Edinburgh Waverley Station situated within walking distance of Old Town positioning serves as primary national rail gateway with LNER services to London Kings Cross approximately four hours twenty minutes with multiple daily departures, ScotRail services to Glasgow Queen Street approximately fifty minutes with frequent departures, and ScotRail Highland routes to Inverness approximately three hours thirty minutes collectively producing Scottish capital national rail connectivity that correctly positioned Old Town pub hotel accesses without any transport overhead between accommodation and station. Advance booking through National Rail produces considerably better pricing than day-of purchase particularly during Edinburgh August Festival when capacity fills from London, Manchester, and Glasgow direction simultaneously producing specific pricing concentration that forward booking several weeks resolves most practically.
Edinburgh International Airport approximately twelve kilometres west of Old Town via Edinburgh Tram direct service to St Andrew Square and then walking or short taxi connection requires approximately forty-five minutes from airport terminal door to hotel. British Airways, easyJet, Ryanair, Lufthansa, KLM, and various European and domestic carriers serve Edinburgh with considerable connectivity from London approximately one hour fifteen minutes, Amsterdam approximately one hour forty minutes, and various European and domestic UK origin cities making The Stag Head Hotel accessible from primary British and European aviation markets. Edinburgh Tram from airport to St Andrew Square Tram stop produces most practically affordable public transport connection at Scottish pricing considerably below equivalent taxi from airport.
From Glasgow approximately seventy-five kilometres west by ScotRail approximately fifty minutes with multiple daily departures, guests doing comprehensive Scottish programme incorporating Glasgow's specific contemporary art scene, Mackintosh architectural heritage, and West of Scotland cultural character with Edinburgh's historic capital programme find this connection positions The Stag Head Hotel correctly as eastern Scottish programme anchor for complete central Scotland circuit without separate overnight repositioning between programme components. From St Andrews approximately fifty-five kilometres northeast via Fife coastal approach, guests incorporating Scotland's golf heritage capital and St Andrews Cathedral ruins with Edinburgh programme find this connection positions pub hotel correctly as capital programme base for eastern Scotland circuit.
Getting around Edinburgh from The Stag Head Hotel is primarily on foot for Old Town, New Town Princes Street, Grassmarket, and immediate Scottish capital central programme within generous walking radius, by Edinburgh Tram for airport connection and Leith waterfront programme, by Lothian Buses for specific destinations beyond comfortable walking radius and Arthur's Seat base approach, and by ScotRail for Fife, Glasgow, and broader Scottish regional circuit. Lothian Buses day ticket purchased from any Lothian Buses driver on first bus enables unlimited Edinburgh bus programme at flat daily pricing considerably more favorable than individual fare equivalent for guests using bus multiple times daily across extended Edinburgh cultural programme stay.