There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Coimbra by plane, towncar, train, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane EDI - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Coimbratowncar
7h 16m€236–396Fly Edinburgh Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane EDI - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Coimbra-Btrain
8h 8m€98–264Train, bus via Antony
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau to Centro Coordenador de Transportes da Guardabus
- Take the train from Guarda to Coimbra-Btrain Ic / ...
31h 15m€401–713Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Plymouthcar
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Coimbracar
35h 10m€334–1,044Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Plymouthtrain
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Take the bus from Santander to Portobus
- Take the train from Porto Campanha to Coimbra-Btrain Ic / ...
44h 10m€494–1,279Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane GLA - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Coimbratowncar
7h 56m€268–433Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Lisbon-Portela Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS)plane GLA - LIS
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Coimbra-Btrain
8h 48m€115–301Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)plane MAN - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Coimbratowncar
9h 55m€310–487Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Brancobus
- Take the bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbrabus
37h 24m€327–685Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbrabus
40h 35mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Coimbracar
26h 25m
Edinburgh to Coimbra by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Coimbra is to fly and train which costs €95 - €270 and takes 8h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Coimbra is to fly and towncar which takes 7h 16m and costs €230 - €400.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Coimbra. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra via London Victoria, Dover and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 35m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Coimbra is 1821 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Coimbra without a car is to train and bus via Antony which takes 31h 15m and costs €400 - €750.
It takes approximately 7h 16m to get from Edinburgh to Coimbra, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Coimbra bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Coimbra bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
There are 251+ hotels available in Coimbra.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Coimbra, Portugal?
You can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra via London Victoria, Dover, and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 40h 35m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Manchester Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Manchester Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lisbon-Portela Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Guarda to Coimbra-B
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
Train from Porto Campanha to Coimbra-B
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Coimbra-B
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €330–470
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau to Centro Coordenador de Transportes da Guarda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Santander to Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Terminal Rodoviário de Castelo Branco to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–23
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt
- Phone
- +33 6 31 09 82 47
- contact@euroscoach.com
- Website
- euroscoach.com
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Terminal Rodoviário de Coimbra
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- euroscoach.com
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–700
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €100–220
- Car Single Ticket
- €280–700
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- info@vmtransfers.com
- Website
- vmtransfers.com
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Coimbra
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €165
- Website
- https://www.vmtransfers.com/en/
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