Edinburgh money saving tips for travellers to Scotland

Edinburgh money saving tips for travellers

Edinburgh welcomes millions of travellers every year eager to enjoy the sights of an amazing city .Here are my  top money saving  tips for anyone visiting the capital for the first time . Save up to 30% on these tour deals . As a guide with over ten years experience  , customers regularly ask me about money saving tips for their stay in Scotland .

1  Castle explorer pass

Scotland has over a thousand castles . Edinburgh Castle is probably the most famous castle in the UK. Stirling Castle is an impressive fortress . If you want to visit a few castles during your stay I recommend an Explorer Pass , available from Historic Environment Scotland . They are a government agency who manage 75 castles in Scotland . The pass allows you skip the line entry to all of the castle and country houses run by HES , including Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle  , Doune Castle ( Outlander and Game of Thrones )  ,  Blackness Castle ( Wentworth prison in Outlander ) , Linlithgow Palace . Several of these castles are Outlander film locations . How about taking an Outlander tour from Edinburgh to visit Jamie Fraser’s home in Scotland’s amazing Outlander film locations ? Castle tours in Scotland  are available from Private tours Edinburgh .

2 UK SIM card

For most of us internet access on our phone is essential to keep up with email and social media. Most phone , electrical shops and supermarkets in Edinburgh can supply a UK SIM card for your phone with special deals on data for a month for £10 or less

3 Hop on hop off bus tours

4  Drink Tap Water

Scotland has excellent and completely safe drinking tap water. Filling up a reusable water bottle is not only better for the environment, but it also saves money compared to purchasing plastic water bottles or getting drinks.

5 The Edinburgh Festival

The Edinburgh Festival is the largest arts festival in the world and takes place every August . There are hundreds of shows to see . The Royal Military Tattoo is one of the most popular shows each year and this year is the 75th anniversary of the show  . I recommend buying tickets early as these shows are often sold out . Early saver tickets are available

Your tour guide is David Rankin , a photographer with over 40 years experience of photographing Scotland’s landscapes and castles .

How about taking an Outlander tour from Edinburgh to visit Jamie Fraser’s home in Scotland’s amazing Outlander film locations ?

Private tours of Scotland +447305294773  seven days a week . Private tours Edinburgh have numerous five star reviews .

Original photography by David Rankin

Black Mount is a range of mountains stretching from Glen Orchy to Glen Coe, beside Rannoch Moor. The range features two Munros ( Scottish mountains over 3000 ft ) and  Loch Tulla , a small freshwater loch in front of the mountains . The Highlands of Scotland features stunning scenery of lochs and mountains formed from volcanic rock 36 million years old .