There are 12 ways to get from Italy to Scotland by plane, train (Trenitalia, TGV, Eurostar), bus, train, car, car train, 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 Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LIN - EDI
5h 27m£62–202Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane FCO - GLA
6h 20m£41–149Train
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
19h 48m£368–669Bus, train
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris - Massy-Palaiseaubus
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
30h 6m£334–616Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Rome to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Glasgowcar
24h 36m£438–592Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BGY - EDI
6h 20m£60–260Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- 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£54–135Fly Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NAP - EDI
6h 6m£61–181Fly Roma Ciampino Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CIA - EDI
6h 26m£52–184Bus
- Take the bus from Roma Prenestina A1 to Luxembourg Park&Drivebus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
38h 12m£196–347Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 590 / ...
42h 42m£182–326Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Rome to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Glasgowcar
25h 32m£346–550
Italy to Scotland by subway, bus, train, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Italy to Scotland is to fly which costs £40 - £150 and takes 6h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Italy to Scotland is to fly which takes 5h 27m and costs £60 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Italy to Scotland station. However, there are services departing from Termini and arriving at Buchanan Bus Station via Roma Prenestina A1, Luxembourg P+R Bouillon and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 12m.
No, there is no direct train from Italy to Scotland. However, there are services departing from Roma Termini and arriving at Glasgow Central via Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu, Lille Europe and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 48m.
The distance between Italy and Scotland is 925 miles.
The best way to get from Italy to Scotland without a car is to train which takes 19h 48m and costs £360 - £700.
It takes approximately 5h 27m to get from Italy to Scotland, including transfers.
Italy to Scotland bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
Italy to Scotland train services, operated by ItaloTreno, depart from Roma Termini station.
The best way to get from Italy to Scotland is to fly which takes 5h 27m and costs £60 - £210. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £360 - £700 and takes 19h 48m, you could also bus, which costs £190 - £350 and takes 38h 12m.
What companies run services between Italy and Scotland?
easyJet, ITA Airways, and five other airlines fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Roma Termini to Glasgow Central via Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu, Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 19h 48m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–230
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–230
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–110
Flights from Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–260
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £100–160
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Cadorna to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris - Massy-Palaiseau
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4–19
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- ticket@orioshuttle.com
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–12
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Roma Prenestina A1 to Luxembourg Park&Drive
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £120–180
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Scotland is 1h behind Italy. It is currently 4:31 PM in Italy and 3:31 PM in Scotland.
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