There are 7 ways to get from Antwerp to Islay by train, bus, ferry, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus, ferry
best- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ferry Terminalbus 926
- Take the ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminalferry Cm9
17h 1m£220–434Bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ferry Terminalbus 926
- Take the ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminalferry Cm9
25h 55m£100–245Train to Rotterdam The Hague Airport, fly to Islay
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Fly from Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) to Islay (ILY)plane RTM - ILY
13h 1m£130–650Train, bus, ferry via Edinburgh
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Annieslandtrain
- Take the bus from Anniesland Cross to Ferry Terminalbus 926
- Take the ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminalferry Cm9
17h 3m£297–509Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Islay
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Islay (ILY)plane AMS - ILY
7h 43m£202–502Fly Brussels Airport to Islay
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Islay (ILY)plane BRU - ILY
8h 55m£284–442Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane AMS - GLA
- Take the bus from Terminal Building to Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminalferry
11h 28m£111–367
Antwerp to Islay by train, foot, bus, and ferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Antwerp to Islay is to bus and ferry which costs £100 - £250 and takes 25h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Antwerp to Islay is to train and fly which takes 7h 43m and costs £200 - £500.
The distance between Antwerp and Islay is 832 miles.
The best way to get from Antwerp to Islay without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 17h 1m and costs £220 - £440.
It takes approximately 17h 1m to get from Antwerp to Islay, including transfers.
Islay is 1h behind Antwerp. It is currently 10:14 AM in Antwerp and 9:14 AM in Islay.
There are 52+ hotels available in Islay.
What companies run services between Antwerp, Belgium and Islay, Scotland?
Ryanair, Loganair, and six other airlines fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Islay (ILY) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Islay via London City, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £180–800
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Islay via Barcelona, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Islay via London Stansted, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–390
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via London City, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £120–550
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via London Luton, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £80–390
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via Belfast City, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via Birmingham, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–390
Flights from Brussels Airport to Islay via Dublin, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–390
Flights from Brussels Airport to Islay via London Heathrow, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £95–410
Flights from Brussels Airport to Islay via Frankfurt, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £100–310
Flights from Brussels Airport to Islay via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–320
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Islay via Barcelona, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Islay via London Stansted, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–390
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via London Luton, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £80–390
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via Birmingham, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–390
Flights from Brussels Airport to Islay via Dublin, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–390
Flights from Brussels Airport to Islay via Frankfurt, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £100–310
Flights from Brussels Airport to Islay via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–320
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Anvers-Central to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–24
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Anvers-Central to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–24
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from King's Cross to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–21
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Anvers-Central to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–17
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
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
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Anniesland
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £19–40
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £19–40
Bus from Anniesland Cross to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £18–35
Bus from Terminal Building to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)1475 650 397
- enquiries@calmac.co.uk
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
Ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–50
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £6–9
- Car Fare
- £40–50
Ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–50
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £6–9
- Car Fare
- £40–50
Ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–50
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £6–9
- Car Fare
- £40–50
Ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–50
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £6–9
- Car Fare
- £40–50
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