There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Sparta by plane, bus, train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Kalamata International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)plane EDI - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Spartibus
10h 10m€137–441Fly Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane EDI - ATH
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Spartibus
12h 21m€112–262Train, bus via Munich
- 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 l'Est to München Hbftrain 83
- Take the bus from München Hbf to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Patrabus
- Take the bus from Patras to Spartibus
46h 18mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Spartacar
38h 51mTrain 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€147–606Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Athens International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MAN - ATH
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Spartibus
15h 15m€117–417Train, bus
- 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 / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Durrësbus
- Take the bus from Durrës to Patrabus
- Take the bus from Patras to Spartibus
2d 1hBus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus
- Take the bus from Finchley Road Station to Airport Bus Stationbus A1 / ...
- Take the bus from Luton to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Spartibus
2d 4h€168–283Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athensbus
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Spartibus
2d 17h€223–490Train, bus #3
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patrasbus
- Take the bus from Patras to Spartibus
3dDrive, 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€710–1,026
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Sparta is to fly and bus which costs €110 - €270 and takes 12h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Sparta is to fly and bus which takes 10h 10m and costs €130 - €450.
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 Station, Luton, Bucharest, Thessaloniki Monastiriou and Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Edinburgh and Sparta is 2906 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Sparta without a car is to train and bus via Munich which takes 46h 18m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 10m 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 3:03 PM in Edinburgh and 5:03 PM in Sparta.
There are 190+ 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, Finchley Road Station, Luton, Bucharest, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Monastiriou, and Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €190–600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kalamata International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €140–480
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kalamata International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–470
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kalamata International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Athens International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- 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
- €65–130
- 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
- €70–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris l'Est to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- €30–130
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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/
- Book at
- https://ktelbus.gr/mes/ticketweb/
- 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
Bus from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Durrës to Patra
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +302731026441
- info@ktel-lakonias.gr
- Website
- 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
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
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Finchley Road Station to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0344 801 7261
- Website
- greenline.co.uk
Bus from Finchley Road Station to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.greenline.co.uk/timetables-search/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Luton to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–40
- 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
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- ktel2310@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €42
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €32–37
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 39h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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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