Getting to Scotland

The duo of main portals to Scotland is Glasgow and Edinburgh. Most foreign tourists get there from London, opting for the more handy train routes.

Edinburgh’s international airport offers regular, non-stop service to Europe, Ireland and additional areas of the United Kingdom, and a limited amount of flights to Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. However, no direct flights exist in or out of North America. Regular LRT bus service goes the 35 minutes to the centre. Glasgow International Airport, 16kms to the west and offering frequent bus and train connections, accommodates domestic flights and a confined number of international flights.

Centrally located in Edinburgh is the main train depot of Waverley, with easy, hourly services to London through the coasts of the east and west. Service from the east coast ends in Glasgow via Edinburgh; from the west coast, the opposite is true.

National Express buses come into both cities out of several points in England via Scotland’s southern towns.

By auto, take the A7 from the north of England, arriving in Edinburgh. The M74 gets to Glasgow departing out of the Lake Districts.

Ferry service leaves the southwestern port of Stanrear going to Ireland, and sometimes from numerous cities on the east coast headed for Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands.