There are 13 ways to get from Scotland to Spain by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, 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)EDI - BCN
5h 58m€66–176Fly Glasgow Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
cheapest- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)GLA - PMI
5h 38m€56–171Train
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Barcelona-SantsTgv
16h 15m€194–805Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris to Barcelona
32h 54m€69–349Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Barcelona
21h 4mFly Edinburgh Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)EDI - MAD
5h 59m€74–176Fly Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Málaga Airport (AGP)GLA - AGP
6h 3m€73–148Fly Edinburgh Airport to Málaga Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Málaga Airport (AGP)EDI - AGP
6h 18m€63–153Fly Edinburgh Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)EDI - PMI
5h 53m€71–146Fly Glasgow Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)GLA - ALC
- Take the bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
7h 24m€67–165Fly Edinburgh Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)EDI - ALC
- Take the bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
7h 45m€72–160Bus via Barcelona
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria838
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)700
- Take the bus from Paris to Barcelona
33h 23m€104–332Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Barcelona
22h 1m€356–524
Scotland to Spain by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Spain is to fly which costs €60 - €160 and takes 6h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Spain is to fly which takes 5h 38m and costs €55 - €180.
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 and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 54m.
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, Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon and Barcelona Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 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 15m and costs €190 - €850.
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 €190 - €850 and takes 16h 15m, you could also bus, which costs €65 - €350 and takes 32h 54m.
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) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Glasgow Central to Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Gare De Lyon, and Barcelona Sants in around 16h 15m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–130
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
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Málaga Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–150
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–95
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- 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 Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via San Sebastian
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- 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 Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- 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
- €50–280
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
- €60–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Málaga Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- 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
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- 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
- €80–330
- 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
- €55–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- 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
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Paris to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- 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/
- 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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Scotland to Spain bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Scotland to Spain train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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