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 43m€137–461Fly Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane EDI - RHO
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Karpathosferry
13h 59m€88–264Train, 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 7hFly 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 13m€127–323Fly Edinburgh Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK)plane EDI - AOK
23h 27m€121–331Train to Newcastle, fly to Rhodes International Airport, ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane NCL - RHO
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Karpathosferry
15h 10m€149–434Train, 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 13hBus, ferry
- 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 München to Thessalonikibus
- Take the ferry from Thessaloniki to Port of Piraeusferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry
4d 15h€644–1,239
Edinburgh to Karpathos by bus, foot, and ferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Karpathos is to fly and ferry which costs €85 - €270 and takes 13h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Karpathos is to fly and ferry which takes 13h 59m and costs €85 - €270.
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 7h and costs .
It takes approximately 20h 43m to get from Edinburgh to Karpathos, including transfers.
Karpathos is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 3:43 AM in Edinburgh and 5:43 AM in Karpathos.
There are 280+ hotels available in Karpathos.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Karpathos, Greece?
easyJet, Olympic Air, and four other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK) 5 times a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Newcastle to Karpathos Island National Airport via Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–320
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Newcastle to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Newcastle to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Newcastle to Karpathos Island National Airport via Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–160
Flights from Newcastle to Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Newcastle to Karpathos Island National Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–390
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Newcastle to Karpathos Island National Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €150–430
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Newcastle to Karpathos Island National Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- 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
- €40–85
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Peiraias
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +30 2310261280
- Website
- portokalidistours.com
Bus from München to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €190–280
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- bluestarferries@bluestarferries.com
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Rhodes to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Heraklion to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Rhodes to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Thessaloniki to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €180–440
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
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