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Capital City of Scotland, located on the east coast of Scotland.


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Car Hire Edinburgh

 Holiday Autos  -   
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.

 
From Enhanced Hertz Driving Directions to Emergency Roadside Assistance, check out the many reasons why Hertz is #1 in Car Rental

Holiday Homes / Apartments

  Interhome  -  Holiday homes Edinburgh

   -  leading UK provider of self-catered holidays
Edinburgh and The Border Country

 Factotum  -  Property rent in Edinburgh
Each year during the month of August Factotum accommodates thousands of visitors who come to participate in the International Edinburgh Arts Festival and Fringe.
We have properties to suit everyone with differing tastes and budgets. Click here to see our festival properties.
 Lettingweb.com  -  property to rent in Edinburgh

Hostels

 
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.

 Scottisch Youth Hostels
From buzzing cities to the most peaceful spots, charming cottages to rambling castles, we've got an unrivalled network of more than 70 Hostels throughout the country. The choice is yours ... 
 Guest House in Scotland -
 Scotlands Best Bed and Breakfast

Hotels Edinburgh

 Hotels in Edinburgh
Hotels in Bruntsfield, Corstorphine, Haymarket, Leith, Merchiston, Morningside, Murrayfield, New Town, Newington, Old Town, Portobello, West End.

 The George Hotel ****, 19-21 George St, EH2 2PB Edinburgh
The George hotel is situated in the heart of Edinburgh, within easy reach of the majority of the city's most popular attractions including the famous Castle, Princes Street Gardens and Holyrood Palace. Easily accessible by road, rail and air, the George Hotel is just a few minutes walk from Waverley Station and is just a short journey from Edinburgh International Airport.

 Number Ten *****, 10 Gloucester Place, EH3 6EF Edinburgh
Number Ten is a magnificent 5-star Georgian townhouse located in the city centre with hotel suites in a Chinese style. Located in the most exclusive residential pocket, you will find pure elegance, comfort and excellent service.

 

 

Superbreak

 Stay in Edinburgh 
 Edinburgh Hotels & Cottages

Travel Agents / Tour operators

 Evan Evens Tours  -   Train Tours  -  Sightseeing by Rail
Train Tours to Edinburgh.

Superbreak
Superbreak offer leisure hotel breaks and features 2-5 star hotels, with the majority in the 3-4 star+ rating.

Thomas Cook  -  City trips Edinburgh

Weekends Direct  -  Group Weekends Edinburgh 
Edinburgh is renowned for being a 24/7 party city so it's no wonder it's one of the most recognisable weekend destinations in the UK. With a wide selection of exhilarating daytime activities and the lively evening venues of Princes Street & The Grassmarket, there is something to suit just about every taste.

 -  Create your perfect trip - Flight, Hotel and Car



 Edinburgh Bustours  -  see Edinburgh by Open Top Bus...
Air Link, City sightseeing, Mac Tours, Majestic Tours
 Tellings Golden Miller  -  coach tours and excursions

 Crown Blue Lines
 Edinburgh Bustours
Air Link, City sightseeing, Mac Tours, Majestic Tours

Travel Guides Edinburgh / Related books

Scotland  -  by Juliet Clough, Keith Davidson, Sandie Randall, Alastair Scott
From the archaeological treasures of the Shetlands to the restrained elegance of Edinburgh's New Town, this guide to Scotland takes you from the Borders to the Highlands and Islands. Cutaway maps and 3D models allow you to explore historic hideaways and some of the finest art collections in Europe. Tips are included on the best bars and the cosiest pubs in which to enjoy whisky galore and more.
 Paperback: 224 pages; Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd (30 Mar 2006); Language English; ISBN-10: 1405311924; ISBN-13: 978-1405311922

Transportation / How do I travel to Edinburgh

 Edinburgh Airport

  Opodo  -   
Flight tickets Edinburgh.
 

 Ebookers -  
Book cheap flights to Edinburgh at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares. View their latest offers and book your flights, accommodation, car hire and insurance online

  Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights  -  Flights to Edinburgh

 Highland Airways
Based in Inverness, Aberdeen and Glasgow, but they're regularly serving all the Scottish airports.
They fly to the Northern and Western Isles of Scotland each day and have a range of charter aircraft to serve your pressing transport needs.
 Eastern Airways  -  Flights from Norwich to Edinburgh

 
thetrainline is the fully impartial rail ticketing website owned by the Virgin Group, Virgin Rail Group and National Express Group, providing the cheaper way to buy train tickets online. thetrainline provides fast, easy and secure access to timetables, tickets and fares for all National Rail journeys across the UK.

