There are 12 ways to get from Rome to Edinburgh Castle by plane, train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, train (Trenitalia, Eurostar), 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 Roma Ciampino Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CIA - EDI
6h 22m£57–209Train via Lille
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susatrain
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain Tgv
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy 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
19h 29m£365–746Bus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
40h 34m£151–381Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Rome to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburgh Castlecar
24h 42mFly Fiumicino International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FCO - EDI
6h 36m£64–176Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane FCO - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 40m£67–221Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Newcastle (NCL)plane FCO - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 4m£82–285Fly Roma Ciampino Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CIA - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 56m£105–264Train to Naples Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragolatrain
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NAP - EDI
8h 27m£86–239Train
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Fr
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 35m£401–684Bus, train
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Stationbus
- Take the train from Leeds to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
41h 3m£257–465Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Rome to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburgh Castlecar
25h 42m£316–505
Rome to Edinburgh Castle by bus and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rome to Edinburgh Castle is to fly which costs £60 - £180 and takes 6h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Rome to Edinburgh Castle is to fly which takes 6h 22m and costs £55 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Rome to Edinburgh Castle station. However, there are services departing from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 34m.
No, there is no direct train from Rome to Edinburgh Castle. However, there are services departing from Roma Termini and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Milano Centrale, Torino Porta Susa, Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy, Lille Europe and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 29m.
The distance between Rome and Edinburgh Castle is 1235 miles.
The best way to get from Rome to Edinburgh Castle without a car is to train via Lille which takes 19h 29m and costs £360 - £750.
It takes approximately 6h 22m to get from Rome to Edinburgh Castle, including transfers.
Rome to Edinburgh Castle bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
Rome to Edinburgh Castle train services, operated by ItaloTreno, depart from Roma Termini station.
The best way to get from Rome to Edinburgh Castle is to fly which takes 6h 22m and costs £55 - £210. Alternatively, you can train via Lille, which costs £360 - £750 and takes 19h 29m, you could also bus, which costs £150 - £390 and takes 40h 34m.
What companies run services between Rome, Italy and Edinburgh Castle, Scotland?
Ryanair and Ryanair UK fly from Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Roma Termini to Edinburgh Castle via Milano Centrale, Torino Porta Susa, Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy, Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross, and Edinburgh Waverley in around 19h 29m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–190
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–190
Flights from Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Newcastle via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–140
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Glasgow Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–290
Flights from Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Naples Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £25–170
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/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 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.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 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.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 Leeds to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–170
- 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
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £100–170
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–170
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–18
- Website
- https://www.poferries.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
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Rome to Edinburgh Castle bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Edinburgh Castle is 1h behind Rome. It is currently 3:00 AM in Rome and 2:00 AM in Edinburgh Castle.
Rome to Edinburgh Castle train services, operated by ItaloTreno, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
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