There are 8 ways to get from Sicily to Edinburgh by plane, car ferry, bus, or 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 Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CTA - EDI
6h 37m£60–212Car ferry, bus, train via Chambéry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the bus from Genoa to Chambérybus
- Take the train from Chambéry to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
41h 29m£383–691Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
2d 6h£156–471Fly Trapani Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane TPS - EDI
9h 1m£72–292Fly Palermo Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PMO - EDI
7h£64–206Fly Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PMO - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 20m£82–211Fly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CTA - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
10h 22m£78–307Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the bus from Genoa to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
2d 8h£294–489
Sicily to Edinburgh by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sicily to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £60 - £210 and takes 7h.
The fastest way to get from Sicily to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 37m and costs £60 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Sicily to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Piazza Boiardo and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Palermo, Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano, Brussels Midi / Brussels South West and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Sicily and Edinburgh is 1555 miles.
The best way to get from Sicily to Edinburgh without a car is to car ferry and bus and train via Chambéry which takes 41h 29m and costs £380 - £700.
It takes approximately 6h 37m to get from Sicily to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Sicily to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
The best way to get from Sicily to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 37m and costs £60 - £220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £150 - £480 and takes 2 days 6h.
Sicily to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Sicily. It is currently 1:18 AM in Sicily and 12:18 AM in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Sicily, Italy and Edinburgh, Scotland?
easyJet, Jet2.com, and two other airlines fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Piazza Boiardo to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna, Palermo, Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano, Brussels Midi / Brussels South West, and London Victoria in around 2d 6h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Trapani Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from Trapani Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from Palermo Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–110
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Trapani Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–360
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–290
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Chambéry to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £75–180
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-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/
- 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/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Genoa to Chambéry
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Palermo to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- 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 Genoa to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £20–30
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £80–130
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
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