There are 12 ways to get from Turkey to Scotland by plane, night train, bus, train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane IST - EDI
7h 47m£75–309Fly Antalya Airport to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane AYT - GLA
7h 49m£58–318Night train, bus, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
38h 41m£98–207Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Istanbul to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Glasgowcar
33h 33mFly Antalya Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane AYT - EDI
7h 52m£85–268Fly Istanbul to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane IST - GLA
10h 14m£96–281Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SAW - EDI
8h 8m£70–305Fly 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 16m£77–347Bus
- 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 Buchanan Bus Stationbus
2d 4h£197–377Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
2d 10h£181–419Night train, bus and ferry, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
3d 9h£132–322Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Istanbul to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Glasgowcar
34h 40m£492–754
Istanbul (IST) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Turkey to Scotland is to fly which costs £55 - £320 and takes 7h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Turkey to Scotland is to fly which takes 7h 47m and costs £70 - £310.
No, there is no direct bus from Turkey to Scotland station. However, there are services departing from İskenderpaşa and arriving at Buchanan Bus Station via İstanbul Esenler bus station, Complex Apusului, Bucharest and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Turkey and Scotland is 1803 miles.
The best way to get from Turkey to Scotland without a car is to night train and bus and train which takes 38h 41m and costs £95 - £210.
It takes approximately 7h 47m to get from Turkey to Scotland, including transfers.
Turkey to Scotland bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from İstanbul Esenler bus station.
The best way to get from Turkey to Scotland is to fly which takes 7h 47m and costs £70 - £310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £190 - £380 and takes 2 days 4h.
Turkey to Scotland bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
Scotland is 2h behind Turkey. It is currently 7:01 PM in Turkey and 5:01 PM in Scotland.
What companies run services between Turkey and 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 Buchanan Bus Station 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
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–300
Flights from Antalya Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–300
Flights from Antalya Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–330
Flights from Istanbul to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–450
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–340
Flights from Antalya Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Istanbul to Glasgow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £120–450
Flights from Antalya Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–380
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Antalya Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Antalya Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–290
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–300
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Antalya Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–450
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Antalya Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £95–410
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–300
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £16–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £16–22
- 1st Class
- £21–28
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–23
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–20
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £70–100
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- 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
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £18–27
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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