There are 8 ways to get from Paris to Kirkwall by plane, bus, ferry, or train
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Fly Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall
best- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Kirkwall (KOI)ORY - KOI
11h 27m£82–382Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Paris to London Victoria700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Station
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry TerminalNl2
33h 6m£102–277Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Kirkwall (KOI)CDG - KOI
8h 26m£210–460Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)CDG - INV
- Take the bus from Union Street to Ferry Terminal
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal
15h 52mBus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Kirkwall
- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvais
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Kirkwall (KOI)BVA - KOI
13h 42m£110–375Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)CDG - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Union Street
- Take the bus from Union Street to Ferry Terminal
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal
16h 32mTrain, train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Kirkwall
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Luttre
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Kirkwall (KOI)CRL - KOI
15h 2m£143–485Bus, ferry via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Station
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry TerminalNl2
33h 11m£112–272
Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Kirkwall (KOI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paris to Kirkwall is to bus and ferry which costs £100 - £280 and takes 33h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Paris to Kirkwall is to fly which takes 8h 26m and costs £210 - £460.
The distance between Paris and Kirkwall is 756 miles.
The best way to get from Paris to Kirkwall without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 33h 6m and costs £100 - £280.
It takes approximately 11h 27m to get from Paris to Kirkwall, including transfers.
Kirkwall is 1h behind Paris. It is currently 6:01 PM in Paris and 5:01 PM in Kirkwall.
There are 167+ hotels available in Kirkwall.
What companies run services between Paris, France and Kirkwall, Scotland?
Transavia France, Loganair, and three other airlines fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Kirkwall (KOI) twice daily.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall via London Gatwick, Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall via London Gatwick, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–360
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £95–360
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 23m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–350
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £90–350
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport, Lerwick
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £95–350
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall via London Gatwick, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–200
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–360
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £95–360
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 23m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–350
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £90–350
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport, Lerwick
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £95–350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall via London Gatwick, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–350
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Nord to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–100
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £45–65
- Rail 1st Class
- £70–100
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Luttre
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £5–8
- 1st Class
- £7–12
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £23–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–100
- 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
- £23–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- £13–20
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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
- £30–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Union Street to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Airport to Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- service.clients@aeroportbeauvais.com.
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–18
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- info@northlinkferries.co.uk
- Website
- northlinkferries.co.uk
Ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/
- Low
- £20–25
- Peak
- £31–36
Ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/
- Low
- £13–17
- Peak
- £16–19
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