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Scotland turned out to be my personal favorite weekend trip out of the 7 I went on, but unless your piecing trips together Glasgow and Edinburgh aren't exactly the most convenient cities to get to (when using RyanAir at least).
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Flying to/from Scotland
RyanAir out of Treviso Airport doesn't fly to any airports in Scotland. We wound up in Scotland as a second half of an Ireland Scotland trip. The trip from Ireland to Scotland is a half hour puddle jumper - quick and easy. Because of the whole issue with no RyanAir flights to Treviso we actually had to fly back to Bergamo, Italy (Also a fun city to visit just North East of Milan, see the old town called "Bergamo Alta"). From Bergamo it's easy to catch a 2 hour train back to Venezia St. Lucia with a single transfer at Brescia.
Getting Around
The RyanAir airport in Glasgow is about 40 minutes out of the city by train. The train ride is actually a really nice one you see the country side, herds of sheep all over the place, and a few golf courses (how fitting). The train costs about 3 or 4 pounds I believe. That brings up an important point, Scotland like Britain uses Sterling, they wont except Euros, and for that reason the trip is slightly more expensive. If you stay near the center of Glasgow, near George Sq, you really wont have any travel fee's, it's a fairly small city. If your staying by the University it's about a 4 pound cab ride into the heart of the city where you can spend the entire day, which if there are four people thats a pound per person not too bad.
What to Do
We got really lucky when we went. Wait until the end of your trip to go to Scotland, each of the big cities put on this WinterFest where theres a big carnival, games, rides, concerts, ice skating, etc. Even more importantly then WinterFest, visit on the weekend of St. Andrew's Day. St Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and it's basically their independence day. While in Glasgow, get the hop on hop off tour if you want, it's good for 2 days and it takes you to all the attractions. Definitely, take a trip to Edinburgh, it's only a 9 pound round trip ticket. This was where St Andrews Day came into play. It's an amazing experience seeing traditions like an Independence Day tradition in a foreign nation. We got the opportunity to march in Scotland's Independence Day Parade. Because it was St Andrew's Day there was free admission to the castle in Edinburgh and you can get a free guided tour with a really heavy Scottish accent. Had we been in Edinburgh the following day we would've had free admission to the zoo and a few other attractions in Edinburgh.
Recommendations
Figure out when St Andrews Day is and go there that weekend and BUNDLE BUNDLE BUNDLE (It's Freezing)
--Catanese 07:30, 12 January 2009 (UTC)