There are 10 ways to get from Edinburgh to Skiathos by train, plane, bus, car ferry, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane GLA - JSI
10h 25m€98–328Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathoscarferry
41h 36m€231–444Train, bus, car ferry via Sankt Pölten
- 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 Bruxelles-Midi to St.Poelten Hbftrain Nj
- Take the bus from Sankt Pölten to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathoscarferry
43h 37m€630–1,127Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane ABZ - JSI
21h 43m€144–534Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane MAN - JSI
10h 21m€226–451Fly Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport, bus, car ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane EDI - ATH
- Take the bus from Athens - KTEL Liosion Street to Kymásibus
- Take the car ferry from Mantoudi to Skiathoscarferry
15h 32m€119–272Fly Edinburgh Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane EDI - JSI
10h 57m€141–431Train to Newcastle, fly to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane NCL - JSI
9h 3m€131–456Train, bus, car ferry #2
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Volosbus
- Take the car ferry from Volos to Skiathoscarferry
2d 1hTrain, bus and ferry, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Timisoarabusferry
- Take the bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessalonikibus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathoscarferry
2d 18h€281–634
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Skiathos is to fly which costs €140 - €440 and takes 10h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Skiathos is to train and fly which takes 9h 3m and costs €130 - €460.
The distance between Edinburgh and Skiathos is 2859 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Skiathos without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 41h 36m and costs €230 - €450.
It takes approximately 10h 25m to get from Edinburgh to Skiathos, including transfers.
Skiathos is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 7:39 PM in Edinburgh and 9:39 PM in Skiathos.
There are 1540+ hotels available in Skiathos.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Skiathos, Greece?
Ryanair, Volotea, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI) twice a week.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Manchester Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Newcastle to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–390
Flights from Manchester Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- 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/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- 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/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €260–460
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Sankt Pölten to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +30 2221 0 20400
- kteln.evias@ktelevias.gr
- Website
- ktelevias.gr
Bus from Athens - KTEL Liosion Street to Kymási
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €11–14
- Schedules at
- ktelevias.gr
- Book at
- ktelevias.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Volos
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Timisoara
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- reservations.dpt@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Phone
- +30 210 4441788
- reservations.dpt@anes.gr
- Website
- anes.gr
Car ferry from Mantoudi to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.anes.gr/en
Car ferry from Volos to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.anes.gr/en
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