Travelling to Edinburgh Guide
Arriving By Airport
Edinburgh Airport is Scotlands capital airport with over 50 airlines and serving around 85 destinations. We use the airport every year and find the airport extremely pleasant and user friendly. They have their own efficient bus service (the number 100 bus) which will take you from the Airport into the centre of Edinburgh and back. This is currently £6 for a return ticket and the buses are frequent, about every 10 minutes during the day. You can't miss the bus either as there always seems to be at least one sitting outside the entrance doorways. Taking this bus to our rental house you will ask to be dropped off at the zoo bus stop. The airport isn't huge and you'll easily find all the car hires adjacent to your luggage pick up. Though car is really not necessary (and discouraged) if you are planning to only explore the Edinburgh area.
Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh EH12 9DN, UK
Number of terminals: 1
Location: 12km (8 miles) west of Edinburgh
Country code: 44
Edinburgh Airport code: EDI
Website: http://www.edinburghairport.com/
Taxis from Edinburgh airport to the City Centre (our villa) generally take 20 minutes depending on traffic conditions.
Travelling By Train To Edinburgh
Edinburgh also has an excellent rail system. Waverley railway station and Haymarket Station. Waverley is located in the very heart of Edinburgh, near to the Royal Mile, Castle and Princes Street. Haymarket station is just a 5 minute walk to the West End of Princes Street, there is a rail service every 15 minutes to Glasgow and regular services to all other stations in Scotland and the UK. Haymarket Railway Station is 25 minutes by bus or taxi from the airport.
Waverley Website: http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/807.aspx
GNER is also offering a wide range of discount fares from London to make travelling by train to Edinburgh by train as attractive as possible. Return fares from London start at £25.
GNER Website: http://www.gner.co.uk/GNER
You may also wish to consider purchasing a Scotrail 'Central Scotland Rover' which is a 3 out of 7 consecutive days travel pass for £30. For places to visit see our day trip guide.
If you're deciding on heading a few days up north, to Inverness for instance, you may wish to purchase your train tickets ahead of time at National Express . No credit card fees and very good rates.
Travelling with children? Then purchase the family and friends railcard and you'll save quite a lot of money!
Hiring a Car
Here are a few car rental companies in Edinburgh that we have rented from or used for researching prices. Booking Alamo with Costco discounts usually gives good rates for estate cars in automatic (Saab, Volvo or similar). Remember to call your credit card company as many credit cards provide overseas car rental insurance providing you use that card to rent the vehicle.
Most major rental car companies offer child safety and infant seats for rent. Please be sure you reserve these ahead of time!
Ensure that all quotes shown online are fully inclusive of VAT, insurance (if applicable), and unlimited mileage for day trips.
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