There are 10 ways to get from Tarbert to Portavadie by bus, busferry, car, car ferry, plane, ferry, 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.
Bus, bus and ferry, drive
best- Take the bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quay314
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2712
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Ayr923
- Take the bus from Ayr Bus Station to Manse Court585
- Drive from Manse Court to Portavadie
18h 4mBus, bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quay
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)DUB - GLA
- Take the ferry from Gourock Ferry Terminal to Dunoon Ferry Terminal
- Take the bus from Ferry Terminal to Ferry Terminal
12h 10m£72–190Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Tarbert to Belfast
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan
- Drive from Cairnryan to Portavadie
10h 31m£130–306Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, ferry, bus
- Take the bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quay
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)SNN - GLA
- Take the ferry from Gourock Ferry Terminal to Dunoon Ferry Terminal
- Take the bus from Ferry Terminal to Ferry Terminal
12h 26m£113–264Bus, train, bus and ferry, drive
- Take the bus from Tarbert to Limerick Colbert Station314
- Take the train from Limerick to Dublin HeustonIc
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to Great Victoria Street
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Ayr923
- Take the bus from Ayr Bus Station to Manse Court585
- Drive from Manse Court to Portavadie
18h 24mBus, bus and ferry, drive via Glasgow
- Take the bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quay314
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Bachelors Walk300
- Take the bus from Dublin Busaras Bus Station to Grand Central Bus Stand 1X1
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to The CrossX36
- Drive from The Cross to Portavadie
18h 37mBus, bus to Kerry Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, ferry
- Take the bus from Tarbert to Newcastle West
- Take the bus from Newcastle West to Kerry Airport
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)KIR - GLA
- Take the ferry from Gourock Ferry Terminal to Dunoon Ferry Terminal
- Take the bus from Ferry Terminal to Ferry Terminal
11h 49mBus, bus to Cork Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, ferry
- Take the bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quay
- Take the bus from Henry Street to Cork Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)ORK - GLA
- Take the ferry from Gourock Ferry Terminal to Dunoon Ferry Terminal
- Take the bus from Ferry Terminal to Ferry Terminal
11h 58m£104–243Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quay
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)SNN - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Gourock
- Take the ferry from Gourock Ferry Terminal to Dunoon Ferry Terminal
- Take the bus from Ferry Terminal to Ferry Terminal
10h 54m£98–283Bus, bus to Cork Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quay
- Take the bus from Henry Street to Cork Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)ORK - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Gourock
- Take the ferry from Gourock Ferry Terminal to Dunoon Ferry Terminal
- Take the bus from Ferry Terminal to Ferry Terminal
12h 41m£73–262
Shannon Airport (SNN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tarbert to Portavadie is to bus and fly and ferry which costs £70 - £190 and takes 12h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Tarbert to Portavadie is to drive and car ferry which takes 10h 31m and costs £130 - £310.
The distance between Tarbert and Portavadie is 493 miles.
It takes approximately 18h 4m to get from Tarbert to Portavadie, including transfers.
There are 208+ hotels available in Portavadie.
What companies run services between Tarbert, Ireland and Portavadie, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Tarbert to Portavadie. However, you can take the bus to Harvey's Quay, walk to Limerick Arthur's Quay, take the bus to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2, take the bus to Europa Bus Centre, walk to Belfast, Europa Buscentre, take the vehicle to Ayr, walk to Ayr Bus Station, take the bus to Manse Court, then drive to Portavadie. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Tarbert to Portavadie via Belfast and Cairnryan in around 10h 31m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Kerry Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Shannon Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–100
Flights from Cork Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £27–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Cork Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–130
Flights from Cork Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £80–200
Flights from Shannon Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–200
Flights from Shannon Airport to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–200
Flights from Shannon Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–290
Flights from Kerry Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Limerick to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- £15–22
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Dublin Connolly to Great Victoria Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Gourock
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–11
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from Tarbert to Limerick Colbert Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from Newcastle West to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–24
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
Bus from Henry Street to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–18
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Bus from Dublin Busaras Bus Station to Grand Central Bus Stand 1
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Bus from Ayr Bus Station to Manse Court
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to The Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com
- Phone
- 01586 552319
- enquiries@westcoastmotors.co.uk
- Website
- westcoastmotors.co.uk
Bus from Ferry Terminal to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £4–6
- Website
- https://www.westcoastmotors.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 (0)1 465 9972
- info@dublincoach.ie
- Website
- dublincoach.ie
Bus from Limerick Arthur's Quay to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- https://www.dublincoach.ie/
- Phone
- 069-62546
- limerickclare@locallink.ie
- Website
- locallinklc.ie
Bus from Tarbert to Newcastle West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.locallinklc.ie/
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Newcastle West to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Schedules at
- https://www.expressway.ie/routes-and-timetables
- Book at
- https://www.expressway.ie/journey-search
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–160
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)1475 650 397
- enquiries@calmac.co.uk
- Website
- calmac.co.uk
Ferry from Gourock Ferry Terminal to Dunoon Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2–14
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £2–4
- Car Fare
- £11–14
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