There are 5 ways to get from Europe to Islay by train or plane
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Train to Frankfurt, fly
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Islay (ILY)plane FRA - ILY
12h 43m£135–402Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Islay (ILY)plane HAJ - ILY
15h 30mTrain, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Islay (ILY)plane NUE - ILY
12h 53m£141–694Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Islay (ILY)plane DUS - ILY
14h 25m£245–793Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Islay (ILY)plane AMS - ILY
15h 15m£268–671
Frankfurt (FRA) to Islay (ILY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Islay is to train and fly which costs £130 - £410 and takes 12h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Islay is to train and fly which takes 12h 43m and costs £130 - £410.
The distance between Europe and Islay is 859 miles.
It takes approximately 12h 43m to get from Europe to Islay, including transfers.
Islay is 1h behind Europe. It is currently 10:49 PM in Europe and 9:49 PM in Islay.
There are 54+ hotels available in Islay.
What companies run services between Europe and Islay, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Islay. However, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, then fly to Islay (ILY). Alternatively, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof, take the train to Göttingen, take the train to Hannover Hauptbahnhof, take the train to Langenhagen Flughafen, walk to Hannover Airport (HAJ) airport, then fly to Islay (ILY).
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Islay via London Heathrow, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £85–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Islay via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Islay via London Gatwick, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Islay via London City, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Islay via Dublin, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Islay via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Islay via London Heathrow, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £130–650
Flights from Hannover Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Islay via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–380
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Islay via London Heathrow, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £130–650
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Islay via London Heathrow, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Islay via London Gatwick, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Islay via Dublin, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–340
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–440
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via London City, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via London Luton, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–380
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via London Stansted, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–380
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Frankfurt to Islay via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–420
Flights from Hannover Airport to Islay via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Islay via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–380
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Islay via London Gatwick, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–440
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via London Luton, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–380
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via London Stansted, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–380
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £8–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £8–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–21
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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