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tour destination guide - europe - scotland - edinburgh

edinburgh....the capital of scotland and home to scottish rugby

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getting there

by air....
Edinburgh International Airport is located 8 miles west of edinburgh city centre - it has great access to the city via bus, taxi and car

the following airlines fly to edinburgh
Aer Arann-
Aer Lingus-
Air Europa-
Air France-
Air Scotland-
BA Connect-
BMI Baby-
BMI British Midland-
British Airways-
Continental Airlines-
CSA Czech Airlines-
Delta Airlines-
EasyJet-
Finn Air-
FlyBe-
Fly Globespan-
Jet2-
KLM-
Lufthansa-
Monarch-
Ryan Air-
SAS-
Scot Airways-
Sky Europe-

by rail....
the main train station is 'Edinburgh-Waverley' which is locted in the heart of the city over-looked by edinburgh castle. The nearest train station to 'Murrayfield' is 'edinburgh-Hay Market' which is approximately a 10 to 15 minutes walk from the stadium and a 15 to 20 minutes walk from 'Waverley'

the following companies have trains to edinburgh
First Scotrail-
GNER-
Virgin Trains-
Virgin Trains

by bus....
with a good motorway network edinburgh is easy to access via road

the following bus companies have routes to edinburgh
Mega Bus-
National Express-
Citylink-
Stagecoach-

by car....
with a good motorway network edinburgh is easy to access via road, once there car parking in the city-centre can be difficult and not all hotels etc provide private parking

by boat....
edinburgh is an old 'port' town although Leith does not have a ferry terminal edinburgh can be accessed from europe via Rosyth a short trip across the Firth of Forth in fife

the following comapny has ferries to Rosyth
Superfast-

if you are driving from Ireland the following companies have ferries to the Scottish ferry ports of Stranraer and Cairnryan
P & O Ferries-
Stenaline-

the main areas of interest to any tour are listed below, please click on an area for further details
old town - new town - west end - stockbridge - bruntsfield - marchmont - leith - murrayfield

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