There are 7 ways to get from Cairo to Thurso by plane, train, car, car ferry, or bus
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Fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, train
best- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)CAI - INV
- Take the train from Inverness to Thurso
18h 22m£225–711Fly to Aberdeen Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)CAI - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Take the train from Inverness to Thurso
19h 17m£164–646Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cairo to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Thurso
2d 16h£878–1,279Fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)CAI - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Leonard Street
- Take the train from Perth to Inverness
- Take the train from Inverness to Thurso
21h 33mFly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)CAI - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Take the train from Perth to Inverness
- Take the train from Inverness to Thurso
22h 30m£195–374Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Newcastle (NCL)CAI - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Inverness
- Take the train from Inverness to Thurso
22h 34m£205–435Fly to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)CAI - DND
- Take the train from Perth to Inverness
- Take the train from Inverness to Thurso
22h 39m£221–769
Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cairo to Thurso is to fly and train which costs £190 - £380 and takes 22h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Cairo to Thurso is to fly and train which takes 18h 22m and costs £220 - £750.
The distance between Cairo and Thurso is 2733 miles.
It takes approximately 18h 22m to get from Cairo to Thurso, including transfers.
Thurso is 2h behind Cairo. It is currently 11:40 PM in Cairo and 9:40 PM in Thurso.
There are 97+ hotels available in Thurso.
What companies run services between Cairo, Egypt and Thurso, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Cairo to Thurso. However, you can take the line 3 train to Cairo Fair, walk to Cairo International Fair, take the line 111 bus to Cairo Airport Bridge, walk to Cairo International Airport (CAI) airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV), walk to Terminal Building, take the bus to Inverness Airport station, walk to Inverness Airport Station, take the train to Inverness, then take the train to Thurso. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Cairo to Thurso via Calais and Port of Dover in around 2d 16h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Brussels, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Dusseldorf, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–600
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–430
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–450
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–480
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–430
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £95–390
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–450
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Newcastle via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–480
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–430
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–500
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Brussels, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–450
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Newcastle via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–480
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–430
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £140–430
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–340
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Thurso
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £17–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £13–17
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £260–310
Train from Newcastle to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £65–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £65–85
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £290–340
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Airport to Leonard Street
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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