There are 13 ways to get from Greece to Edinburgh by plane, bus, train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ATH - EDI
7h 38m£78–208Bus, train via Strasbourg
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Strasbourgbus
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
40h 49mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Würzburgbus
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
44h 31mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
35h 56mFly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SKG - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 46m£94–297Fly Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ATH - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
10h 21m£90–323Fly Rhodes International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane RHO - EDI
7h 47m£102–222Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HER - EDI
7h 21m£91–211Fly Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ATH - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
11h 22m£85–348Bus
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastirioubus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birminghambus
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Stationbus 131 / ...
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
2d 1h£125–223Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road Londonbus
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
2d 3hBus via Prague
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bradfordbus
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
2d 18h£160–300Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
36h 58m£589–864
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £75 - £210 and takes 7h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 7h 21m and costs £90 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Greece to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Αφετηρια and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL, Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor, Birmingham Coach Station and Leeds City Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Greece and Edinburgh is 1807 miles.
The best way to get from Greece to Edinburgh without a car is to bus and train via Strasbourg which takes 40h 49m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 38m to get from Greece to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Greece to Edinburgh bus services, operated by KTEL Thessalonikis, depart from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL station.
The best way to get from Greece to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 7h 38m and costs £75 - £210. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £120 - £230 and takes 2 days 1h.
Greece to Edinburgh bus services, operated by KTEL Thessalonikis, arrive at Thessaloniki Monastiriou station.
Edinburgh is 2h behind Greece. It is currently 3:52 PM in Greece and 1:52 PM in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Greece and Edinburgh, Scotland?
easyJet, Aegean Airlines, and Brussels Airlines fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Αφετηρια to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL, Thessaloniki Monastiriou, Thessaloniki, Bucharest Obor, Birmingham Coach Station, Leeds City Bus & Coach Station, and Leeds City Bus Station in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–200
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £100–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £21–140
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–330
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–310
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Athens International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–220
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–350
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Athens International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–310
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–300
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–290
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £80–120
- 1st Class
- £170–290
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £80–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–110
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- info@barilevaturist.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £15–20
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- Phone
- + 383 (0) 44 542 029
- sharrtravel@hotmail.com
- Website
- sharrtravel.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £18
- Website
- https://www.sharrtravel.com
- Phone
- +38349112555
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £18
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- fertours3@gmail.com
Bus from Pristina to Würzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- https://www.facebook.com/fertourstravelagency
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- ktel2310@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £37
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leeds City Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Leeds City Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road London
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £78
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–160
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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