Briefing

Scotland is located northern part of Britain. You can access there by air, train or coach.

Flight takes 1 hour, Train takes 5 hours and coach takes 9 hours from London to Edinburgh.

If you book well in advance, taking train will be the cheapest way to get there from London.

Day1. Edinburgh

Edinburgh Castle is the symbol of the Edinburgh city. Inside the castle, you will see nice rooms and exhibitions.

This is, Lawnmarket, the main street of old town starting from the castle.

Along the Lawnmarket, you will see some strange shops.

St Giles Cathedral is the historic city church located on Royal Mile in the old town.

This is the City Chambers of Edinburgh.

We stayed at Caledonian Backpackers hostel, which has a great view of the castle from its room.

Day2. Glasgow

Taking 90 minutes coach ride, we moved to Glasgow. Yeah, it's the famous £1 MegaBus run by Stagecoach.

This is Glasgow Cathedral, the only medieval church in the mainland of Scotland.

Next to the cathedral, there is St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art.

Opposite the cathedral, there is Provand's Lordship. Inside the museum, there is a collection of seventeenth century Scottish furniture.

Taking a bus down to south of the city, we went to Pollok Country Park.

Inside the park, there is The Burrell Collection, the museum with many collection of art works.

Few minutes walk away from the collection, there is Pollok House, the house with the private collection of Spanish paintings.

In front of the garden of Pollok House, there is a nice bridge on the river.

Back to city center, we came around the train station.

Buchanan Street is the main street for shopping in Glasgow.

We stayed at Bluesky Hostel on this night.

Day3. St Andrews

Taking a Stagecoach bus from Glasgow, we came to St Andrews.

This is the St Andrews museum where you can study about the city of St Andrews.

Walking around the city, you will notice that the street is made of stone tiles.

This is the St Andrews castle. The residence of the Archbishops in early ages, but has become ruined now.

St Andrews Cathedral is also the ruined place with graves.

Although the cathedral is ruined, there is a tower you can climb at the edge of cathedral.

If you climb St Rules Tower, you will have a fantastic view of St Andrews.

Near the cathedral, there is a bakery awarded as the best of Scotland.

Burns Sweet Shop is the famous sweet shop in St Andrews.

This butcher is also the old shop.

We stayed at St Andrews Tourist Hostel. This hostel offers nice rooms with sky TV equipped lounge.

Day4. Edinburgh

We took a coach back to Edinburgh.

Just before Edinburgh, we saw the Forth Bridge, the old bridge built in 1890.

Beside the rail track near the hostel, there were some events going on.

Princess Street is the main street in the new town offering many shops.

This is the National Gallery of Scotland, the gallery with the artworks of the Middle Ages to the present day.

The General Register House has a horse statute in front.

North Bridge connects the new town and old town over the rail track.

View of old town from new town.

Day5. Back to London

Waverly central station is located between new and old town.

After we picked the ticket from the machine, we had a cup of coffee.

There was a huge delay due to the engineering work, and it took more than 6 hours of train ride to London.