There are 7 ways to get from Bucharest to Islay by plane, bus, ferry, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Islay
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Islay (ILY)plane OTP - ILY
11h 41m£140–374Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Islay
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Islay (ILY)plane BBU - ILY
21h 15m£76–291Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 590 / ...
- 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
35h 43m£89–207Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane OTP - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminalferry
14h 11m£136–320Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Glasgow Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane OTP - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Tarbetbus
- Take the bus from Tarbet Hotel to Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminalferry
15h 35m£136–312Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport, train, bus, ferry
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane OTP - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminalferry
17h 6m£166–437Bus, ferry via London
- Take the bus from Bucharest 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
46h 39m£177–383
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Islay (ILY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Islay is to bus and ferry which costs £85 - £210 and takes 35h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Islay is to fly which takes 11h 41m and costs £140 - £380.
The distance between Bucharest and Islay is 1626 miles.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Islay without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 35h 43m and costs £85 - £210.
It takes approximately 11h 41m to get from Bucharest to Islay, including transfers.
Islay is 2h behind Bucharest. It is currently 12:02 AM in Bucharest and 10:02 PM in Islay.
There are 50+ hotels available in Islay.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Islay, Scotland?
KLM, Loganair, and five other airlines fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Islay (ILY) 3 times a day.
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Islay via Amsterdam Schiphol, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–600
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Islay via Frankfurt, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–550
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Islay via Prague, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–330
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Islay via London Stansted, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–300
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Islay via Krakow, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 23m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–340
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Islay via Naples, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–350
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Islay via Hamburg, Amsterdam Schiphol, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–320
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- 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
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- 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
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- 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 Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Tarbet
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–11
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Tarbet Hotel to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Tarbet
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)1475 650 397
- enquiries@calmac.co.uk
- Website
- calmac.co.uk
Ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £6–50
- Website
- https://www.calmac.co.uk
- Passenger Fare
- £6–9
- Car Fare
- £40–50
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