Help on Scotland trip - Aberdeen area

Are you going to fly home from Aberdeen? IF so, if you have the opportunity on your airline of choice to fly via Amsterdam that is an extremely easy transit. I've done Scotland to the US West twice (leaving from Aberdeen and Edinburgh) via Amsterdam. Since Great Britain is not a Schengen country you land in the non-Schengen area of the airport and don't have to go thru passport control or security. I literally could have had a 45 minute transit time there with my Aberdeen to Seattle flight and still had time to make a comfort stop. Of course you'd never book anything that close but just wanted to mention how easy it is!

There are also non-stop service on Delta from Edinburgh to Atlanta. It might be seasonal but should be available in April/May time frame.

Thank you, interesting possibility. Right now, we are considering going over to Ireland for a few days from Aberdeen, but that is not set in stone, there is at least the possibility we will fly back to the East Coast from Aberdeen. We have some status on Delta, so that would for sure be a possibility. Thanks again.

I've done the train journey up to Aberdeen in the fall of 2024 (I went from London to York, spent a few days there then continued on up to Aberdeen). I thought the portion from York to Aberdeen was very nice with, to my memory, a lot of it along the coastline. The portion from London to York was fine too. I don't know if your route will vary if doing a straight shot from London to Aberdeen. Can't say too much about Aberdeen itself, we were only there for one night before boarding the ferry to the Shetland islands the following evening. In our 10 or so hours in Aberdeen, we mostly did silly things like randomly decide at the end of each street which way we'd go next, or spying a feature in the distance picked at random (like a tower or a church spire or tall tree) and navigating our way by foot to that location and seeing whatever along the way. What I remember we saw was a lot of shopping malls. An amount that became funny in our few hours of wandering before catching the ferry.

Thank you. Love that getting to the end of the street and randomly deciding which way to turn! That is kind of our style too, love to randomly wander and have seen many fun things doing that. Appreciate your input and it sounds like the train ride will work. Thanks again.

With a car, you will get to experience the gorgeous landscapes in Aberdeenshire. I highly recommend a day out to Craigievar Castle and then to Stonehaven and Dunnottar Castle. With stops along the River Dee of course !!!

Thanks Kim. I looked these up online and they are ALL great suggestions. Especially Dunnotter Castle. The river looks great too. Thanks for the tips.