There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Lefkada by train, bus, car, car train, plane, 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.
Train, bus, drive via Munich
best- 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 bus from München Hbf to Durrësbus
- Take the train from Durrës Plazh to Lushnjëtrain
- Take the bus from Lushnjë to Artabus
- Drive from Arta to Lefkadacar
41h 25mFly Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane EDI - ATH
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Lefkádabus
15h 26m€121–268Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lefkadacar
39h 52mFly Edinburgh Airport to Ioannina National Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ioannina National Airport (IOA)plane EDI - IOA
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Prevezabus
28h 46m€246–340Train, bus, drive
- 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 bus from Brussels-Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Lushnjëbus
- Take the bus from Lushnjë to Artabus
- Drive from Arta to Lefkadacar
41h 48mTrain, Bus
- 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 Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Igoumenitsabus
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Lefkádabus
2d 3h€405–798Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Lefkadacar
41h 4m€611–923Fly Edinburgh Airport to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias, car ferry, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias (CFU)plane EDI - CFU
- Take the car ferry from Port of Corfu to Port of Igoumenitsacarferry
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Lefkádabus
13h 56m€123–326Fly Edinburgh Airport to Preveza Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane EDI - PVK
9h 2m€137–451Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Preveza Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane MAN - PVK
11h 46m€167–627Train to Newcastle, fly to Preveza Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane NCL - PVK
10h 18m€144–554
Edinburgh to Lefkada by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Lefkada is to fly and car ferry and bus which costs €120 - €330 and takes 13h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Lefkada is to fly which takes 9h 2m and costs €130 - €460.
The distance between Edinburgh and Lefkada is 3678 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Lefkada without a car is to train and Bus which takes 2 days 3h and costs €400 - €800.
It takes approximately 41h 25m to get from Edinburgh to Lefkada, including transfers.
Lefkada is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 4:22 AM in Edinburgh and 6:22 AM in Lefkada.
There are 1916+ hotels available in Lefkada.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Lefkada, Greece?
Jet2.com flies from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Preveza Airport (PVK) once a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 53m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Manchester Airport to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Newcastle to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Manchester Airport to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- 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
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- 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
- €70–260
- 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
- €70–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +355 52 222037
- ergys.verdho@hekurudha.al
- Website
- hekurudha.al
Train from Durrës Plazh to Lushnjë
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Schedules at
- hekurudha.al
- 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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- €30–130
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–18
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–270
- Sleeper Seat
- €70–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €280–330
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from München Hbf to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Lushnjë to Arta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- Phone
- +3026820 22213
- ktelprevezasonline@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelprevezas.gr
Bus from Ioannina to Preveza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://ktelprevezas.gr/en/index.html
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 40 67 522
- info@argjiro.eu
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Tirana to Lushnjë
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en/blogs/argjiro-shpk-bus-travel-in-albania
- Phone
- +355 69 398 7951
- support@olgenotravel.com
- Website
- olgenotravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Lushnjë
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://olgenotravel.com/
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €200–300
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +3026450 22364
- info@ktel-lefkadas.gr
- Website
- ktel-lefkadas.gr
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Lefkáda
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €12–14
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Schedules at
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Lefkáda
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Schedules at
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Phone
- +30 2665 0 22309
- info@ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Lefkáda
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Book at
- ktelbus.gr
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
- Phone
- +30 26650 25908
- helpdesk@kerkyralines.com
- Website
- kerkyralines.com
Car ferry from Port of Corfu to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://kerkyralines.com/en/
- Phone
- +30 26610 20674
- info@kerkyraseaways.gr
- Website
- kerkyraseaways.gr
Car ferry from Port of Corfu to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7
- Website
- https://www.kerkyraseaways.gr/el
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