Edinburgh: On Your Own drop location?

[Bob7]

We're taking the Celeb ex bus tour Edinburgh On Your Own which says it drops us near the Royal Mile.  Does anyone know which spot they use? ... we're trying to plan a walk.  Thx.

[AmberCascades]

Great question.  No one has the answer?  I would like to know as well.  Anyone with experience in this?

[tartanexile81]

It will almost certainly be Waterloo Place at the end of Princes Street. From there it is very easy to get to the hop-on, hop-off stop, the Royal Mile, the (250 year old) New Town and the buses for the Royal yacht, Rosslyn Chapel etc

 

However there are many much cheaper ways of getting into Edinburgh which are pretty easy .Which port are you docking at?

[Bob7]

Tartan thx for the tip.  We figured there's be some place where all the tour buses hang out.  We dock in Greenock, and thought about taking the train.  The ship ride is $55 USD.  In Edinburgh we're going to do the Holyrood Park trails to the summit crags.

[SLYScorpions]

On 7/10/2019 at 2:23 PM, tartanexile81 said:

It will almost certainly be Waterloo Place at the end of Princes Street. From there it is very easy to get to the hop-on, hop-off stop, the Royal Mile, the (250 year old) New Town and the buses for the Royal yacht, Rosslyn Chapel etc

 

However there are many much cheaper ways of getting into Edinburgh which are pretty easy .Which port are you docking at?

I'll be docking at Newhaven Sept. 2020 on Norwegian Star...looking for good way to get to the Castle and from there we plan to walk.    Thank you to anyone who has info...most info I'm seeing is from Queensferry.

[tartanexile81]

There's not a direct bus to the Castle because the area around there is pedestrianised or traffic is restricted. However I started this thread a while back https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2148764-tendering-in-newhaven-for-edinburgh-with-photos/ so it will help hopefully.

 

Also last year a shuttle bus run by the local bus company started. It runs from the ship to the city centre and cost £4 round trip this year. https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2148764-tendering-in-newhaven-for-edinburgh-with-photos/. The details refer to this year but you'll get the idea 

 

 

[SLYScorpions]

Thank you!