Edinburgh Car Travel:
Edinburgh Car Travel:
 Edinburgh Hotel Scotland would advise travellers to Edinburgh not to travel through the town center by car. This is due to the chronic trafffic congestion. You can circumnavigate Edinburgh via the Edinburgh City Bypass (A720).
Central Edinburgh is not the easiest of places to navigate by car, the streets are pretty narrow and travel can be confusing due to the medieval layout of the streets.
Edinburgh City Council has tried many different approaches to alleviate traffic congestion with the most recent being the pedestrianisation of Princes Street. The Central Edinburgh Traffic Management (CETM) was started in 1996 to enhance the city environment, improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists, shorten journey times for bus passengers, and provide clear routes for general traffic with work starting on 40 streets in January 2005.
In place at the moment are Metered parking and resident-only zones. These come into force approximately 1 mile from Princes Street. You will find that the parking charges increase as you get closer to the center - tickets are available from grey meters on the side of the pavements. A better option would be to use on e of the many car parks in the center - expect to pay over £1 an hour for parking.
From Edinburgh major routes exist to all of Scotland’s main city’s.
- Edinburgh is linked to Glasgow by the A8/M8 a journey of approx. 1hour.
- The M9 leads to Perth via Stirling and then on through Aviemore to Inverness (3.5 hours).
- A90/M90 Goes North over the Forth Road Bridge to Aberdeen (2 hours) via Dundee (1 hour). The A96 then carries on to Inverness.
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