There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Mainau by plane, train, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, 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.
Fly Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EDI - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Konstanztrain
6h 27m€83–301Train via Paris
- 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 Offenburgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Offenburg Bahnhof to Allensbach Bahnhoftrain Re2
13h 58m€378–618Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Strasburgbus
- Take the train from Appenweier Bahnhof to Konstanz Bahnhoftrain Re2
27h 32mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Mainaucar
16h 55mTrain to Glasgow Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane GLA - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Konstanztrain
7h 30m€130–348Fly Edinburgh Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane EDI - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singentrain
7h 49m€111–293Fly Edinburgh Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Basel (BSL)plane EDI - BSL
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Singentrain
8h 1m€90–256Fly Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane EDI - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhoftrain
9h 14m€133–367Train
- 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 Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Appenweier Bahnhof to Konstanz Bahnhoftrain Re2
15h 6m€306–624Bus
- 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 Friedrichshafenbus 001
35h 22m€136–236Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Mainaucar
18h€241–383
Edinburgh to Mainau by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Mainau is to fly and train which costs €90 - €260 and takes 8h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Mainau is to fly and train which takes 6h 27m and costs €80 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Mainau. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Unteruhldingen, Seeperle via London Victoria, Munich central bus station and Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 22m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Mainau. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Konstanz-Wollmatingen via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est, Offenburg Bahnhof and Allensbach. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 58m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Mainau is 1346 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Mainau without a car is to train via Paris which takes 13h 58m and costs €370 - €650.
It takes approximately 6h 27m to get from Edinburgh to Mainau, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Mainau bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Mainau train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Mainau is to train via Paris which takes 13h 58m and costs €370 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €240 and takes 35h 22m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Mainau, Germany?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Konstanz-Wollmatingen via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Offenburg Bahnhof, and Allensbach in around 13h 58m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Unteruhldingen, Seeperle via London Victoria, Munich central bus station, and Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof in around 35h 22m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Konstanz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Konstanz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- 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
- €130–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Offenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Offenburg Bahnhof to Allensbach Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Appenweier Bahnhof to Konstanz Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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
- +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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €19–24
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–20
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from München Hbf to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €32–37
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Strasburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Friedrichshafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €7–20
- 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
- €5–15
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Mainau bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Mainau is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 4:52 AM in Edinburgh and 5:52 AM in Mainau.
Edinburgh to Mainau train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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