Travel

Of course it is still orange and white, but the new livery which easyJet have launched will appear on all of their new planes from April this year.This is the first change to their look since 1998 and is designed to celebrate the airline's twentieth year of flying. There have only been two styles in the past. In 1995...

AN EDINBURGH city centre hotel is offering guests the ‘Home Alone’ style experience by opening up its rooms and restaurant for exclusive use over the festive period.  Four-star Nira Caledonia offers 28 stylish rooms, suites and jacuzzi suites over two New Town townhouses, as well as an onsite bar and restaurant, all available to book as a unique hire...

Motorists using the A720 Lothianburn westbound on-slip are set to benefit from an improved road surface, with Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland planning to renew approximately 100m of the trunk road over one night, on Friday 23 April 2021. The scheme tackles areas of deteriorated carriageway.For the safety of workers and road users, A720 Lothianburn westbound on-slip will...

Think France, think Paris, think Nice, think Cannes. However, Explore France are promoting other areas including Pas-de-Calais, the Loire Valley and Corsica as well as one of their undoubted gems, Antibe, which is, or course, on the French Riviera.The PR machine came to Scotland's Capital with a clear message, consider France for a holiday destination and also look further than...

If you happen to be in London this summer then while Her Majesty is up at Balmoral you can wander through the corridors of her London home. Buckingham Palace has opened the 19 State Rooms to the public until 29 September with the exhibition Queen Victoria's Palace. The exhibition celebrates the 200th anniversary of her birth.The State Rooms are...

It is all aboard the Caledonian Sleeper Golfers’ special as they tee off The Open with a celebration of all things golf on board its London to Aberdeen service on Thursday 5 July 2018.The overnight rail service will welcome Bill Thompson, Captain of Carnoustie Golf Club, offering guests a glimpse into the club’s rich past and worldwide golf connections,...

Rugby fans heading to watch Scotland in the Autumn Tests 2018 this month are being advised to take note of traffic and travel information.In their first match this Saturday (10 November, kick-off 2.30pm), Scotland are playing host to Fiji and tens of thousands of spectators are expected to flock to BT Murrayfield Stadium for the sell-out fixture. To ensure pedestrian...

Rothbury. We've seen the sign on many occasions as we drove up and down the A1, but never thought of making the short journey.We did this time and we are glad we did. To set the scene, Rothbury is a market town in Northumberland. It is situated on the banks of the River Coquet and is 14 miles north...

From Functions and Funerals to Flourish and Fame   How Number 10 Hotel became the new hidden gem of Glasgow's South Side. //steller.co/site/static/js/steller.jsAs a Glaswegian West Ender who now lives in Edinburgh, I will hold my hands up to say that I rarely venture over to Glasgow’s South Side, especially when going for a meal. I was therefore intrigued when a friend recommended a...

The low cost airline Norwegian has put next summer's flights on sale now including the return of the newest route from Edinburgh to Barcelona.You can now book one of 200,000 seats to six European cities from Edinburgh Airport with prices starting at £29.90. Destinations include Barcelona, Malaga, Tenerife, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo.Thomas Ramdahl, Chief Commercial Officer at Norwegian said: “Our high quality...

The very first Hainan Airlines flight from Beijing, China arrives in Edinburgh this morning.This is the inaugural direct flight from China and is the result of many years of work on the Edinburgh-China Air Link Project. Marketing Edinburgh, Edinburgh Airport and the City of Edinburgh Council have all worked together to bring this route to Edinburgh, and city representatives...

Heathrow recently announced a raft of new measures which would be deliverable with the expansion of the airport, and which the airport owner believe would boost Scotland’s links to the world, and help Scottish businesses connect to global growth. For anyone who travels to Heathrow it is a well known frustration that time spent in a holding pattern above the south east of...

