There are 12 ways to get from Edinburgh to Positano by plane, train, bus, car, car train, ferry, 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 Naples Airport, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane EDI - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli P. Garibaldi to S. Agnellotrain
8h 58m€74–218Train, bus via Lyon
- 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 Lyon Perrachetrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Naples - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Napoli P. Garibaldi to S. Agnellotrain 0
32h 30m€280–645Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Positanocar
26h 54mFly Edinburgh Airport to Salerno Costa D'Amalfi Airport, ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Salerno Costa D'Amalfi Airport (QSR)plane EDI - QSR
- Take the ferry from Port of Salerno to Port of Positanoferry
13h 6m€106–338Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane GLA - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Napoli Centraletrain
- Take the train from Napoli P. Garibaldi to S. Agnellotrain
11h 28m€101–271Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Naples Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane GLA - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli P. Garibaldi to S. Agnellotrain
10h 1m€98–308Fly Edinburgh Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA)plane EDI - CIA
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Napoli Centraletrain
- Take the train from Napoli P. Garibaldi to S. Agnellotrain
11h 15m€97–297Fly Edinburgh Airport to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane EDI - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Napoli Centraletrain
- Take the train from Napoli P. Garibaldi to S. Agnellotrain
10h 51m€112–281Train, 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 bus from Paris to Napoli P.zza Garibaldibus
- Take the train from Napoli P. Garibaldi to Sorrentotrain 0
35h 20m€222–519Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Gent-Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Gent to Bolognabus
- Take the bus from Bologna - Autostazione to Napoli, Autostazione Metroparkbus
- Take the train from Napoli P. Garibaldi to Sorrentotrain 0
44h 35mBus
- 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, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Positanobus
45h 15m€140–244Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Positanocar
27h 59m€422–634
Edinburgh to Positano by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Positano is to fly and train which costs €70 - €220 and takes 8h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Positano is to fly and train which takes 8h 58m and costs €70 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Positano. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Positano via London Victoria, Dover, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 15m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Positano is 2184 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Positano without a car is to train and bus via Lyon which takes 32h 30m and costs €280 - €650.
It takes approximately 8h 58m to get from Edinburgh to Positano, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Positano bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Positano bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Positano is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 3:59 AM in Edinburgh and 4:59 AM in Positano.
There are 8429+ hotels available in Positano.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Positano, Italy?
You can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Positano via London Victoria, Dover, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina in around 45h 15m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Salerno Costa D'Amalfi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Salerno Costa D'Amalfi Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Salerno Costa D'Amalfi Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Salerno Costa D'Amalfi Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Naples Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Naples Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Phone
- +39 800 211 388
- infoeav@eavsrl.it
- Website
- eavsrl.it
Train from Napoli P. Garibaldi to S. Agnello
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- eavsrl.it
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
Train from Napoli P. Garibaldi to Sorrento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- eavsrl.it
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
- Phone
- 800 211388
- otseav@eavsrl.it
- Website
- eavsrl.it
Train from Napoli P. Garibaldi to S. Agnello
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- eavsrl.it
Train from Napoli P. Garibaldi to Sorrento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15
- Schedules at
- eavsrl.it
- 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/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Perrache
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €100–140
- 1st Class
- €130–180
- 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
- €20–21
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Naples - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris to Napoli P.zza Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Gent-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–34
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Gent to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +39081/969167
- servizioclienti@leonettiroma.it
- Website
- leonettiroma.it
Bus from Bologna - Autostazione to Napoli, Autostazione Metropark
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.leonettiroma.it/
- Phone
- +39 080 5790211
- info@marozzivt.it
- Website
- marozzivt.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Positano
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- marozzivt.it
- Phone
- +39 089 87 29 50
- info@travelmar.it
- Website
- travelmar.it
Ferry from Port of Salerno to Port of Positano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–17
- Website
- https://www.travelmar.it/en/index
- Phone
- +39 089 811 605
- info@grassiboatpositano.com
- Website
- grassiboatpositano.com
Ferry from Port of Salerno to Port of Positano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.grassiboatpositano.com/
- Phone
- (+39)081.552.07.63
- customercare@nlg.it
- Website
- nlg.it
Ferry from Port of Salerno to Port of Positano
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.nlg.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 089 875326
- info@lucibello.it
- Website
- lucibello.it
Ferry from Port of Salerno to Port of Positano
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- lucibello.it
- Ordinario
- €20–27
- 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
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