Travel
Edinburgh is at the heart of Scotland and easy to reach by air, rail and road.
Air www.edinburghairport.com
www.baa.com
Edinburgh Airport is only 12km from the city centre with excellent coach and taxi connections.
The airport has direct flights to around 30 European cities. Most visitors outside Europe will transit through London (about 30 flights to Edinburgh per day). Glasgow airport aso serves some non-European airports with direct links.
Rail www.nationalrail.co.uk
The Edinburgh and London route is the fastest train service between cities in Britain, taking just over 4 hours from one city centre to the heart of the other.
There are high-speed links to all other major UK cities and airports, and the Eurostar service connects Paris to Edinburgh in around 8 hours.
Road www.theaa.com
The Channel Tunnel allows direct access to the UK where you can connect with the excellent road and motorway network to Edinburgh. The national coach station connects to all major British cities.