There are 10 ways to get from Loire Valley to Edinburgh by train (TGV, Eurostar), train, bus, car, car train, plane, 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.
Train via Angers
best- Take the train from Saumur to Angers St LaudTer
- Take the train from Angers Saint-Laud to Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
10h 55m£199–550Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Saumur to Nantes
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)NTE - EDI
8h 37m£83–258Train, bus
- Take the train from Port Boulet to ToursTer
- Take the train from Tours to Paris BercyTer
- Take the bus from Paris to London Victoria700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Newhall St
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
23h 1m£123–344Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Loire Valley to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburgh
13h 53mTrain
- Take the train from Port Boulet to ToursTer
- Take the train from Tours to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
11h 26m£194–528Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Loire Valley to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburgh
15h 11m£210–301Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Saumur to Nantes
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)NTE - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
11h 30m£100–293Train, train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Saumur to Massy TGV
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)CDG - EDI
10h 2m£98–294Train, train to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Saumur to Angers St Laud
- Take the train from Angers St Laud to Rennes
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)RNS - EDI
12h 40m£143–370Train, train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Saumur to Massy TGV
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)CDG - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
10h 49m£105–369
Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Loire Valley to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £80 - £260 and takes 8h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Loire Valley to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 8h 37m and costs £80 - £260.
The distance between Loire Valley and Edinburgh is 900 miles.
The best way to get from Loire Valley to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Angers which takes 10h 55m and costs £190 - £550.
It takes approximately 10h 55m to get from Loire Valley to Edinburgh, including transfers.
There are 2448+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Loire Valley, France and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a vehicle from Loire Valley to Edinburgh Waverley via Saumur, Angers Saint-Laud, Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 10h 55m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–260
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–250
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £110–430
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–450
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–290
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Saumur to Angers St Laud
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Angers Saint-Laud to Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Port Boulet to Tours
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–19
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Tours to Paris Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Saumur to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–25
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Saumur to Massy TGV
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £40–60
- Rail 1st Class
- £60–90
Train from Massy Tgv to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–25
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £11–17
- Rail 1st Class
- £17–25
Train from Angers St Laud to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £28–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Saumur to Angers St Laud
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £6–12
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Angers Saint-Laud to Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Saumur to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14–27
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Tours to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Saumur to Massy TGV
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Massy Tgv to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Angers St Laud to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £70–160
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- 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
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 6 times 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £18–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.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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