There are 8 ways to get from Íos to Glasgow by car ferry, plane, bus, ferry, train, or busferry
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Car ferry to Athens International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
best- Take the carferry from Port of Ios to Port of Rafinacarferry
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ATH - EDI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
13h 1m£133–274Car ferry to Santorini, fly to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Take the carferry from Port of Ios to Thira Santorini Portcarferry
- Fly from Santorini (JTR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane JTR - GLA
12h 6m£93–289Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Ios to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road Londonbus
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
2d 14hCar ferry, car ferry to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the carferry from Port of Ios to Thira Santorini Portcarferry
- Take the carferry from Thira Santorini Port to Heraklion Portcarferry
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HER - GLA
11h 1m£127–446Car ferry to Paros National Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the carferry from Port of Ios to Paroscarferry
- Fly from Paros National Airport (PAS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PAS - EDI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
10h 53m£189–320Car ferry, car ferry to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the carferry from Port of Ios to Thira Santorini Portcarferry
- Take the carferry from Thira Santorini Port to Heraklion Portcarferry
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HER - EDI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
11h 33m£121–301Car ferry to Santorini, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the carferry from Port of Ios to Thira Santorini Portcarferry
- Fly from Santorini (JTR) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane JTR - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Lancastertrain
- Take the train from Lancaster to Glasgow Centraltrain
12h 48m£153–334Ferry, bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Ios to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Rusebus
- Take the bus from Giurgiu to Bucurestibus
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
4d 4h£223–503
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Íos to Glasgow is to car ferry and fly which costs £90 - £290 and takes 12h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Íos to Glasgow is to car ferry and fly and bus which takes 10h 53m and costs £180 - £320.
The distance between Íos and Glasgow is 1969 miles.
The best way to get from Íos to Glasgow without a car is to ferry and bus and train which takes 2 days 14h and costs .
It takes approximately 13h 1m to get from Íos to Glasgow, including transfers.
Glasgow is 2h behind Íos. It is currently 10:32 PM in Íos and 8:32 PM in Glasgow.
There are 1522+ hotels available in Glasgow.
What companies run services between Íos, South Aegean, Greece and Glasgow, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Íos to Glasgow. However, you can take the car ferry to Port of Rafina, walk to Rafina, take the bus to Athens Airport Departures, walk to Athens International Airport (ATH) airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport (EDI), walk to Terminal, then take the bus to Buchanan Bus Station. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Ios to Glasgow Central via Port Of Piraeus, Piraeus, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Tirana, Bounds Green Road London, Hobart Corner, Upper Woburn Place/Euston Road, and London Euston in around 2d 14h.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from Paros National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £100–350
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Santorini to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–250
Flights from Santorini to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £75–250
Flights from Santorini to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–350
Flights from Paros National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–360
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Santorini to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–170
Flights from Santorini to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–280
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–390
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–390
Flights from Santorini to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–460
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–170
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–170
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Santorini to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–440
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santorini to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santorini to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–220
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Lancaster to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Airport to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Lancaster to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–15
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £7–15
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £7–15
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £7–15
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £38
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £43
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road London
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tourist Service Holding AD
Bus from Piraeus to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £68
- Website
- Tourist Service Holding AD
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Piraeus to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–70
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +4-0723-274.620
- Website
- omertaimpex.autogari.ro
Bus from Giurgiu to Bucuresti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £2
- Schedules at
- omertaimpex.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0743-337.546
- Website
- nelmatour.autogari.ro
Bus from Giurgiu to Bucuresti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £3
- Schedules at
- nelmatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +30 212 222 4000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Golden Star Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Ios to Port of Rafina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- Golden Star Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Ios to Paros
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- Golden Star Ferries
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Ios to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Ios to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- [email protected]
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Ios to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–29
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Thira Santorini Port to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Ios to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–29
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Thira Santorini Port to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Ios to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–29
- Website
- Seajets
Car ferry from Port of Ios to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–29
- Website
- Seajets
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