There are 13 ways to get from Turkey to Edinburgh by plane, bus, train, night train, car, car train, busferry, 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 Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane IST - EDI
7h 56m£97–272Fly İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ADB - EDI
9h 5m£91–221Bus, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Limburgtrain 41
- Take the train from Limburg to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
40h 35m£401–1,001Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
2d 6h£354–580Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Istanbul to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
33h 41m£587–812Fly Antalya Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane AYT - EDI
8h 1m£105–283Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SAW - EDI
8h 16m£97–812Fly Antalya Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane AYT - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 52m£91–328Fly Antalya Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Newcastle (NCL)plane AYT - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 14m£117–402Bus
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militaribus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to St Andrew's Housebus
2d 4h£202–267Night train, bus
- Take the nighttrain from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to Doverbus
- Take the bus from Pencester Road to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 007
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
2d 20hNight train, bus and ferry, train
- Take the nighttrain from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
3d 9h£144–314Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Istanbul to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
34h 42m£478–744
Istanbul (IST) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Turkey to Edinburgh is to fly and train which costs £90 - £330 and takes 8h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Turkey to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 7h 56m and costs £95 - £280.
No, there is no direct bus from Turkey to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from İskenderpaşa and arriving at St Andrew's House via İstanbul Esenler bus station, Complex Apusului, Bucharest and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
No, there is no direct train from Turkey to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Halkali, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Turkey and Edinburgh is 1802 miles.
The best way to get from Turkey to Edinburgh without a car is to bus and train which takes 40h 35m and costs £400 - £1,000.
It takes approximately 7h 56m to get from Turkey to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Turkey to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from İstanbul Esenler bus station.
Turkey to Edinburgh train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
The best way to get from Turkey to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 7h 56m and costs £95 - £280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £200 - £270 and takes 2 days 4h.
What companies run services between Turkey and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Turkish Airlines and KLM fly from Istanbul (IST) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from İskenderpaşa to St Andrew's House via Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi, İstanbul Esenler bus station, București, Autogara Militari, Complex Apusului, Gara de Nord, Bucharest, and London Victoria in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–290
Flights from Antalya Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–300
Flights from Antalya Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Friday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £110–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–270
Flights from Antalya Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–360
Flights from Antalya Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–360
Flights from Antalya Airport to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–360
Flights from Antalya Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–380
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–270
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–310
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–270
Flights from Antalya Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–270
Flights from Antalya Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–290
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–270
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–270
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–280
Flights from Antalya Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–300
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Antalya Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–360
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–270
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Limburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £70–320
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Limburg to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Limburg to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–100
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £8–23
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £8–12
- 1st Class
- £8–12
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £8–23
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £8–12
- 1st Class
- £8–12
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £8–23
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £8–12
- 1st Class
- £8–12
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £70–76
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- £75–90
- Seating Carriage
- £55–65
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £65–100
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to St Andrew's House
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Pencester Road to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £18–45
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Turkey to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
Edinburgh is 2h behind Turkey. It is currently 1:48 PM in Turkey and 11:48 AM in Edinburgh.
Turkey to Edinburgh train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Bucharest station.
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