LeeWalker

Depending on the traffic a taxi would be about £25 each way and certainly avoids the hassle of climbing the steps to the station. Coming back you will easily find a cab - you can call any black cab that has their yellow light on or go to one of the designated taxi ranks in Edinburgh

Going in may be different - when are you in port and when do you plan to go ashore? Certainly taxis do go down to the Jetty but whether enough go down all depends, for example, if you are going during The Open or the Festival you might want to pre book with one of the companies listed on this thread

Thank you uktog for the information.

Our ship will arrive on July 20 which is a Saturday. Will traffic and construction in the city be better given it's the weekend? But will there be less, or more taxi at the tender port? We would like to be at the castle around 9 and will leave the ship around 8 the latest.

The castle is a good 8 miles or so from the port. You can take a bus into Edinburgh from Queensferry and back but I would not recommend it, the train is far quicker and avoids the traffic- the road route is a popular commuter link and gets very congested at time

There are 4 of us and we plan to take a taxi from Queensferry tender port to Edinburgh instead of taking the train or the bus. Do you recommend it? How much will taxi fare be? Will it be easy to catch one at the tender port?

Thank you for your response.

I just left BA yesterday (Jan 2) ALL taxis at the "old terminal" have a set price of 70 dollars (by port authority) to airport. Our particiular taxi could hold 4 passengers and probably 5 large suitcases many others were smaller.

 

Thank you for the info. Is there a old terminal and a new one? Do cruise ships park mostly at the old one?

Owl61,

Thanks for your reply. Will there be any Radio cabs at the pier which I can hail or they have to be called in advance? i just afraid I will not be able to do the calling as I won't have a cell phone with me and finding a phone booth nowadays can be difficult. Actually the ideal thing would be to prearrange everything before my cruise starts, either by phone or email. But are they reliable enough to show up if I book that early, like 16 days in advance? Forgive me for being so paranoid as I 've heard cruise ships docking at Buenos Aires sometimes could be late due to strong wind and I don't want to miss my 1 pm flight. So knowing my ride is waiting for me can be a great comfort.

We have a flight to catch at 1 pm at the Buenos Aires airport on the same day our cruise ends. What is the best way to get to the airport from the cruise terminal? if we catch a taxi, how much is the fare? Will there be extra charge because it's the cruise terminal? Are there other forms of transportation? I understand there is a lot of confusion at the cruise terminal, so we like to have some plans in place so we will not miss our flight.

Thank you for your answers.