We did a double decker bus tour. they are timed tours to be sure that everyone gets a seat. It's…read moreinformative and a cool way to see the city. The top deck is an experience. There's a lot of sway at the back of the bus up top and turning corners feel like you are floating. The price point is low and it's a a nice way to spend an hour.

We were in and out if this bus station at least 4 times during our stay in Edinburgh. The bus…read morestation was easy to find, it was clean, nice restrooms. It was really easy to find the Rabbies Tour vans.

If you're traveling from the airport to the city/the city to the airport, the Tram is absolutely…read morethe most efficient, cost-effective, and fastest way to travel. There are plenty of signs throughout the airport indicating where you need to go to get the Tram (though, heads-up, depending on what gate you're coming from/going to, it could be a very long walk). Pass the enormous E D I N B U R G H letters outside the airport, and you'll see the ticket kiosks (pricing is currently £7.50 for a single, or £9.50 for an open return - the better value! I think you also save 50p if you pre-purchase online). Trams to the city from the airport run every seven to ten minutes, it takes about thirty to thirty-five minutes from the airport to either the Princes St or St Andrews Square stop (admittedly, I've never traveled beyond these two stops). There's spacious luggage racks to store your bags, plenty of seats for everyone, and it's noticeably clean as well. Make sure you have your ticket on you so they can check it (because they will). This is definitely the least stressful way to travel to/from the airport!

We've taken the tram from EDI airport to St. Andrew's Square, and several stops in between. No…read morecomplaints. Reliable, clean, comfortable.

Some of the bus drivers are extremely rude and can't communicate without shouting . If they hate…read moretheir job so much, they shouldn't be doing it. And no, they are not low paid . Specially the woman driving bus 35 at 13:00 hours on the 23rd of June was extremely rude and somewhat racist in front of a bunch of tourist . Please educate and train the staff better unless you want Edinburgh to be tagged as London 2.0 soon.

Free Wi-Fi woohoo though please stop asking me to check in everything I hop on a different bus!…read moreDrivers are more often than not very friendly and helpful. Many have waited for me after seeing me running in very unladylike fashion. I don't hold grudge on the ones that haven't, I can see how scary that could look. Like how most bus stops give you an estimation of waiting time as it does make you feel like you font have to wait as much, weird psychology!

How odd. Either I did something wrong, or things have changed since the previous yelper wrote about…read moreEast Coast trains. While they do offer free wi-fi, it's only available for fifteen minutes before you're cut off and have to pay for continued service. Lamez0rz. At any rate... my trip between Edinburgh and London was effectively on the party train! It seemed like everyone else in my coach car had brought on board bountiful bottles of booze, and you could hear it for the entire trip... In fact, not only did the girls in the seats in front of me have cider and chianti, they'd brought fun penis straws to drink out of, too. Unfortunately, I ascertained that they had -neglected- to bring their tickets, based on a huffy, loud, and lengthy conversation with the train conductor. Needless to say, the less-than-lovely ladies were punted at the next station. Toodles! On an up note, I did make it in one piece from Point A to Point B. And that's what transportation is for, right?

Always book a seat... First for standard in advance…read more.. The best to London...

I was flabbergasted to see that many bus operators can work in the same city at the same time, from…read morethe same bus stops, doing similar routes!! First costs the same as Lothian, but didn't seem to be on time, go where we needed it to go, or even run at all at the time we needed to take it!! (8pm towards a main train station!!) All in all seriously bad service. I'd recommend avoiding these buses, to better enjoy your visit.

First buses are okay on particular routes for example the borders bus operating to Galashiels…read more Travelling within in Edinburgh I much prefer to use Lothian buses.First buses in my experience are not the most reliable, either the bus doesn''t turn up on time or it breaks down during the journey as most of the buses are very old. First buses tend to be very grubby inside to and noisy.

Got the bus to Glenrothes from Edinburgh. While it left on time it was snarled up in the traffic…read moreround the Forth Road Bridge. Like any public transit the person next to you can always be hit or miss, on the way out there were no problems, other than the guy two rows back had a persistent smokers cough. Return was no problems. The buses have wifi which is surprisingly fast- I got a 5Mpbs download - fast enough to support Netflix. It's cheap and in my opinion worth the other passenger risk.

Stagecoach is probably the most well known bus company in the United Kingdom, and it provides many…read moreservices between cities. And Edinburgh has its fair share of Stagecoach buses. From the bus station in the city centre one can travel to Dundee, Dunfermline and St. Andrews via Stagecoach. Prices on these services are generally a lot cheaper than going via train. To Glenrothes the train costs about ten pounds from Edinburgh. However, via Stagecoach you can get a cheap day return for only five pounds and fifty pence. A bargain! There are some downsides to Stagecoach though. Services are sometimes late due to delays at the Forth Road Bridge. Also, some services are very busy and one can be sitting next to someone who is larger than their seat or smells slightly of Body Odour!! Not very nice at all! If you want value for money, Stagecoach is pretty good!

