There are 8 ways to get from Edinburgh to Karpathos by train, plane, bus, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Newcastle, fly to Karpathos Island National Airport
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK)plane NCL - AOK
20h 48m€114–409Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Karpathos Island National Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK)plane GLA - AOK
18h 35m€93–288Train, bus, ferry via Strasbourg
- 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 Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
2d 6hFly Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane EDI - RHO
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Karpathosferry
13h 32m€170–429Fly Edinburgh Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK)plane EDI - AOK
11h 7m€111–291Fly Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane EDI - HER
- Take the ferry from Heraklion to Karpathosferry
15h 8m€122–353Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraiasbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
2d 12hTrain, bus, ferry #2
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Košicebus
- Take the bus from Košice to Athensbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry
3d 10h€449–829
Newcastle (NCL) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Karpathos is to train and fly which costs €90 - €290 and takes 18h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Karpathos is to fly which takes 11h 7m and costs €110 - €300.
The distance between Edinburgh and Karpathos is 3323 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Karpathos without a car is to train and bus and ferry via Strasbourg which takes 2 days 6h and costs .
It takes approximately 20h 48m to get from Edinburgh to Karpathos, including transfers.
Karpathos is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 9:38 PM in Edinburgh and 11:38 PM in Karpathos.
There are 93+ hotels available in Karpathos.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Karpathos, Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Olympic Air, and easyJet fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK) twice a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Newcastle to Karpathos Island National Airport via Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Newcastle to Karpathos Island National Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–440
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–400
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Newcastle to Karpathos Island National Airport via Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €24–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Newcastle to Karpathos Island National Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Newcastle to Karpathos Island National Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.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/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–230
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Košice
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Košice to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Rhodes to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Heraklion to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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