There are 11 ways to get from Italy to Edinburgh by plane, train (Trenitalia, Eurostar), bus, train, car, car train, train (Trenitalia, TGV, Eurostar), or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Milan Linate Airport
best- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LIN - EDI
5h 28m£67–192Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BGY - EDI
6h 21m£49–197Train
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Milano Centraletrain Fr / ...
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Fr
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 24m£192–682Bus, train
- Take the bus from Rome Tiburtina Bus station to Parisbus
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
33h 10m£154–534Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Rome to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
24h 41mTrain to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Milano Cadorna to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MXP - EDI
5h 49m£59–165Fly from Naples Airport
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NAP - EDI
5h 54m£64–184Fly from Roma Ciampino Airport
- Fly from Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CIA - EDI
6h 20m£57–208Train via Lille
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain Tgv
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 40m£285–811Bus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
41h 11m£109–206Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Rome to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
25h 41m£333–502
Italy to Edinburgh by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Italy to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £55 - £170 and takes 5h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Italy to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 28m and costs £65 - £200.
No, there is no direct bus from Italy to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Termini and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 11m.
No, there is no direct train from Italy to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Roma Termini and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Torino Porta Susa, Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy, Lille Europe and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 40m.
The distance between Italy and Edinburgh is 925 miles.
The best way to get from Italy to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 19h 24m and costs £190 - £700.
It takes approximately 5h 28m to get from Italy to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Italy to Edinburgh bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
Italy to Edinburgh train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Roma Termini station.
The best way to get from Italy to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 28m and costs £65 - £200. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £190 - £700 and takes 19h 24m, you could also bus, which costs £100 - £210 and takes 41h 11m.
What companies run services between Italy and Edinburgh, Scotland?
easyJet, Air Dolomiti, and five other airlines fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Roma Termini to Edinburgh Waverley via Milano Centrale, Paris Gare De Lyon, Gare de Lyon - Van Gogh, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 19h 24m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–190
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–210
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–320
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Roma Termini to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–220
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- £55–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £45–100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £45–70
- Comfort
- £50–75
- Premium
- £75–100
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–240
- 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 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–210
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Cadorna to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £130–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £29–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £29–45
- Rail 1st Class
- £45–65
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–130
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Rome Tiburtina Bus station to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–9
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–15
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- £11–15
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £28–60
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/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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