We used the tram from the airport to St Andrews Square which was the nearest stop and only a 5 min…read morewalk to our hotel. We loved how easy it was to get tickets at the airport. We used the ticket machine but a helpful employee also checked on us to make sure we're weren't having any problems. She then directed us to the next tram. It was very easy. I know that many in our tour group also used the tram when they arrived in Edinburgh and they had no problems either. The ride was uneventful, and quick until we arrived in the city. The tram was clean and quiet and we felt safe using it. As a visitor, I am aware that any discussion regarding the tram can get very political and heated but we really liked the convenience. We also had no problems buying tickets at the station when we traveled from St Andrews Square to the West End a few times. As it was festival season, the trams were quite crowded at times but the ride was always smooth and quick enough. We didn't use it when we returned to the airport as our departure was at 3am but if ever the tram ran all night, we would certainly use it.

I was so excited to try the trams as someone who left Edinburgh when they first starting building…read morethem. I am visiting Edinburgh this week as performing amd on a very tight budget. I decided to get the tram and apparently you cannot buy tickets onboard. As a tourist I had no way to know this and was fined £10 which was my entire travel budget for my stay. Will never get the tram again and cannot afford the bus. Disgusted with your treatment of visitors to my once loved City.

This is a terrible company. Their buses are always late if…read morethey decide to show up at all. one of the "must avoid" if you ever visit Edinburgh. they do no own up to their complete inadequacy to run bus services. They would do a city a favor if they declared that they would stop their services to give away to another company. absolute thiefs to, bus fare is expensive and you are paying to arrive 1 hour late to whatever you planed because their buses won't show up or will show up 1 hour after you expected them.

Buses are for two groups of people - the people who know where they're going and the tourists who…read moreknow nothing about the city or how to get from A to B. Since I fall in the second group for Edinburgh, I can say that I was at first a little bit confused and slightly lost. That cleared up very quickly once I was directed to the Lothian office near Waverley Bridge. A friendly and helpful clerk (who must deal with people like me day-in and day-out) was able to explain the day ticket (£3? All day? Yes.) and provide me with a map of the bus routes. Five minutes later, I was waiting at my stop and five minutes after that, I was in the front row of a double-decker on the way to my destination. The bus ticket is surprisingly simple and very clever. I purchased three, as I'm here three days. Each one has a series of scratch offs for the day, month and year. You just scratch off the right date and you're good to go. Nice. The buses I've ridden have been clean and prompt. While the ride may be speedy, the roads are a little bumpy. I think my driver yesterday actually missed one of the drains! They also have an iPhone app (jeez, there's an app for everything!) so you can find the nearest stop and when the bus is due to arrive.

It's the main hub for Edinburgh. I've taken it to and from the city. Both ending in Glasgow as well…read moreas all the way down to London. Price wise I believe is different depending on where you start. We alway stick to the return instead of one way. The station itself is pretty big. Lots of terminals so make sure to check the schedule to see where your train is at. Sometimes schedule changes so also be aware. There's a good amount of quick and easy eating places. Coffee shops as well. Right in the heart of the station, you'll find a couple of things to do. Mainly grab a drink if your waiting for your train.... lol... There alway security on hand if you have any questions about anything. The stations where you get on and off the train is pretty long so it could be a walk to exit if you're coming off from the end of train. It's a couple of flights on the escalator till you reach the top. There's an indoor waiting area as well as public restrooms. But if it's your first time, it could be a little intimidating finding your way around. Also a few different ways to enter and exit.

Edinburgh Waverley is nestled between the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh. It is surrounded by some…read morefamous 'neighbors' including Princes Street, Princes Street Gardens, and North Bridge- all of which are overseen by the imposing fortress, Edinburgh Castle. Visitors arriving into Edinburgh generally do so via one of two routes - fly into the city's airport, or disembark from a train at Waverley Station, the largest and most central of the city's two major stations. Waverley offers by far the most dramatic welcome into the city, with visitors emerging right into the heart of Edinburgh, with the castle ahead of you, the Old Town to the left, and the Scott Monument and New Town along to the right: it's kind of overwhelming while exiting. note: they have lift to take you to road level. Fact: it's the world's only railway station named after a work of literature. but prior to the station being named Waverley, it was formerly the North British Railway Station - run by the North British Railway company. There was a time when Scotland was referred to as 'north Britain', which may shed light on some of the country's identity issues!

I used to make regular visits to The Paper Rack on my way between Edinburgh Uni buildings at George…read moreSquare and The Mound. I have some sort of messed up metabolism and need to eat about every 30 minutes. I don't like eating a lot of snacks and junk food so having a purveyor of some healthier alternative (a rare find) on my route is great. On my visits I would buy from their great selection of cereal and smoothie bars to fulfil my calorie needs. Having said this The Paper Rack does have a good selection of snacks and junk food as well as (for some reason) decent quality tinned biscuits. As has already been mentioned they also have a good selection of papers and magazines, a must for all newsagents. The staff serving me were always on the phone but managed to still be perfectly pleasant. They seemed to charge me something different every time for the same item, but it was always cheaper than the other nearby newsagent.

A newsagent's can only be so good I suppose, but with the rip-off haven of the Royal Mile just a…read morefew yards away, I really can't think of a better option round here for fags, chewing gum, scratchcards or gossip fuelled tabloids. With a selection of mags that almost rivals International Newsagents down the road, minus the foreign ones, it's very well stocked, and they also sell the fantastic Brannigan's crisps, the king of potato snacks and often annoyingly awkward to find.