 Scotrail 
ScotRail Railways Ltd. is one of eight Train Operating Companies (TOCs) owned by National Express Group (NX), and provides around 95% of passenger train services in Scotland plus the Anglo-Scottish Caledonian Sleepers linking Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William with London.
ScotRail operates around 2000 services daily on suburban routes round Glasgow and Edinburgh; interurban routes linking Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness; and rural routes in Dumfries and Galloway, the West and North Highlands. Of our 335 stations, 181 are on the suburban network supported by Strathclyde Passenger.

 
You name it, they go there. National Express carries over 16 million passengers a year to 1000 different places in the UK, and thousands of others to destinations across Europe and Ireland. They run more services to and from UK airports than anyone else, and they even lay on special services to festivals like Glastonbury!

 First Edinburgh  -  UK Bus  -  Edinburgh Central & the Borders
First operate approximately 300 services troughout the Edinburgh area. Services run within Musselburgh, Dalkeith, Peebles, Galashiels, Livingston, South Queensferry, Falkirk, Balfron and Stirling.
 Lothian Buses  -  Edinburgh Buses

 Travelline Scotland 
Plan any public transport journey within Scotland and from Scotland to main points in the UK

 Arriva Passenger Services Nationwide  -  Bus
 Scottish Citylink Coaches

 Maps International  -  Maps of Edinburgh  
Mapsinternational.co.uk is one of the largest map shops online.


Links

 Travel Insurance  -  online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

 Edinburgh and Lothians Tourist Board 
This site will help you get to grips with the wealth of opportunities available both in the city of Edinburgh and amongst the beautiful coast and countryside that surrounds it.
Use the live database to search for accommodation. Once you've got a place to stay you can browse amongst attractions and tours, check out events, find somewhere to eat and even plan your shopping.

 City of Edinburgh Council

 Butterfly & Insect World
Take an exciting journey through a tropical rainforest, experience the life and learn about the creatures. See exotic butterflies and tropical birds flying free, handle snakes and spiders, see poisonous frogs and scorpions, leaf cutter ants and much much more.
Camera Obscura
Visit the Camera Obscura and Outlook Tower, Edinburgh's oldest attraction, for a uniquely entertaining experience. The magical 1850s Camera Obscura - darkened room - captures a live moving picture of the city. Have fun 'spying' on passers-by, or picking cars and busses up on the palm of your hand!
 Dalkeith Palace
The oldest historical record regarding Dalkeith is contained in a grant of lands of Balnetuth (Dalkeith) by Peter de Graham described as `Lord of Dalkeith', in favour of the monks of the Cistercian Order. This was in the reign of William the Lion. Peter de Graham's son, Sir Henry de Graham confirmed this grant at some date between 1153 and 1159......
 Dynamic Earth
One of Edinburgh's most exciting, "must see" attractions. Take a thrilling journey back in time and learn about our planet Earth.
 Edinburgh Castle - see Historic Scotland
 Edinburgh Crystal Visitor Centre
Allows visitors to watch the craftsmen at work, and experience for themselves the thrill of blowing and cutting crystal
 Edinburgh Zoo 
 Georgian House - sehe National Trust for Scotland
 Gladstone's Land - sehe National Trust for Scotland
Gladstone's Land is a typical example of a 17th-century tenement building of the overcrowded Old Town which grew up along the ridge between Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse – the Royal Mile. The building is the most important example of 17th-century hightenement housing to survive in Edinburgh
 Inveresk Lodge Garden
A seventeenth century house with a walled garden. There are climbers on the walls, herbaceous borders and a rose border designed by Graham Stuart Thomas.
 National Galleries of Scotland
Their magnificent collections of art encompass the 14th century up to the present day and they have preserved and displayed Scotland's national collection of art since 1859. The National Galleries of Scotland are five Edinburgh-based galleries and two outstations, one in the north and one in the south of Scotland
 Pentland Hills
The Pentland Hills are a quaint collection of small hills just to the South of Edinburgh, they are an easy relaxed walk and you can cover a large part of them in a day. These hills are a good place to come for a good view of the surrounding area as on a clear day you can take in a good view of Edinburgh, the Forth and its bridges and the Southern Coast of Fife.
 Roman Fort, Cramond
Cramond's origins date back nearly two thousand years. When the Romans invaded Scotland for the second time, in AD139, they stopped at a line between the Forth and the Clyde and built the Antonine Wall. In about AD142 they built a fort at Cramond to protect the southern shore of the Forth, east of the end of the wall, and to act as a supply port for the Roman Army in Scotland. The foundations of the Roman Fort were partly covered by the chapel first built in Cramond in the 600s.
 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - Botanische tuin - 4 tuinen
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh was founded in the 17th century as a 'Physic Garden', growing medicinal plants. This first Garden was in St Anne's Yard, part of the Holyrood Palace grounds, and occupied an area the size of a tennis court. It now extends to four sites – Edinburgh, Benmore (near Dunoon in Argyll), Logan (near Stranraer in Galloway), and Dawyck (near Peebles in the Borders), and is the second richest collection of plant species in the world.
 Royal MIle - Historic high street of Edinburgh
 Royal Yacht Britannia - voormalig koninklijk jacht
Voor meer dan veertig jaar in dienst van de Britse koninklijke familie. legde daarbij meer dan een miljoen mijlen af.
 Scott Monument [ Princes Street ]
Since the monument for writer Sir Walter Scott opened in August 1846, millions of people have climbed the 200 foot structure to admire its commanding views of the city centre, and to obtain a closer look at the statuettes of characters from Scott's works.
 Scottish Parliament, Holyrood
At the foot of Edinburgh's historic Royal Mile, the site at Holyrood was chosen in 1998 as the permanent home for the Scottish Parliament. In July of the same year Enric Miralles in partnership with RMJM Scotland Limited were appointed to design the new Parliament building.
 St. Giles Cathedral
 The Shore, (Leith) - Edinburgh Waterfront
The Port and Shore of Leith are only 2 miles from the centre of Edinburgh. The maritime gateway to the capital city, Leith and its adjacent waterfront areas have played a significant role in Scotland's history. Leith has received visiting seafaring monarchs and VIPs from the early Middle Ages to modern times; has imported wine and exported whisky for hundreds of years, and became an important shipbuilding and industrial centre in the 20th century.

