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United Kingdom food on a budget
Doing United Kingdom on a budget means the cheapest third of what is worth doing: Willow Tearooms, Auchentoshan distillery. Activities in this plan start from about $23.
Your 5-day food and drink plan for United Kingdom
Where you stayGlasgow 3 nightsEdinburgh 2 nightsabout 65 km between them
5 days · packed · 6 of 19 bookable now · activities from about $205
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Day 1 Glasgow
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morning
Willow Tearooms
Tea house. category A listed building.
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afternoon
Auchentoshan distillery
Trademark. Dates from 1823.
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eveningalso worth doing
Glasgow City Centre Walking Tour
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eveningalso worth doing
Glasgow Street Art Walking Tour
Where to eat
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Breakfast
Bridgeton Cross Retail Market
A morning market, open 10am to 3pm.
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Lunch
Horse Shoe Bar, 17-21 Drury Street, Glasgow
The Horse Shoe Bar (or Horseshoe Bar) is a public house on Drury Street, Glasgow, Scotland.
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Day 2 Glasgow
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morning
Littlemill distillery
Scottish whisky distillery. Dates from 1772.
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afternoon
Strathclyde Grain distillery
Whisky distillery in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Dates from 1927.
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eveningalso worth doing
Glasgow Botanic Gardens
Botanical garden. Dates from 1817. Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape.
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eveningalso worth doing
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Art museum. Dates from 1901. category A listed building.
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Day 3 Glasgow
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morningalso worth doing
St Mary's Cathedral
Church building in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Dates from 1893. category A listed building.
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afternoonalso worth doing
Riverside Museum
Transport museum. Dates from 2011.
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eveningalso worth doing
St Andrew's Cathedral
Catholic cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Dates from 1816. category A listed building.
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eveningalso worth doing
Antonine Wall
Defensive wall. Dates from 142. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Just turn up
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Day 4 Edinburgh
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Travel day
Glasgow to Edinburgh
Journey time is an estimate rather than a timetable - check the operator before you book anything tight on either side of it.
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afternoon
The Original Pub Crawl experience in Edinburgh
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evening
Immersive Gin tasting experience at South Loch Distillery Edinburgh
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evening
South Loch Gin Distillery Experience in Edinburgh
Where to eat
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Lunch
Holds a Michelin star.
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Dinner
Number One
Holds a Michelin star.
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Day 5 Edinburgh
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morningalso worth doing
Holyrood Palace
Palace. category A listed building.
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afternoonalso worth doing
St Giles' Cathedral
Cathedral. Dates from 1400. category A listed building.
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eveningalso worth doing
National Museum of Scotland
Museum. Dates from 1998.
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eveningalso worth doing
Three Bridges Sightseeing Cruise in Edinburgh
Where to eat
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Lunch
Holds a Michelin star.
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Dinner
Sandy Bell's
A bar in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Prices are indicative and in Australian dollars. Flights and accommodation are not included. Distances between stops are straight-line, so a walking or driving route will be longer, and they are shown only where both stops have a known location. Items marked also worth doing sit outside the food and drink theme and are there because they are among the best things to do in United Kingdom.
Before you fly to United Kingdom
The part an itinerary app leaves out. These are United Kingdom's rules for Australian passport holders, re-read from the official source and dated below.
Entry
No visa, but Australians need an approved UK Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) before boarding.
Passport
Check your passport covers the whole trip with room to spare. A fare is non-refundable long before a passport renewal is.
Your checklist
21 things to sort for United Kingdom, built from these same rules, 3 of them essential.
- Passport valid - valid for the duration of your stay
- Apply for your UK Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA)
- Take out travel insurance
Last reviewed 2026-10-24. Entry requirements change without notice. Always confirm with the official sources below before you book or fly.
Sort these before you go
The two things worth having arranged before a food and drink trip to United Kingdom, compared on price.
United Kingdom eSIM plans
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United Kingdom money and cards
Wise Best exchange rate
Wise debit card
45k0.43%-0.65% conversion fee
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30k0% FX fee
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Budget food questions
What counts as budget here?
The lowest-priced third of everything worth doing in that country, measured against that country's own prices rather than a fixed dollar figure. A budget day in Norway and a budget day in Vietnam are not the same number, and pretending otherwise would just describe the exchange rate.
Does a cheaper plan mean a worse one?
No, and the ordering is the same either way: everything is ranked on its review score first, so a budget plan is the best-reviewed cheap things rather than the cheapest things. Flights and accommodation are not included in any of these figures.
Do I need to book restaurants and food tours in advance?
Cooking classes and food tours, yes - they run small and fill up. Street food and markets, no. The plan marks which is which, and anything bookable can be held before you leave Australia.
What if I have dietary requirements?
Cooking classes and organised tours will almost always accommodate them if you say so when booking rather than on the day. Street food is harder to control, so it is worth learning the phrase for what you cannot eat in the local language before you go.
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Hot springs and spa days, but also gyms, yoga, hiking and open water. Rest and movement, not one or the other.
United Kingdom sightseeing itinerary
Coastlines, lookouts, day trips and the landmarks that are actually worth the queue.
United Kingdom highlights itinerary
Some rest, some scenery, some good eating. For the trip you have not decided the shape of yet.
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