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)EDI - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Sparti
10h 10m€147–441Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Kalamata International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)MAN - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Sparti
12h 44m€88–586Train, bus via Munich
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to München Hbf83
- Take the bus from München Hbf to Durrës
- Take the bus from Durrës to Patra
- Take the bus from Patras to Sparti
46h 18mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Sparta
42h 27mFly Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Athens International Airport (ATH)EDI - ATH
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Sparti
12h 21m€112–252Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Kalamata International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Kalamata International Airport (KLX)GLA - KLX
- Take the bus from Kalamata to Sparti
16h 8m€160–512Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the bus from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Durrës
- Take the bus from Durrës to Patra
- Take the bus from Patras to Sparti
2d 1hBus
- Take the bus from Princes Street to Buchanan Bus Station900
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Liverpool, Liverpool One802
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Sparti
2d 4h€185–257Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stevenage
- Take the train from Stevenage to Brighton
- Take the bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Patras
- Take the bus from Patras to Sparti
2d 7hBus via Prague
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Station
- Take the bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Athens
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Sparti
2d 20h€190–304Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Sparta
43h 34m€660–1,025
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 - €260 and takes 12h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Sparta is to fly and bus which takes 10h 10m and costs €140 - €450.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh to Sparta. However, there are services departing from Princes Street and arriving at Sparti via Buchanan Bus Station, Liverpool, Liverpool One, 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 Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, depart from Princes Street station.
Edinburgh to Sparta bus services, operated by Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Sparta is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 4:57 PM in Edinburgh and 6:57 PM in Sparta.
There are 182+ hotels available in Sparta.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Sparta, Peloponnese, Greece?
You can take a bus from Princes Street to Sparti via Buchanan Bus Station, Liverpool, Liverpool One, Bucharest, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Monastiriou, and Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kalamata International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kalamata International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kalamata International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kalamata International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kalamata International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–550
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, 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
- €160–490
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Athens International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Kalamata International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stevenage
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- 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
- €80–330
- 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
- €70–330
- 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
- €60–160
- 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
- €50–140
- 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
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–21
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.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
- 4 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
- 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/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stevenage
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Stevenage to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–75
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.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/
- 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
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Princes Street to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €27–35
- 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
- €45–75
- 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
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.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
- +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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €60–150
- 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
- +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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