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9781786578037
Edinburgh
History
Sights
Activities
Tours
Festivals & Events
Sleeping
Eating
Drinking & Nightlife
Entertainment
Shopping
Information
Getting There & Away
Getting Around
Around Edinburgh
Queensferry
Inchcolm
North Berwick & Around
Linlithgow
Edinburgh
POP 513,210
Why Go?
Edinburgh is a city that begs to be explored. From the vaults and wynds (narrow lanes) that riddle the Old Town to the urban villages of Stockbridge and Cramond, it’s filled with quirky, come-hither nooks that tempt you to walk just a little bit further. And every corner turned reveals sudden views and unexpected vistas – green sunlit hills, a glimpse of rust-red crags, a blue flash of distant sea.
But there’s more to Edinburgh than sightseeing – there are top shops, world-class restaurants and a bacchanalia of bars to enjoy. This is a city of pub crawls and impromptu music sessions, late-night drinking, all-night parties and wandering home through cobbled streets at dawn.
All these superlatives come together at festival time in August, when it seems as if half the world descends on Edinburgh for one enormous party. If you can possibly manage it, join them.
When to Go
- May Good weather (usually), flowers and cherry blossom everywhere and (gasp!) no crowds.
- Aug Festival time! Edinburgh is crowded and mad but irresistible.
- Dec Christmas decorations, cosy pubs with open fires, ice skating in Princes Street Gardens.
Best Places to Eat
A Kitchin
A Gardener’s Cottage
A Ondine
A Timberyard
A Contini
A Aizle
Best Places to Stay
A Witchery by the Castle
A Pilrig House
A Sheridan Guest House
A Southside Guest House
A Two Hillside Crescent
A 14 Hart Street
Edinburgh Highlights
1 Edinburgh Castle Taking in the views from the battlements.
2 Royal Yacht Britannia Nosing around the Queen’s private quarters.
3 Arthur’s Seat Climbing to the summit of the city’s miniature mountain.
4 Sandy Bell’s Listening...
Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to Scotland
- Scotland’s Top 16
- Need to Know
- First Time Scotland
- What’s New
- If You Like...
- Month by Month
- Itineraries
- Outdoor Activities
- Regions at a Glance
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Southern Scotland
- Central Scotland
- Northeast Scotland
- Southern Highlands & Islands
- Inverness & The Central Highlands
- Northern Highlands & Islands
- Orkney & Shetland
- Understand Scotland
- Scotland Today
- History
- The Scottish Larder
- Scottish Culture
- Natural Scotland
- Directory A–Z
- Transport
- Glossary
- Behind the Scenes
- Our Writers