There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Sparta by plane, bus, train, car, car train, taxi, 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 Athens International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane EDI - ATH
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Spartibus
12h 31m€112–242Train, bus via Strasbourg
- 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 Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patrabus
- Take the bus from Patras to Spartibus
44h 22mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Spartacar
38h 45mTrain to Manchester Airport, fly to Kalamata International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane MAN - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Spartibus
12h 44m€170–593Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Kalamata International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane GLA - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Spartibus
13h 9m€170–528Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kalamata International Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane EDI - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Spartibus
10h 10m€127–491Fly Edinburgh Airport to Preveza Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Preveza Airport (PVK)plane EDI - PVK
- Take the bus from Lefkáda to Patrasbus
- Take the bus from Patras to Spartibus
16h 27mTrain, bus, taxi
- 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 Muenchen Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from München Hbf to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Kalamatabus
- Take the taxi from Kalamata to Spartataxi
46h 56mBus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patrabus
- Take the bus from Patras to Spartibus
2d 5hTrain, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Košicebus
- Take the bus from Košice to Athensbus
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Spartibus
2d 23h€368–621Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Spartacar
39h 58m€682–1,076
Edinburgh to Sparta by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Sparta is to fly and bus which costs €110 - €250 and takes 12h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Sparta is to fly and bus which takes 10h 10m and costs €120 - €500.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Sparta. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Sparti via Finchley Road / O2 Centre, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, Bounds Green Road London, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave and Patras. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 5h.
The distance between Edinburgh and Sparta is 3107 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Sparta without a car is to train and bus via Strasbourg which takes 44h 22m and costs .
It takes approximately 12h 31m to get from Edinburgh to Sparta, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Sparta bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Sparta bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Finchley Road / O2 Centre station.
Sparta is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 2:02 AM in Edinburgh and 4:02 AM in Sparta.
There are 188+ hotels available in Sparta.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Sparta, Peloponnese, Greece?
You can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Sparti via Finchley Road / O2 Centre, Prince Charles Drive, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, Hobart Corner, Bounds Green Road London, Tirana, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, and Patras in around 2d 5h.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kalamata International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kalamata International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Preveza Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–430
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kalamata International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–440
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–550
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–470
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Preveza Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
- 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
- €120–200
- 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
- €150–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- 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
- €9–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +302731026441
- info@ktel-lakonias.gr
- Website
- ktel-lakonias.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Sparti
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20
- Schedules at
- ktel-lakonias.gr
- Book at
- ktel-lakonias.gr
Bus from Patras to Sparti
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- ktel-lakonias.gr
- Book at
- ktel-lakonias.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 27210 28581
- info@ktelmessinias.gr
- Website
- ktelmessinias.gr
Bus from Kalamata to Sparti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.ktelmessinias.gr/en/routes/
- Phone
- +30 26450 22364
- info@ktel-lefkadas.gr
- Website
- ktel-lefkadas.gr
Bus from Lefkáda to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–20
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Website
- https://ktel-lefkadas.gr/
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from München Hbf to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Durrës to Kalamata
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Košice
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Košice to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- 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
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.poferries.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
- €7–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Estimated price
- €55–70
Tour Taxi Kalamatas
Taxi Kotsis Nikolaos
RadioTaxi-Kalamatas
- Phone
- +30 27210 21112
- Website
- radiotaxi-kalamatas.gr
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