Edinburgh by Smartphone

Nick Vandome

• Publisher: In Easy Steps Limited
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN:
  9781840789805
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Travel

Edinburgh by Smartphone is a city guidebook for the digital age, offering unique insight into the city and giving you the chance to put your smartphone to excellent use as your traveling companion!

Edinburgh by Smartphone concentrates on photo locations for capturing iconic shots of the most famous sights in the city, and also some less well-known locations that nevertheless offer excellent photographic opportunities. The second main element of the book details walks around the city that can easily be incorporated into any city break.

Each photo spot has clear what3words references for getting to the required location and where to stand when you get there. It also provides background information about the photo subjects, and lists nearby refreshments options and other notable attractions in the vicinity.

The photo spots include:

Edinburgh Castle

The Scott Monument

Greyfriars Bobby

St. Giles' Cathedral

The Royal Mile

Calton Hill

Holyroodhouse Palace

Scottish Parliament Building

Arthur's Seat

Victoria Street

The Grassmarket

Dean Village

The walks covered in the book (complete with distances and estimated number of steps) are:

Old Town Walk. Exploring Edinburgh's historic Old Town, centred around the Royal Mile.

New Town Walk. In contrast to the Old Town, the New Town presents ordered Georgian elegance and this walk takes you through its streets.

Literary Walk. Edinburgh has an extremely rich literary history, and this walk takes you to the places where many of Edinburgh's most famous writers lived and worked, including Sir Walter Scott, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, J. K. Rowling and Ian Rankin.

Dark Side Walk. It is impossible to escape the fact that Edinburgh has had more than its fair share of devious and murderous characters over the centuries. This walk takes in the sites where they operated, and details many of their activities, including the numerous ghostly stories that have flourished around the city.

Water of Leith Walk. As an antidote to the hustle and bustle of the city centre, this walk takes you through the nearby tranquil Water of Leith, including the picturesque and historic Dean Village.

Arthur's Seat Walk. Looming large over the city, this walk takes you to the summit of Arthur's Seat (and back), for a vigorous walk and stunning views over the city.

Getting the best out of a smartphone camera is also looked at, so you can take the best photos possible, feel confident using your smartphone camera, and concentrate all your attention on the photo subjects.

1

Introducing the Guide

Edinburgh by Smartphone is the essential innovative guidebook for the digital age for getting the most out of a city break to Edinburgh, with your smartphone as your travelling companion.

This chapter explains the purpose of the guide and shows how it can be used to locate and photograph iconic and less well-known locations around the city, and also enjoy a range of different walks around Edinburgh. It shows how to get the most out of the walks, with step-by-step details including historical information, photo opportunities, and refreshment stops.

The what3words app is used throughout the book to identify locations for photos and walks, and there is a detailed look at the app, showing how to use it to identify locations, get directions to each reference point, and also save favourite locations so that you can quickly find them with a single tap.

About this Guide

Edinburgh by Smartphone is a guidebook for the digital age, to help you get the most out of a city break visit to one of the world’s great cities.

The book focuses on two of the main areas that are undertaken on city breaks – photography and walking – and shows the related information needed to explore all aspects of the city, from fun facts to places to eat and drink.

Photos

For each photo in the book, the what3words app is used to give a precise location from where to take the photo. what3words works by dividing the entire globe into three-metre squares (57 trillion in total) and giving each square a unique three-word designation. It is therefore possible to identify the exact spot where certain photos are taken: the book contains photos for each location and their what3words designation. (See here for details about using the what3words app.)

In addition, the exact direction to be facing when taking a photo is also listed. This is done using a compass app on a smartphone, and if there is not one on your smartphone already, one can be downloaded from either the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. Follow the compass directions in...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• 1 Introducing the Guide
• 2 Smart Edinburgh Essentials
• 3 Smartphone Photography
• 4 Edinburgh Top Sites Photos
• 5 Hidden Edinburgh Photos
• 6 Old Town Walk
• 7 New Town Walk
• 8 Literary Walk
• 9 Dark Side Walk
• 10 Water of Leith Walk
• 11 Arthur’s Seat Walk
• Back Cover