On 20 May 2015 the third annual Edinburgh Tourism Showcase will be held at the Assembly Rooms.  The showcase is the biggest industry event of the year, and this year’s event has been expanded to mark the 2015 Year of Food & Drink and celebrate Edinburgh’s increasing reputation as a “foodie” destination.The traditional image of Scottish food and drink being all...

Norwegian has announced that it will begin its flights from Edinburgh to Oslo and Copenhagen twice a week from 1 July 2020.Jacob Schram, Norwegian CEO said: “Feedback from our customers has shown that they are keen to get back in the air and resume their travels with Norwegian beyond the current domestic services that we have been operating. Norwegian is...

Award-winning travel-writer Nick Thorpe and national newspaper journalist Jean West are hosting an online workshop in travel writing during the Covid-19 lockdown.Newhaven-based Nick Thorpe has been a travel writer for more than 20 years and in his first book Eight Men and a Duck he voyaged to Easter Island by experimental reed raft.His Scottish boat-hitching odyssey Adrift in Caledonia,...

We strolled to our leather armchairs for the journey and deposited our luggage then I hooked up my laptop ready for use. I picked up a paper to pass the time before coffee arrived.There had been no queue to check in luggage, problems over the weight of the luggage.Also, there was no hassle over security screening and the stress...

  The ScotRail Alliance is adding carriages to as many trains as possible for rugby fans travelling to Scotland’s Autumn Test home games at the BT Murrayfield Stadium. Scotland play Samoa on Saturday 11 November (KO 2.30pm), New Zealand on Saturday 18 November (KO 5.15pm), and Australia on Saturday 25 November (KO 2.30pm). Trains to and from Edinburgh will be extremely busy....

The new Caledonian sleeper service sets off down the tracks to London in April 2015. There is now a chance for you to win a luxury dream trip on board the new service to London or one of five other cities. What do you have to do to win? 100 exclusive branded luggage labels, emblazoned with the mythical white stag of...

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has now started operating 11 new routes to regional France and Italy from Edinburgh Airport through its new weekend leisure hub at Southampton. The seasonal flights operate each weekend through to 3 September 2017 as part of the airline’s 2017 Summer schedule Operating on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the summer, most of these routes are brand new services to...

Cornwall is a big tourism draw in the southwestern corner of England, but now it has become very accessible from Edinburgh as there is a new direct flight from Edinburgh Airport to Newquay every Saturday morning. There are a whole seven miles of golden beaches for walking and relaxing and the picturesque town is situated on the Atlantic cliffs - nothing...

It is describes as the most dramatic walk in Europe. Big claim but, in this case, there is justification.Basically, it is a cliff walk which takes you within touching distance of the sea and with the possibility of seeing porpoise and dolphin.The Gobbins Path was masterminded by the Irish railway engineer, Berkley Dean Wise.It originally opened in 1902 and...

New posters have been unveiled this weekend at Edinburgh Airport to welcome back homeward bound travellers and welcome visitors. The new imagery shows off iconic locations across Scotland with straplines reminiscent of airport activity such as ‘Customs’ (Edinburgh Military Tattoo) ‘Fasten Seatbelts’ (Dalbeattie 7Stanes mountain biking trails) and ‘Landing Gear’ (Glenshee Ski Centre).The giant posters are designed to inspire and capture...

NEW MULTI MILLION POUND LODGE DEVELOPMENT FOR ABERDEENSHIRE TRANSFORMS REDUNDANT FARMLocal developer Bill McDonald has announced the launch of Royal Arch Riverside Park near Fettercairn, a new multi million pound lodge development created on former redundant farmland.Offering over fifty units in its first phase, priced from £70-£250k, Royal Arch Riverside Park, which is just a mile from the A90,...

airBaltic will begin flying to Edinburgh Airport this summer with flights between Edinburgh and Riga from June.It’s the Latvian airline’s first route from Edinburgh and it will operate two flights per week between to Riga on an Airbus A220-300 aircraft. The route is scheduled to begin on 4 June 2021 and will operate on Mondays and Fridays.Gordon Dewar, Chief...