Edinburgh Travel Forum

I arrive 10:30 pm at EDI on 2 August and am trying to arrange transport to our accomodation in Newington. As my wife and I are traveling with our young daughter, I prefer a simple and direct means of transport. As such, I am trying to book a private transfer through Onward Travel (www.onwardtravel.com), which is a recommended hire firm thru the EDI website. However, I can't make head or tails of the "destination" codes they ask you to provide (for instance they are labeled EH 4, EH 5 and so on). Can any local tell me what these codes mean? I can't get a response from the company. Any other suggestions would also be appreciated. Thank you.

my girlfriend wants to see these castles but due to time we will only get to one of them. Which one would you recommend seeing and why?

Thanks
nige

I'm planning to go to Scotland for about three or four days, and I was interested in those mini bus tours heading to the highlands (2/3 days tours). Are the routes the buses take winding roads? I get terrible motion sickness and winding roads always make me ill so this is something I think about when planning my travels.

Hi, my girlfriend and myself are going to be in Edinburgh for 5 days in August. She really wants to go to but our only way of getting there is driving. Is it possible to drive there and back to Edinburhg in one day?

Thanks

Hi everyone.
Just wondering if someone may be able to help. This may seem like a silly question or not...
I am staying at frederick house, edinburgh from 17th-21st august and 28-30th august. Are there any public laundries near this hotel or somewhere i could possibly wash some of my clothes?
Thats all..

rachel

Hi,

I've been to Edinburgh lots of times but this time I have most of a day (in March) and want to do something different.

Are there any local buses to places like Crail or Callender or a nice scenic place to which I can take a bus, explore, and then return to Edinbugh at about 5 p.m. the same day?

Thanks very much.

Looking for a good, clean and reasonably priced hotel or B&B near the Castle as we are going to the Tattoo in August. Any thoughts?
Thank you.

Hi all,

I'm thinking of taking my other half to Edinburgh for a romantic day on Sunday 22nd February as a late Valentine's Day present.

Can anyone recommend a cheapish day itinery please?

We will be arriving at 11:59 if we go and leaving at 19:00.

So basically seven hours to justify the £22.00 each on train fares from York.

Thanks!

Hiya all.
Just wanted your opinions on a tour company called "Rabbie's Tours" which operate day and multi-day tours from edinburgh. I have heard that they have a good reputation.

Hi, I'm in Edinburgh but my friends are out of town. Any other friendly travellers around I could celebrate new year with? (I'll buy you all some whisky!) Happy New Year everyone. L

Dear all

Are there any decent Chinese buffet restaurants in Edinburgh? I mean the “eat as much as you like” sort of place where you can stuff your face for next to nothing, preferably within walking from Princess Street.

Thank you all in advance.

This is my first trip to Scotland. I'll be in Edinburgh over New Years. From my understanding, most of the fun and excitement happens on Princes street, so I got a hotel room near there. Does anyone have any advice on where to hit on NYE? What is the dress of the general area (black tie, casual, in-between)?

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction...

Hi! Could anyone advise what is the best location for one to stay if one has no car & dislikes buses??
Any suggestions for a Scotish style pension or nice&clean B&B shall be very helpful.
thanks

Its a year away but I like to plan ahead. I want to do the Fringe and tattoo next August and would like to stay in central Edinburgh or as near as damn it. It would be silly of me to say as cheap as possible as I know the prices for this time go silly, crazy but can anyone suggest a suitable place for five folk for five days Mon to Fri. It would consist of two adults sharing, a child age 11 and another adult who needs their own room.

Any ideas would be terrific AS WOULD A LOTTERY WIN TO PAY FOR IT ALL LOL

jOOLZ X

Hi there decided to give Hogmanay another crack this year. We came up 2 years ago when it was a washout, ended up in some ropey theme bar called frankenstiens but got to admit I had one hell of a night. Had a nice meal at Jackson om New Years day aswell... cracking place on the royal mile.

Anyway my problem is I think in 2 previous visits to Edinburgh I have exahsted the touristy things to do and the price of them I doubt Ill do them again.

So we will book our hotel for New Years Eve so we can hopefully venture to the street party but any recomendations for somewhere to go on New years day rather than drive straight home. Maybe another town or city close by?? I've also been to Glasgow before and seen most things there.

Any advice would be great.

can anyone recommend a nice place to go for a coffee and cake in town centre/royalmile,thanks.

