There are 6 ways to get from Almaty to Scotland by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ALA - EDI
15h 20m£246–379Fly to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ALA - GLA
15h 19m£166–703Train, bus
- Take the train from Almaty 2 to Kazan-Passtrain
- Take the train from Kazan-Pass to Moskovsky Railway Terminaltrain
- Take the bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rīgas SAO to Rotterdam Centraalbus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
5d 20h£448–1,129Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Newcastle (NCL)plane ALA - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
16h 13m£309–565Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ALA - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
18h 21m£225–566Fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane ALA - ABZ
15h 57m£225–793
Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Almaty to Scotland is to fly which costs £240 - £380 and takes 15h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Almaty to Scotland is to fly which takes 15h 19m and costs £160 - £750.
The distance between Almaty and Scotland is 3522 miles.
The best way to get from Almaty to Scotland without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 20h and costs £440 - £1,200.
It takes approximately 15h 20m to get from Almaty to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 5h behind Almaty. It is currently 6:33 AM in Almaty and 1:33 AM in Scotland.
There are 1471+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Almaty, Kazakhstan and Scotland?
Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–850
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–900
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–900
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Newcastle via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £190–800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Istanbul, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Frankfurt, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–950
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Almaty 2 to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 14h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £170–330
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- £170–240
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- £230–330
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kazan-Pass to Moskovsky Railway Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- £140–200
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- £30–45
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- £45–65
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £120–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–230
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £52
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīgas SAO to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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