There are 9 ways to get from Paris to Mainland by train, plane, ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Kirkwall
best- Take the train from Paris Nord to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane BRU - KOI
10h 36m£286–751Bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Kirkwall
cheapest- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvaisbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane BVA - KOI
10h 35m£85–353Train, ferry
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Aberdeentrain
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
18h 13m£291–484Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Sutton Streetbus 598
- Take the train from Durham to Aberdeentrain
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
29h 26m£229–412Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane CDG - KOI
6h 25m£190–500Fly Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane ORY - KOI
11h 40m£287–607Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CDG - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Aberdeentrain
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminalferry
15h 28m£125–320Train, ferry via Stevenage
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Stevenagetrain
- Take the train from Stevenage to Aberdeentrain
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
18h 35m£305–491Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Overgatebus
- Take the bus from Dundee station to Aberdeen Union Streetbus
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
32h 3m£101–174
Brussels Airport (BRU) to Kirkwall (KOI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paris to Mainland is to bus and ferry which costs £100 - £180 and takes 32h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Paris to Mainland is to fly which takes 6h 25m and costs £190 - £500.
The distance between Paris and Mainland is 834 miles.
The best way to get from Paris to Mainland without a car is to train and ferry which takes 18h 13m and costs £290 - £490.
It takes approximately 10h 36m to get from Paris to Mainland, including transfers.
Mainland is 1h behind Paris. It is currently 1:25 AM in Paris and 12:25 AM in Mainland.
There are 46+ hotels available in Mainland.
What companies run services between Paris, France and Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland?
Air France, Loganair, and easyJet fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Kirkwall (KOI) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–440
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkwall via London Heathrow, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £120–550
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–440
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–490
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–550
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £95–390
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–400
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Birmingham, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall via Dublin, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–600
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall via Dublin, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–600
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall via Dublin, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–600
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–350
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Kirkwall via Birmingham, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–350
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–440
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–440
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–490
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–550
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £95–390
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–400
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Birmingham, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall via Dublin, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–600
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–350
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Kirkwall via Birmingham, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,100
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Kirkwall via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–440
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kirkwall via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–490
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–550
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–350
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- 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
- £85–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Nord to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £140–230
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Stevenage to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £140–210
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Durham to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £130–200
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Stevenage
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–27
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £28–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Sutton Street
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–18
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Overgate
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Dundee station to Aberdeen Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/
- Low
- £20–25
- Peak
- £31–36
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