Do you know nice accomodation in Edingburgh? Bed and breakfast, small cosy family hotel? Or?

We take 2 nights in Edinburgh and 1 on our way back, rent a car and then find accomodation on our way to taste whisky

Will be visiting Edinburgh weekend of Sept. 19-21st. Traveling on a budget. Need a hotel room that's centrally located to attractions, but in a good area. Nice, clean, etc. Any suggestions? Continental breakfast a plus.

I have came accross of many B&B web-page saying that they have free on-street parking. Can anyone living here could advise the details? There is no free street parking in my own town (Hong Kong) all legal street parking here should be in paid meter parking otherwise you will be issued charge ticket.

many thanks

What is the most economical way to travel from South Queensbury to Old Town Edinburg? I am arriving on a cruise boat, and would like to do an independent tour of Edinburg or hire someone locally. How do I hire a driver?

Where can I get the best Steak in Edinburgh? I had reservations at the Witchery, but after reading some bad reviews about the food I decided to look elsewhere. Any advice?

Is there any water or sea transportation avilable from Edinburgh to Copenhagen, Denmark

My wife, myself and another couple are traveling to Edinburgh this winter and I found apartments to rent for a decent price at apartmentsapart.com. Has anyone ever dealt with them or heard anything about them. Or if you have any other advise on places to stay for a decent price i would love any suggestions. We are a little too old for a hostel but do want to be around a nice nightlife.

I'm a corporate pilot, and we are going to fly the owner of the airplane to the UK in the beginning of September. We will be in Edinburgh for 2 nights. Where should I stay? What area? What hotel? Where should we eat and what should we not miss seeing while we are there? Thanks!

Please Help, I’m planning a stag night in August for about 20ish very well behaved chaps. Thanks to VT I’m sorted for bars to go to and got the Acomm sorted, however I need to find a Stag friendly restaurant near the grass market that does nice food and not an Italian. (the groom has a problem with cheese) Someone recommended Khushis, however they don’t take stag parties. Please help.
Thanks
Nick

Greetings from the USA:

We will be visiting Edinburgh in September, and
we finally found an apartment (flat) for the
time period we were seeking (see post below).

We have a few questions we hope that someone
can answer for us about the apartment and
getting from and back to the airport.

The apartment is located:

40 St. Mary's Street
Edinburgh EH1 1SX ( near the Royal Mile? )

Does anyone know the street or the area that
the apartment is located on?

The renters claim the following:
10 min. walk to Edinburgh Castle
10 min. walk to Princess Street
7 min. walk to Holyrood Palace
1 min. walk to Royal Mile

The renters suggest that we take the Express
bus from the airport to Waverly Bridge stop.
They say from there it is only a 5 minute walk
to the apartment. ( 40 St. Mary's Street )

Is anyone familiar with the "Edinburgh Shuttle"?
Supposed to be door to door service. They say it
only cost 15 GBP for 2 people.

Last choice would be taxi from the airport in
case of bad weather. What should the cost be for
a taxi approximently.

Is there a travel card available for the public
transportation like 3 - 5 - or 7 day card?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Happy Travels,
Al and Mary - USA

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Greetings from the USA:

My wife and I will be in Edinburgh
for the 1st time in September, and
we would like to meet up with other
VT'rs while we are there for coffee,
a drink or two, or an traditional
Scottish lunch or dinner.

We arrive later in the afternoon on
September 10th and leave the morning
of the 18th.

Any day/night from the 10th thru the
17th would be fine.

We hope to hear from some fellow VT'rs
from the Edinburgh area ....

Happy Travels,
Al and Mary - USA

Hello all!
My fiancee is Scottish, but hasn't been back to his hometown of Edinburgh for over 12 years (!). We're really looking forward to this trip (for me it's the 1st ever visit to the UK)

We'll be there from Tuesday 5th until Monday 11th of August, and I was wondering whether any VT members in the area would like to meet for a chat?
(We'll be staying in the Grassmarket)


Greetings from hot & humid Dubai,
Jess ('c',)

We are coming over from Belfast for a wedding on September 6th and need a good steer towards a reasonably-priced flat near Our Lady Star of The Sea. Any hints? We'll probably take FLYBE from the city airport.

Thanks to you all.

Arriving by cruise ship at South Queensferry port in June. How do I get to the Royal Britannia and is it worth seeing. We were in Edinburgh before and looking for interesting things to do.