There are 10 ways to get from Edinburgh to Craiova by plane, bus, train (Eurostar), car, car train, train, busferry, or car ferry
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 Bucharest Otopeni, bus
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane EDI - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova Benzinaria Petrombus
10h 2m$114–304Fly to Craiova Airport
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane EDI - CRA
9h 3m$99–351Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien HBFtrain Nj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keletitrain Ec
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiovatrain Ic
39h 7m$678–1,024Bus via Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP)
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiovabus
44h 12m$249–277Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Craiovacar
29h 49m$752–1,066Fly to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)plane EDI - BBU
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Craiovatrain
12h 52m$110–317Fly to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EDI - SOF
- Take the train from Sofia to Vidintrain
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiovatrain
17h 25m$109–254Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain Edinburgh - Manchester Airport / ...
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nordbusferry
2d 2h$162–330Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus
- Take the bus from London Stonebridge to Sibiubus
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nordbus
2d 3hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Craiovacar
30h 57m$629–965
Edinburgh to Craiova by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Craiova is to fly and train which costs $100 - $260 and takes 17h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Craiova is to fly which takes 9h 3m and costs $95 - $360.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Craiova. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Craiova via London Victoria, Gara de Nord, Piata Presei and Bucharest Otopeni Airport. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 12m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Craiova. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Craiova via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Hbf and Budapest-Keleti. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 7m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Craiova is 2668 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Craiova without a car is to train which takes 39h 7m and costs $650 - $1,100.
It takes approximately 10h 2m to get from Edinburgh to Craiova, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Craiova bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Craiova train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Craiova is to train which takes 39h 7m and costs $650 - $1,100. Alternatively, you can bus via Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP), which costs $240 - $280 and takes 44h 12m, you could also fly, which costs $95 - $360 and takes 9h 3m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Craiova, Romania?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Craiova via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien HBF, Wien Hbf, and Budapest-Keleti in around 39h 7m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Craiova via London Victoria, Gara de Nord, Piata Presei, and Bucharest Otopeni Airport in around 44h 12m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–230
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Craiova Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–340
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Craiova Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–360
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Craiova Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–380
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Craiova Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–390
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $70–160
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $100–440
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $170–240
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $160–270
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien HBF
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $270–400
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $73
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $33–39
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $156
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- $156
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–21
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1–3
- 1st Class
- $1–3
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +4-021-312.03.45
- Website
- comantotrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova Benzinaria Petrom
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–21
- Schedules at
- comantotrans.autogari.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $161
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40 768 922 512
- office@bbilantravel.ro
- Website
- bbilantravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26
- Schedules at
- bbilantravel.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–190
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from London Stonebridge to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +4- 0265-255-092
- balinttrans@yahoo.com
- Website
- balinttrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–24
- Schedules at
- balinttrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Edinburgh to Craiova bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Craiova is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 12:30 AM in Edinburgh and 2:30 AM in Craiova.
Edinburgh to Craiova train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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