There are 14 ways to get from Scotland to Spain by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), train, bus, car, car train, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe), or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane EDI - BCN
5h 58m€66–176Fly Edinburgh Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane EDI - ALC
- Take the bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
7h 45m€52–160Train
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
16h 29m€181–747Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nordbus
24h 10m€160–563Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Barcelonacar
21h 16mFly Edinburgh Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane EDI - MAD
5h 59m€74–186Fly Edinburgh Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane EDI - PMI
5h 53m€71–156Fly Edinburgh Airport to Málaga Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane EDI - AGP
6h 18m€58–153Fly Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane GLA - AGP
6h 3m€58–148Fly Glasgow Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane GLA - PMI
5h 38m€71–191Fly Glasgow Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane GLA - ALC
- Take the bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
7h 24m€62–165Train via Lyon
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
17h 15m€204–769Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700 / ...
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris to Barcelonabus
33h 10m€90–292Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Barcelonacar
22h 13m€367–526
Scotland to Spain by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Spain is to fly and bus which costs €50 - €160 and takes 7h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Spain is to fly which takes 5h 38m and costs €70 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Scotland station to Spain. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Barcelona via London Victoria, Dover and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Scotland to Spain. However, there are services departing from Glasgow Central and arriving at Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Lyon Part Dieu and Barcelona Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 15m.
The distance between Scotland and Spain is 1704 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Spain without a car is to train which takes 16h 29m and costs €180 - €750.
It takes approximately 5h 58m to get from Scotland to Spain, including transfers.
Scotland to Spain bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Scotland to Spain train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Glasgow Central station.
The best way to get from Scotland to Spain is to fly which takes 5h 58m and costs €65 - €180. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €180 - €750 and takes 16h 29m, you could also bus, which costs €90 - €300 and takes 33h 10m.
What companies run services between Scotland and Spain?
Ryanair UK, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Glasgow Central to Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Gare de Lyon - Diderot, Paris Gare De Lyon, and Barcelona Sants in around 16h 29m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–160
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–80
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–120
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–90
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Paris to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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