There are 10 ways to get from Edinburgh to Skiathos by plane, train, bus, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane EDI - JSI
8h 42m€91–291Train, 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€175–361Train, 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€358–767Train 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
20h 53m€110–469Train 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€171–447Fly 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 Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Leedstrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI)plane LBA - JSI
10h 38m€133–440Train 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€98–413Train, 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 2hBus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessalonikibus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Thessaloniki to Skiathoscarferry
2d 12h€238–550
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' (JSI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Skiathos is to fly which costs €90 - €300 and takes 8h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Skiathos is to train and fly which takes 8h 8m and costs €95 - €420.
The distance between Edinburgh and Skiathos is 2728 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 €170 - €370.
It takes approximately 8h 42m to get from Edinburgh to Skiathos, including transfers.
Skiathos is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 3:50 PM in Edinburgh and 5:50 PM in Skiathos.
There are 1381+ hotels available in Skiathos.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Skiathos, Greece?
Ryanair and Volotea 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 Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Manchester Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Newcastle to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Manchester Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis'
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Skiathos Airport 'Alexandros Papadiamantis' via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- 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
- €30–85
- 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
- €5–18
- 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
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.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 Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- 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
- €70–240
- 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
- €90–140
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €90–140
- 1st Class
- €140–210
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- 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
- €240–270
- Sleeper Seat
- €70–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €280–330
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–270
- Sleeper Seat
- €70–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €280–330
- 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 Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- 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
- €14–16
- 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 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- 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
- https://www.anes.gr/en
Car ferry from Volos to Skiathos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.anes.gr/en
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