There are 11 ways to get from Portugal to Edinburgh by plane, bus, train, car, car ferry, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane OPO - EDI
5h 48m£57–182Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Lille - Europe Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
36h 8m£351–581Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Lisbon to Santandercar
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Edinburghcar
36h 26m£312–932Train, bus
- Take the train from Lisboa - Santa Apolonia to Guardatrain Ic
- Take the train from Guarda to Vilar Formosotrain Re
- Take the bus from Vilar Formoso to Narbonnebus
- Take the train from Narbonne 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
37h 15m£509–823Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LIS - EDI
6h 16m£79–208Fly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane OPO - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
6h 35m£74–227Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LIS - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 4m£81–253Fly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Newcastle (NCL)plane OPO - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 27m£104–261Bus, train via Sheffield
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Lille - Europe Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
39h 20m£442–732Bus, train via London
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Lille - Europe Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
40h 35m£265–479Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Lisbon to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
27h 46m£478–654
Portugal to Edinburgh by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portugal to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £55 - £190 and takes 5h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Portugal to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 48m and costs £55 - £190.
The distance between Portugal and Edinburgh is 1065 miles.
The best way to get from Portugal to Edinburgh without a car is to bus and train which takes 36h 8m and costs £350 - £600.
It takes approximately 5h 48m to get from Portugal to Edinburgh, including transfers.
There are 3020+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Portugal and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Ryanair and easyJet fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) once daily.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £75–160
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Sunday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £75–160
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Newcastle via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–260
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Lisboa - Santa Apolonia to Guarda
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
Train from Guarda to Vilar Formoso
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £4–8
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Narbonne to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £190–300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)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
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £14–24
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £14–24
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–210
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £80–130
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.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
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £150–270
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £150–270
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £150–270
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Vilar Formoso to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £90–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
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