01
Day · Arrival day
Edinburgh
EDINBURGH
- Morning
- Old Town closes and the Royal Mile before the crowds
- Afternoon
- Edinburgh Castle
- Evening
- Dinner around Grassmarket
- Stay tonight
- Edinburgh
Scotland Without a Car
Trains, ferries and one very scenic bus.
Your Best Scotland
7 days Scotland itinerary: Edinburgh, St Andrews, Edinburgh
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Edinburgh arrival · No car · Slow · Couple
01
Edinburgh
3 nights
02
St Andrews
3 nights
Home
Edinburgh
Reality
100/100
Beautifully paced.
How comfortable the route is in the time you have.
Trip match
100/100
How closely this trip fits what you told us you want.
- Total driving
- 2 hrs
- Longest drive
- 1 hr
- Bases
- 2
- Nights
- 6
Your route
2 bases, 6 nights. Numbers show the order you'll stay in each place.
Schematic route · not to road scale
Why this trip works
- 2 bases over 6 nights. You unpack 2 times, not every night.
- Your longest day behind the wheel is 1 hr. The rest are shorter, so there's time to actually do something when you arrive.
- Every base works by train, bus or ferry. Nobody has to drive on the left.
- St Andrews gets 3 nights because it's the best match for cities, whisky, walking.
How we scored it
- Cities · best in Edinburgh5/5
- Whisky · best in Edinburgh5/5
- Walking · best in St Andrews5/5
- Food · best in Edinburgh5/5
What we left out
Glasgow
But fitting it in adds about 2 hrs 45 mins of driving and steals time from St Andrews.
Save it for trip number two.
Isle of Arran
But fitting it in adds about 8 hrs of driving and steals time from St Andrews.
Save it for trip number two.
Pitlochry
But fitting it in adds about 2 hrs 30 mins of driving and steals time from St Andrews.
Save it for trip number two.
Day by day
02
Day · Full day
Edinburgh
EDINBURGH
- Morning
- Arthur's Seat for the whole-city view
- Afternoon
- Dean Village and the Water of Leith walk
- Evening
- Leith for seafood and a nightcap
- Stay tonight
- Edinburgh
03
Day · Full day
Edinburgh
EDINBURGH
- Morning
- National Museum of Scotland
- Afternoon
- Stockbridge market and independent shops
- Evening
- A small whisky bar in the New Town
- Stay tonight
- Edinburgh
04
Day · Travel day
Travel day
Edinburgh → St Andrews
Approx. 1 hr driving
Edinburgh → St Andrews
- Morning
- Getting there
- Cathedral ruins and the pier walk
- Afternoon
- Lunch
- Evening
- Arrival
- Stay tonight
- St Andrews
05
Day · Full day
St Andrews
ST ANDREWS
- Morning
- Cathedral ruins and the pier walk
- Afternoon
- West Sands beach
- Evening
- Seafood in the town
- Stay tonight
- St Andrews
06
Day · Full day
St Andrews
ST ANDREWS
- Morning
- Cathedral ruins and the pier walk
- Afternoon
- West Sands beach
- Evening
- Seafood in the town
- Stay tonight
- St Andrews
07
Day · Depart / return
Travel day
St Andrews → Edinburgh
Approx. 1 hr driving
Depart / return to Edinburgh
- Morning
- Getting there
- A last slow breakfast before the road
- Afternoon
- Lunch
- Evening
- Arrival
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