The best way to get from Zakopane to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 31h 13m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 55m to get from Zakopane to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Zakopane to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zakopane, Bus station.
Zakopane to Edinburgh train services, operated by PKP Intercity, depart from Zakopane station.
The best way to get from Zakopane to Edinburgh is to train which takes 31h 13m and costs . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £180 - £320 and takes 39h 31m.
What companies run services between Zakopane, Poland and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Zakopane to Edinburgh Waverley via Krakow Plaszow, Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 31h 13m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zakopane, Bus station to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria in around 39h 31m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Saturday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Glasgow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Poprad-Tatry Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Poprad-Tatry Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Poprad-Tatry Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Edinburgh Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Zakopane to Krakow Plaszow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £12–23
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Krakow Plaszow to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- 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
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- 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 Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- 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
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- 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
- +48 669 060 060
- [email protected]
- Website
- majerbus.pl
Bus from Zakopane ZDA to MDA dworzec autobusowy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Schedules at
- majerbus.pl
Bus from Zakopane ZDA to MDA dworzec autobusowy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Schedules at
- majerbus.pl
Bus from Zakopane ZDA to MDA dworzec autobusowy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Schedules at
- majerbus.pl
Bus from Zakopane ZDA to MDA dworzec autobusowy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Schedules at
- majerbus.pl
- Phone
- +36 70 282 1827
- [email protected]
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Praha ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Zakopane to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zakopane, Bus station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–130
- 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
- +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
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Zakopane to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Zakopane. It is currently 5:38 AM in Zakopane and 4:38 AM in Edinburgh.
Zakopane to Edinburgh train services, operated by PKP Intercity, arrive at Krakow Plaszow station.
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