edinburgh information
useful information about edinburgh
Travel
Throughout the site we have drawn attention to a number of useful links particularly for eating out and enjoying the vibrant world heritage city of Edinburgh, its culture, architecture, sport, nightlife and best attractions. Here we provide a summary, a little compendium for your convenience. On this page it’s travel.
Coaches, trains, and taxis
www.ga-taxis.co.uk
Car and chauffeur hire Edinburgh
www.scotland-carhire.co.uk
Car hire Edinburgh and Edinburgh Airport
www.citylink.co.uk
Coach travel to and throughout Edinburgh
www.scotrail.co.uk
Local Edinburgh train services/timetables
www.gner.com
Trains to Edinburgh form London and the south
www.gner.com
Main airlines flying into Edinburgh Airport
www.ba.com
British Airways flights to Edinburgh Airport
www.easyjet.com
Easyjet Flights to Glasgow and Edinburgh
www.flybmi.com
British Midland flights to Edinburgh Airport
www.flyglobespan.com
Flyglobespan flights to and from Edinburgh Airport
www.icelandair.com
Icelandair flights to Edinburgh from Iceland and USA
www.flybe.com
British European flights to/from Edinburgh Airport
www.bmibaby.com
BMI Baby internal flights to/from Edinburgh
www.continental.com
Flights to and from the USA
www.ryanair.com
Ryanair flights to and from Edinburgh Airport
Area attractions
Throughout the site we have drawn attention to a number of useful links particularly for eating out and enjoying the vibrant world heritage city of Edinburgh, its culture, architecture, sport, nightlife and best attractions. Here we provide a summary, a little compendium for your convenience. On this page it’s shopping and great places to visit.
Shopping
Ocean Terminal
www.oceanterminal.com
Princes Mall
www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk
St James Shopping Centre
www.stjamesshopping.com
Great places to visit
Edinburgh Castle
www.edinburghcastle.biz
Holyrood Palace
www.royal.gov.uk
National Museum of Scotland
www.nms.ac.uk
Royal Yacht Britannia www.royalyachtbritannia.co.uk
Dynamic Earth
www.dynamicearth.co.uk
Edinburgh Zoo
www.edinburghzoo.org.uk
Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre
www.whisky-heritage.co.uk
Deep Sea World
www.deepseaworld.com
Knockhill
www.knockhill.co.uk
City Arts Centre
www.cac.org.uk
Camera Obscura
www.camera-obscura.co.uk
Really useful information
www.usefulinfo.co.uk
Weather
There is so much to see, do and enjoy, in the city of Edinburgh itself - and Midothian, East and West Lothian, Fife, Perthshire, the Borders and the surrounding areas - and throughout the whole of East Central Scotland - even in the unlikely event of inclement weather !
For summaries of immediate prospects and outlooks for a further four to five days. ...click on the link below.
And for a double ‘rain check’ use
Entertainment and sport
Throughout the site we have drawn attention to a number of useful links particularly for eating out and enjoying the vibrant world heritage city of Edinburgh, its culture, architecture, sport, nightlife and best attractions. Here we provide a summary, a little compendium for your convenience. On this page it’s the turn of entertainment, nightlife and sport.
Sport
Heart of Midlothian Football Club
www.heartsfc.premiumtv.co.uk
Hibernian Football Club
www.hibernianfc.co.uk
Murrayfield Stadium
www.scottishrugby.org
Sports centres and facilities -
Kingsfield Leisure
www.kingsfieldleisure.com
Midlothian Snowsports Centr
www.midlothian.gov.uk
Edinburgh Leisure www.edinburghleisure.co.uk
Port Edgar Marina www.edinburghleisure.co.uk
Entertainment
Edinburgh Theatres www.edinburghtheatres.com
Edinburgh Cinemas
www.edinburghguide.com
Edinburgh International Festival
www.eif.co.uk
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
www.edfringe.com
Edinburgh Hogmanay
www.edinburghshogmanay.org
Whats on
Edinburgh Theatres
www.edinburghguide.com
Edinburgh cinemas
www.edinburghguide.com
EICC
www.eicc.co.uk
Whats on in Edinburgh
www.edinburgh.org
