There are 10 ways to get from Scotland to Zakopane by plane, train, bus, car, car train, shuttle, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane EDI - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain
9h 18mzł 496–1,096Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall Stbus
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Popradbus
- Take the bus from Poprad AS to Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolnebus A15
40h 25mzł 460–982Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Centraal Station to Łódź Kaliska Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Lodz Kaliska to Zakopanetrain Ic
33h 1mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Zakopanecar
22h 53mFly Glasgow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane GLA - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain
9h 14mzł 475–1,075Fly Aberdeen Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane ABZ - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain
9h 10mzł 513–1,648Fly Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane EDI - BUD
- Take a shuttle bus from Budapest to Zakopane
12h 18mzł 506–1,026Train to Newcastle, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane NCL - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopanetrain
10h 39mzł 496–1,540Bus via Bruges
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brugesbus 814
- Take the bus from Bruges to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDAbus K1
44h 59mzł 543–1,011Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Zakopanecar
24h 6mzł 1,614–2,475
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Zakopane is to fly and shuttle which costs 500 zł - 1 100 zł and takes 12h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Zakopane is to fly and train which takes 9h 10m and costs 500 zł - 1 700 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Scotland station to Zakopane. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolne via Birmingham and Poprad AS. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 25m.
The distance between Scotland and Zakopane is 1829 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Zakopane without a car is to train and bus which takes 33h 1m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 18m to get from Scotland to Zakopane, including transfers.
Scotland to Zakopane bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Scotland to Zakopane bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Zakopane is 1h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 6:38 PM in Scotland and 7:38 PM in Zakopane.
Book your Scotland to Zakopane bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Scotland and Zakopane, Poland?
You can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolne via Newhall St, Birmingham, and Poprad AS in around 40h 25m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 250–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 250–1,300
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 310–1,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 250–1,200
Flights from Newcastle to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 250–1,300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 150–900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 190–600
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 230–900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 200–550
Flights from Newcastle to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 180–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 310–1,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 300–1,300
Flights from Newcastle to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 320–1,300
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 140–700
Flights from Newcastle to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 260–850
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–900
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 220–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 190–700
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 135
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Lodz Kaliska to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 60–110
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- zł 60–90
- 1st Class
- zł 85–110
Train from Krakow Glowny to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- zł 40–50
- Website
- https://kolejemalopolskie.com.pl/en/home-page
- 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
- zł 85–87
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 280–480
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 100–180
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,200
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 300–1,300
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-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
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 100–170
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 300–380
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- zł 1,000–1,100
- Sleeper Seat
- zł 300–380
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- zł 1,200–1,400
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Amsterdam Centraal Station to Łódź Kaliska Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +36 70 282 1827
- info@eurobusways.com
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Budapest to Zakopane
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- zł 220–300
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 65–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 110–290
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Bruges
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 150–280
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bruges to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 260–410
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Poprad
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 380–800
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Bus from Poprad AS to Zakopane Aleja 3 Maja Dolne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 13–18
- Website
- https://kolejemalopolskie.com.pl/en/home-page
- Phone
- +48 669 060 060
- biuro@majerbus.pl
- Website
- majerbus.pl
Bus from MDA dworzec autobusowy to Zakopane ZDA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 22–35
- Website
- https://www.majerbus.pl/en/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 120–190
- Website
- https://www.poferries.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
- zł 150–180
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- zł 330–800
- On Foot
- zł 150–180
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