29 Jul 2025

Citylink itineraries

A yellow coach drives along a road beside a loch.

Image: Scottish Citylink

To celebrate our new partnership with Citylink, we’re sharing some great ideas for days out at Trust places using Scottish Citylink buses.

Glasgow

National Trust for Scotland places to visit

Mackintosh at the Willow (10-minute walk from bus station)
Tenement House (15-minute walk from bus station)

Getting here

Choose Scottish Citylink for direct connections to Glasgow from Edinburgh, Fort William, Dundee, Stirling and more. The 900 service between Glasgow and Edinburgh runs up to every 15 minutes, all day, every day!
If you’re travelling from Edinburgh Airport, there is an express service which runs up to every 20 minutes.

Arrive at Buchanan Bus Station refreshed and ready to start your day trip!

Mackintosh at the Willow is the perfect place to relax and unwind during a day out in the city, in one of the most beautiful interiors in Glasgow.

In the tearoom, treat yourself to a delicious hot drink and cake, or go all out on a spectacular afternoon tea.

Explore the family-friendly interactive exhibition that tells the stories of the people who have shaped this incredible building since 1903.

Keep an eye out for our wide variety of family and adult learning activities, including workshops, holiday crafts and seasonal events.

An elaborate glass chandelier, filled with lots of tiny glass tear-drop beads, hangs in the centre of a tea room. Behind it is a gesso panel inset into the wall in the style of a hearth.

The Tenement House is an authentic time capsule of life in early 20th-century Glasgow and offers an experience of what life would’ve been like under the dim glow of gaslight. It’s around a 15-minute walk from the bus station.

Find out about the mother and daughter who made the Tenement House their home and admire the original fixtures and fittings, including the coal-fired kitchen range. You’ll also discover many quirky items, even including a pot of homemade jam dated 1929!

Enjoy a delicious hot drink or a browse in the shop (there’s no need to buy an admission ticket for the café). Look out for the regular archive sessions and mini-talks, where you can go behind the scenes to look at some of the house’s hidden treasures.

A view of the kitchen in the Tenement House showing the black coal cooking range. A wooden pulley hangs over it, with washing draped upon it. A wooden kitchen table stands in the middle of the room with mixing bowls and weighing scales upon it.

Did you know?

One standard coach can take up to 50 cars off the road? The benefits of reducing car usage are endless, including easing traffic congestion and reducing air pollution.

Inveraray

National Trust for Scotland place to visit

Crarae Woodland Garden

Getting here

The 926 service between Glasgow Buchanan Street and Campbeltown provides a direct link to Crarae. It’s one of the most scenic routes in Scotland, passing through numerous west coast villages. There are up to five daily services – just ask the driver to let you alight at the garden entrance and then walk up the drive for a few minutes.

Crarae Woodland garden, an exotic splash of wilderness, is a Himalayan-style glen, set in the gentle hills of Argyll.

The sparkling waters of the Crarae Burn form the centrepiece for a woody paradise of rocky gorges, wooden bridges and thickets of maple, birch and evergreens, blending with colourful bursts of rhododendrons, azaleas and Himalayan blue poppies.

Just 10 miles south of Inveraray, this is the perfect place to bring the whole family for a walk. There is also a lovely café that serves soup, sandwiches and delicious home baking.

A narrow gravel path winds its way through a garden with beds either side filled with lush vegetation. Towering trees grow among the flowering rhododendrons.

Did you know?

In 2022, cars and taxis represented nearly 60% of UK road emissions, while bus and coach represented only 2.6%.

Edinburgh

National Trust for Scotland places to visit

Gladstone’s Land (15-minute walk from Edinburgh Bus Station)
The Georgian House (15-minute walk from Edinburgh Bus Station)

Getting here

There are direct connections to Scotland’s capital from Glasgow, Dundee, Oban, Fort William, Stirling and more. Our 900 service between Edinburgh and Glasgow runs up to every 15 minutes, all day, every day! If you’re flying from Edinburgh Airport, there are a number of services you can count on from Edinburgh Bus Station.

Gladstone’s Land is one of the oldest buildings on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. It has been a commercial and social hub for more than 500 years, and has witnessed momentous social and political change as well as war, fire and disease.

Explore the new immersive visitor experience that takes you through three centuries of Gladstone’s Land’s history. Learn about the fascinating lives of the people who lived and worked in the property and view beautiful, hand-painted ceilings from 1620.

Then relax in the ground-floor ice cream parlour and coffee shop, which is inspired by the rich trading history of the building.

The re-created 17th-century bedroom at Gladstone's Land, with a four-poster bed hung with fabric curtains. Painted wooden beams make up the ceiling.

The Georgian House, located in Edinburgh’s New Town, has been restored to reflect the lives of those who lived and worked here in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Explore the grand, ornately decorated family rooms, where the Lamont family would have entertained guests surrounded by the works of renowned Scottish artists including Allan Ramsay, Sir Henry Raeburn and Alexander Nasmyth.

You will also discover how the servants lived and worked ‘below stairs’ to support the lavish lifestyle of the family upstairs.

A view of a grand drawing room, dressed in the Georgian style. The carpet is a blue pattern. A long sofa stands against the wall, as do individual chairs. A fireplace is at the far end, with a large framed portrait of a woman above. A chandelier hangs in the centre of the room.

Did you know?

A standard petrol car emits twice as much carbon dioxide per passenger kilometre than an equivalent coach journey. Travel on Citylink’s comfy coaches knowing you are doing your bit to lower your carbon footprint!

Stirling

National Trust for Scotland place to visit

The Battle of Bannockburn (get off the bus at Stirling Milton Brae and walk for a few minutes)

Getting here

Numerous services run every day on popular routes like Edinburgh, Perth, Dundee and Dunblane, and there are hourly services from Glasgow. Service 909 calls at Edinburgh Airport too.

Visit the Battle of Bannockburn and stand shoulder to shoulder with Robert the Bruce on the site of his greatest victory.

Immerse yourself in the award-winning Battle of Bannockburn Experience as you witness a digitally re-created version of the battle, up close. Find out how warriors, pages, knights and civilians on either side of the conflict became involved and what role they played. Discover more about the two opposing kings, whose tactics in 1314 changed the path of Scotland’s history, forever.

Outdoors, follow the paths in our memorial park and see the spot where Bruce raised his royal standard. The layout of the parkland around the centre allows visitors to appreciate the surrounding landscape and restored commemorative monuments, including the iconic statue of Robert the Bruce by Pilkington Jackson, cast in shimmering bronze.

Two women, one with a pushchair, walk past the towering statue of Robert the Bruce atop his horse, on the hill at Bannockburn.

Did you know?

All Scottish Citylink coaches are equipped with toilet and washroom facilities (except the 923 Glasgow to Belfast) and USB facilities, so you never have to worry about running out of charge on your journey. Just sit back, relax and take in the views.