Edinburgh Festival Fringe welcomes you to our travel page
Our aim is , to get you to Edinburgh, and help you find your way around while you visit the various sites.
Trains and Boats and Planes take you to Edinburgh from the Superfast Ferry to Rosyth or the Flying Scotsman from London to Edinburgh we have all the routes covered.
Edinburgh Airport at a glance
Edinburgh Airport although International is a small intimate airport where arrivals and Departures sit side by side.The move to increase online check ins has reduced queues. It is very much a business airport so its busuiest times are first thing in the morning. Getting to and from the airport is very straightforward buses leave from outside the terminal building £3.50 single £5.00 return Taxis cost around£15.00 to the city Centre both take around 20-30 minutes depending on traffic.
Air flight information to Edinburgh courtesy of www.edinburghfestivalfringe.com
Air France www.airfrance.com flights from Paris
Aer Lingus www.aerlingus.com flights from Dublin
Air Scotland www.airscotland.co.uk flights from Alicante, Malaga, Palma
Air Transat www.airtransat.com flights from Toronto
Austrian Airlines www.austrianairlines.com flights from Innsbruck
British airways www.ba.com flights from London, Paris and Manchester~
British Midland www.bmi.com flights from London, Brussels and Copenhagen
bmibaby www.bmibaby.com flights from Birmingham, Cardiff, Nottingham
Centralwings www.centralwings.com flights from Warsaw, Katowice and Gdansk
Continental Airlines www.continentalairlines.com flights from New York
Delta Airlines www.delta.com flights from Atlanta
Easy Jet www.easyjet.com Cheap flights from London, Belfast and Amsterdam
FlyBe.com www.flybe.com Cheap Filghts
Fly Globespan www.flyglobespan.com Cheap flights from BarcelonaFaro, London, Malaga, Palma, Nice and Rome
German Wings www.germanwings.com Cheap flights from Cologne
KLM www.klm.com flights from Amsterdam
Lufthansa www.lufthansa.com flights from Frankfurt
Ryanair www.ryanair.com flights from Dublin
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Trains Getting to Edinburgh is straightforward direct trains from all over Scotland and England arriveand depart from the Centre of Edinburgh. Trains from London every half hour and from Glasgow every 15 minutes. Edinburgh's main station ids the Wavelerly but is you are staying in the west of Edinburgh Haymarket is mor convenient. For Info call 08457484950
To purchase Tickets www.thetrainline.com |
Taxis  Edinburgh has black cabs like London and like London they are metered and as a tourist you can feel safe that the fare you pay is the same as the local residents. Numbers we recomend
Central Taxis 0131 229 2468
City Cabs 0131 228 1211
Dash 0131 665 4000 for out of town |
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Buses Edinburgh has a good public transport system which runs from early morning all through the night. Buses only accept the exact fare and if you dont have this you will be unable to travel. Day tickets are available on the buses. There are two main bus providers in Edinburgh Lotian transport and First Bus tickets between the two companies are not interchangeable. |
Tour Buses  As well as many exciting things to do in Edinburgh City Centre if you wish to venture outwith the centre of town. Step on the number 22 bus which will take you to Ocean Terminal and also the home og the Royal Yacht Brittania, well worth a visit. |
On Foot Click here for Map Finding your way around Edinburgh by foot is often the best way the Old town and New town are joined by the Mound, Lothian Road or the South Bridge all those roads lead from Princess Street to the High Street |
By Boat If you arrive in Edinburgh by Boat you will have landed at Rosyth home of Superfast Ferries which makes the journey to Edinburgh from Zeebruge in Belgium if you wish to bring your car to Edinburgh from Europe this is the ideal route. |
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