What are you waiting for?

Our guide to getting here, and getting about once you're here.

With four international airports and three major ferryports to choose from, getting to Scotland couldn't be easier.

Scotland has excellent air links with a number of European hubs including London, Amsterdam, Paris, Reykjavik and Frankfurt. These hubs link to most of the world's cities.

There are a number of direct flights from the United States and Canada to Scotland: Continental Airlines; American Airlines; US Airways; Canadian Affair; Air Transat; and Flyglobespan making weekly or daily flights during the summer.

Icelandair offer flights into Glasgow from Toronto, Boston, JFK, Orlando, Halifax and Minneapolis-St-Paul, and you can choose to have a short, or long, stopover in Reykjavik.

Two holidays for the price of one!

Another good option would be to take a flight into London from wherever you are in the world, and instead of a connecting flight to Scotland, hop onto one of First ScotRail's fleet of overnight trains and arrive refreshed the next day.

The Caledonian Sleepers save time when you need an early start. Single and return tickets are available and prices start at just £59 for a single, with the price including continental breakfast. These trains have 900 berths and operate six nights a week between Fort William, Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh and London Euston.

But once you do arrive in Scotland, getting out and about to explore is simple.

You can easily take a connecting flight from one of Scotland's major airports, Glasgow, Glasgow Prestwick, E...

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• By : Sally Toms
• In : Travel
• Issue : 42
• Page : 67
• Words : 888