There are 10 ways to get from Sicily to Edinburgh by plane, train, bus, 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 Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CTA - EDI
6h 33m£73–153Fly Palermo Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PMO - EDI
7h£68–214Train, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Casertatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Caserta Piazza Carlo Terzo to Lyon Lyon Perrache Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Lyon Perrache 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
40h 5m£436–686Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the carferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the bus from Genoa to Marseillebus
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles 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
42h 18m£484–736Bus, train
- Take the bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Mons - Place Léopoldbus
- Take the train from Mons to Lille Flandrestrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
45h 55m£471–698Fly Trapani Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane TPS - EDI
8h 41m£87–492Fly 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
10h 18m£74–209Fly 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
9h 6m£84–258Bus, train via Milan
- Take the bus from Palermo to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
2d£281–551Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Luxembourg Park&Drivebus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
2d 6h£311–481
Sicily to Edinburgh by train, bus, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sicily to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £70 - £160 and takes 6h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Sicily to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 33m and costs £70 - £160.
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 Piazza Cairoli, Luxembourg P+R Bouillon and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Sicily and Edinburgh is 1553 miles.
The best way to get from Sicily to Edinburgh without a car is to train and bus which takes 40h 5m and costs £430 - £700.
It takes approximately 6h 33m to get from Sicily to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Sicily to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Palermo Piazza Cairoli station.
The best way to get from Sicily to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 33m and costs £70 - £160. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £310 - £490 and takes 2 days 6h.
Sicily to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Luxembourg Park&Drive station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Sicily. It is currently 4:31 AM in Sicily and 3:31 AM in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Sicily, Italy and Edinburgh, Scotland?
easyJet and Ryanair fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 5 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Piazza Boiardo to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna, Palermo Piazza Cairoli, Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, London Victoria Green Line Station, and London Victoria in around 2d 6h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–140
Flights from Palermo Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Thursday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Trapani Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Weeze
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–290
Flights from Trapani Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Saturday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–140
Flights from Trapani Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–300
Flights from Trapani Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–290
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–360
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trapani Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–290
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Trapani Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–310
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–300
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Caserta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Perrache to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £110–160
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Marseille St Charles to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £160–240
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Mons to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £130–220
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Caserta Piazza Carlo Terzo to Lyon Lyon Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Genoa to Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Palermo to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Mons - Place Léopold
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £250–360
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Luxembourg Park&Drive
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £240–330
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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