There are 9 ways to get from Edinburgh to Lekeitio by plane, bus, train (Eurostar, TGV), train, car, car ferry, ferry, or car 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 from Edinburgh Airport, bus
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane EDI - BIO
- Take the bus from Zabalburu to Larrotegibus
8h 8m€76–201Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendayetrain Ter
19h 45m€517–779Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Larrotegibus
25h 53m€336–673Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Plymouthcar
- Take the carferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Lekeitiocar
30h 25m€278–995Train to Glasgow Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane GLA - BIO
- Take the bus from Zabalburu to Larrotegibus
10h 38m€78–231Train, bus via Jaunay-Clan
- 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 Juvisy to Futuroscopetrain
- Take the bus from Futuroscope to San Sebastian / Donostiabus
- Take the bus from Donostia - Donostiako Autobus Geltokia to Lekeitio - Arropain Aparkalekuabus
21h 10mBus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to San Sebastián - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Donostia - Donostiako Autobus Geltokia to Lekeitio - Arropain Aparkalekuabus
30h 2mTrain, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Plymouthtrain
- Take the ferry from Plymouth to Santanderferry
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Larrotegibus
36h 48m€504–651Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lekeitiocar
19h 51m€471–639
Edinburgh to Lekeitio by train, foot, subway, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Lekeitio is to fly and bus which costs €75 - €210 and takes 8h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Lekeitio is to fly and bus which takes 8h 8m and costs €75 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Lekeitio. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Lekeitio - Arropain Aparkalekua via London Victoria, Dover, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Donostia - Donostiako Autobus Geltokia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 2m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Lekeitio. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Deba via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Bordeaux St Jean, Hendaia and Amara-Donostia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 45m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Lekeitio is 1501 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Lekeitio without a car is to train which takes 19h 45m and costs €500 - €800.
It takes approximately 8h 8m to get from Edinburgh to Lekeitio, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Lekeitio bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Lekeitio train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Lekeitio is to train which takes 19h 45m and costs €500 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 30h 2m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Lekeitio, Spain?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Lekeitio via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Bordeaux St Jean, Hendaye, Hendaia, Amara-Donostia, and Deba in around 19h 45m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Lekeitio - Arropain Aparkalekua via London Victoria, Dover, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, San Sebastián - Bus Station, and Donostia - Donostiako Autobus Geltokia in around 30h 2m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–95
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 King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Hendaye
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Juvisy to Futuroscope
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €290–430
- Website
- Cross Country
- 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
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- +34 946 125 555
- infobizkaibus@bizkaia.eus
- Website
- bizkaia.eus
Bus from Zabalburu to Larrotegi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- bizkaia.eus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Larrotegi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- bizkaia.eus
Bus from Zabalburu to Larrotegi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- bizkaia.eus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Larrotegi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Schedules at
- bizkaia.eus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Futuroscope to San Sebastian / Donostia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Donostia - Donostiako Autobus Geltokia to Lekeitio - Arropain Aparkalekua
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- Lur-m-02_euskotrenbideak-ferrocarriles Vascos S.a.
Bus from Donostia - Donostiako Autobus Geltokia to Lekeitio - Arropain Aparkalekua
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- Lur-m-02_euskotrenbideak-ferrocarriles Vascos S.a.
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–750
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €110–230
- Car Single Ticket
- €290–750
Ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €198
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
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Booking & Getting There
Edinburgh to Lekeitio bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Lekeitio is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 6:45 PM in Edinburgh and 7:45 PM in Lekeitio.
Edinburgh to Lekeitio train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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