There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Otranto by plane, bus, train, 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 to Brindisi Airport, bus
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brindisi Airport (BDS)plane EDI - BDS
- Take the bus from Lecce - Camera di Commercio/Stazione to Otranto - Stazione FSEbus
12h 34m€88–207Fly to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI)plane EDI - BRI
- Take the bus from Bari Airport to Matera piazza Matteottibus
- Take the train from Altamura to Bari Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Leccetrain
- Take the bus from Lecce - Camera di Commercio/Stazione to Otranto - Stazione FSEbus
15h 32m€86–254Train, bus
- 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 Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Leccetrain Fr
- Take the bus from Lecce - Camera di Commercio/Stazione to Otranto - Stazione FSEbus 101 / ...
27h 44m€549–1,029Train, bus via Karlsruhe
- 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 Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Baribus
- Take the bus from Bari terminal bus to Martano Via De Gasperibus
38h 2m€501–929Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Otrantocar
29h 26m€581–786Fly to Naples Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane EDI - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Leccetrain
- Take the bus from Lecce - Camera di Commercio/Stazione to Otranto - Stazione FSEbus
14h 54m€143–370Fly 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 Porto di Brindisicarferry
- Take the bus from Lecce - Camera di Commercio/Stazione to Otranto - Stazione FSEbus
18h 26m€111–277Train, bus via Milan
- 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 Gare De Lyon to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Leccetrain Fr
- Take the bus from Lecce - Viale Gallipoli to Otranto - Stazione FSEbus 101 / ...
29h 2m€514–979Train, bus via Bologna
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Bolognabus
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Maglie Piazzale Megaparkbus
42h 7mBus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milan to Leccebus
- Take the bus from Lecce - City Terminal to Otranto - Stazione FSEbus 101 / ...
47h 47m€211–375Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Otrantocar
30h 27m€456–704
Edinburgh to Otranto by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Otranto is to fly and bus and train which costs €85 - €260 and takes 15h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Otranto is to fly and bus which takes 12h 34m and costs €85 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Otranto. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Otranto - Stazione FSE via London Victoria, Brussels - Midi Train Station, Milan and Lecce - City Terminal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 47m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Otranto is 2407 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Otranto without a car is to train and bus which takes 27h 44m and costs €550 - €1100.
It takes approximately 12h 34m to get from Edinburgh to Otranto, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Otranto bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Otranto bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Otranto is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 10:53 PM in Edinburgh and 11:53 PM in Otranto.
There are 2946+ hotels available in Otranto.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Otranto, Apulia, Italy?
You can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Otranto - Stazione FSE via London Victoria, Brussels - Midi Train Station, Milan, and Lecce - City Terminal in around 47h 47m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brindisi Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brindisi Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brindisi Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brindisi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Corfu International Airport, Ioannis Kapodistrias
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brindisi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–700
- 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
- €140–210
- 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
- €140–240
- 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
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bari Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–330
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–350
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €136
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €136
Train from Altamura to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://ferrovieappulolucane.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €120–270
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Bus from Lecce - Camera di Commercio/Stazione to Otranto - Stazione FSE
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Schedules at
- provincia.le.it
Bus from Lecce - Viale Gallipoli to Otranto - Stazione FSE
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Schedules at
- provincia.le.it
Bus from Lecce - City Terminal to Otranto - Stazione FSE
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Schedules at
- provincia.le.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milan to Lecce
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0832.871016
- elios.trasporti@libero.it
- Website
- eliosautoservizi.com
Bus from Bari terminal bus to Martano Via De Gasperi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Schedules at
- eliosautoservizi.com
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- info@sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Bari Airport to Matera piazza Matteotti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Book at
- marozzivt.it
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Maglie Piazzale Megapark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Port of Corfu to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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