There are 10 ways to get from Edinburgh to Skiathos by train, plane, bus, car ferry, or busferry
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Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane ABZ - JSI
20h 22m€120–479Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
cheapest- 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 51m€80–357Train, 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 35m€192–361Train, bus, car ferry via Prague
- 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 Brussel-Zuid to Praha hl.n.train
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Rj
- Take the bus from Budapest-Nyugati to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathoscarferry
2d 2hTrain 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
9h 31m€161–436Fly Edinburgh Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane EDI - JSI
11h 2m€101–311Fly 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 27mTrain 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
8h 8m€108–423Train, 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 2hTrain, 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€242–551
Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Skiathos is to train and fly which costs €80 - €360 and takes 10h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Skiathos is to train and fly which takes 8h 8m and costs €100 - €430.
The distance between Edinburgh and Skiathos is 2953 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Skiathos without a car is to train and bus and car ferry which takes 41h 35m and costs €190 - €370.
It takes approximately 20h 22m to get from Edinburgh to Skiathos, including transfers.
Skiathos is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 10:07 AM in Edinburgh and 12:07 PM in Skiathos.
There are 1268+ 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
- €110–390
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Newcastle to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Manchester Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–21
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–29
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- 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
- €70–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–260
- Sleeper Seat
- €70–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €280–330
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–260
- Sleeper Seat
- €65–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €260–300
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–260
- Sleeper Seat
- €70–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €280–330
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Praha hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- 1st Class
- €55–75
- Business
- €60–70
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €123–128
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–21
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- 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
- +381 011 7614787
- fptravelpatrikalos@gmail.com
- Website
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
Bus from Budapest-Nyugati to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- fptravelpatrikalos.rs
- 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 daily
- Estimated price
- €11–14
- Schedules at
- ktelevias.gr
- Book at
- ktelevias.gr
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.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
- €65–170
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- €65–95
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- €120–170
- Phone
- +30 210 4441788
- reservations.dpt@anes.gr
- Website
- anes.gr
Car ferry from Mantoudi to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Anes Ferries
Car ferry from Volos to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Anes Ferries
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