There are 5 ways to get from Europe to Port Ellen by train, plane, bus, or ferry
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Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Islay
best- 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
16h 39mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane FRA - GLA
- Take the bus from Terminal Building to Argyll Arms Hotelbus
- Take the ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminalferry
17h 8m£117–322Train to Frankfurt, fly to Islay
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Islay (ILY)plane FRA - ILY
12h 4m£199–477Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Islay
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Islay (ILY)plane NUE - ILY
17h 44m£119–422Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Islay
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Islay (ILY)plane AMS - ILY
18h£244–628
Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Islay (ILY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Port Ellen is to train and fly and bus and ferry which costs £110 - £330 and takes 17h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Port Ellen is to train and fly which takes 12h 4m and costs £190 - £480.
The distance between Europe and Port Ellen is 811 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 39m to get from Europe to Port Ellen, including transfers.
Port Ellen is 1h behind Europe. It is currently 1:23 AM in Europe and 12:23 AM in Port Ellen.
There are 47+ hotels available in Port Ellen.
What companies run services between Europe and Port Ellen, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Port Ellen. However, 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, fly to Islay (ILY), walk to Islay Airport, then take the line 451 bus to Charlotte Street. Alternatively, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk 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, fly to Islay (ILY), walk to Islay Airport, then take the line 451 bus to Charlotte Street.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Islay via London Heathrow, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–550
Flights from Hannover Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–550
Flights from Hannover Airport to Islay via Frankfurt, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Hannover Airport to Islay via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Islay via Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Islay via London City, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–490
Flights from Frankfurt to Islay via London Gatwick, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Islay via Dublin, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Islay via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–170
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Islay via Frankfurt, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–550
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Islay via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–350
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–460
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via London City, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via London Luton, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–350
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via Southampton, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–350
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via Birmingham, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–350
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Hannover Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–550
Flights from Hannover Airport to Islay via Frankfurt, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Hannover Airport to Islay via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Islay via Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Islay via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–410
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Islay via Frankfurt, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Islay via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–550
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Islay via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–350
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–460
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via London Luton, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–350
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via Southampton, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–350
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Islay via Birmingham, Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
- 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
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/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
- £19–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £14–22
- 1st Class
- £28–50
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Terminal Building to Argyll Arms Hotel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)1475 650 397
- enquiries@calmac.co.uk
- Website
- calmac.co.uk
Ferry from Kennacraig Ferry Terminal to Port Askaig Islay Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £6–50
- Website
- https://www.calmac.co.uk
- Passenger Fare
- £6–9
- Car Fare
- £40–50
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