There are 9 ways to get from Edinburgh to Cres by plane, train, bus, ferry, shuttle, or night 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 to Rijeka Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane EDI - RJK
9h 39m€132–414Fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, bus, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane EDI - TRS
- Take the bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
12h 11m€106–373Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
26h 43m€438–796Train, bus, ferry via Munich
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from München Hbf to Venezia Santa Lucia Stationtrain 89
- Take the bus from Venezia, Tronchetto to Rijeka bus stationbus 541
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
29h 58m€573–1,028Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane EDI - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
12h 28m€174–700Fly to Ljubljana, shuttle, bus, ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane EDI - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
11h 16m€224–720Train, night train, bus, ferry
- 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 night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Salzburg Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbftrain Ic
- Take the bus from Villach Hbf to Rijeka bus stationbus 944
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
31h 24m€352–686Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Malinskabus 944
43h 15m€158–288Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 598 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Triestebus
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškerabus
44h 37m€275–621
Edinburgh to Cres by train, foot, bus, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Cres is to fly and bus and ferry which costs €100 - €380 and takes 12h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Cres is to fly which takes 9h 39m and costs €130 - €420.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Cres. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Cres via London Victoria, Munich central bus station and Malinska. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 15m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Cres is 1790 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Cres without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 26h 43m and costs €430 - €800.
It takes approximately 9h 39m to get from Edinburgh to Cres, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Cres bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Cres is to fly which takes 9h 39m and costs €130 - €420. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €150 - €290 and takes 43h 15m.
Edinburgh to Cres bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Cres is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 3:16 PM in Edinburgh and 4:16 PM in Cres.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Cres, Croatia?
Ryanair, Eurowings, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rijeka Airport (RJK) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Cres via London Victoria, Munich central bus station, and Malinska in around 43h 15m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rijeka Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rijeka Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–460
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- 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 Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Venezia Santa Lucia Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–60
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €20–24
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €29–45
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Venezia, Tronchetto to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Villach Hbf to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- 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 Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Malinska
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €96–480
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €96
- Private
- €223
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–260
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31
- Private
- €138
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €1–17
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Rijeka to Cres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
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