 Edinburgh Galleries Online 
 Edinburgh Pubs 
 News - Daily Record - Scottish News and Sport online.
 News - Scotsman 
 Radio - BBC Scotland
 Scottish Virtual pub
 TV - Scottish TV 
 University - Edinburgh University
Trace over 400 years of the University's history from its foundation, the creation of historical landmark buildings, through to its 21st Century facilities.
The University's historic buildings form an integral part of the city. Grouped in a series of precincts, these include the magnificent Old College, close to the Royal Mile.

Cuisine - Scottish Kitchen

Wherever you travel in Scotland the opportunity exists to sample the local delicacies - Arbroath smokies, Lochfyne kippers, Forfar Bridies, Selkirk bannocks, Orkney cheese, Islay cheese, Galloway cheese, Dundee cake, Moffat toffee etc. etc.
The culinary skills of the men and women of the country in producing tradtional and modern version of home bake products such as scones, pancakes, shortbread, ginger bread and other favourites is second to none. If you have ever been to one of the local country shows or craft fairs and observed the mountains of baking, jams and preserves on display you will know exactly what I mean.

 A Taste of Scotland
One of the most extensive and authoritative guide to good eating in Scotland.
 Glasgow Cuisine
  The Good Food Guide 2005  - by Andrew Turvil (Editor)
Paperback 784 pages (October 1, 2004)

History of Edinburgh

The Town Below the Ground: Edinburgh's Legendary Underground City 
By Jan-Andrew Henderson
People are fascinated by tales of fabled lost cities. Yet below Scotland's capital, hidden for almost two centuries, there lies a metropolis whose very existence was forgotten until recently. For almost 200 years Edinburgh was surrounded by a giant defensive wall. Unable to expand its boundaries, it became the most densely populated city in Europe. The towering tenements of the Royal Mile were a direct result of this massive overpopulation and, when the city buildings couldn't get any higher, people were forced to construct new edifices over what was already there. An underground slum developed which existed for over 350 years. Trapped in poverty and crime, these subterranean dwellers lived in darkness and misery, ignored by chroniclers of the time. Edinburgh's population came to believe that the underground city, out of sight and out of mind since its abandonment in the mid-19th century, had never been there at all. This work chronicles Edinburgh's secret city: its history and structure; its inhabitants and the lives they led; the story of its rediscovery; the amazing tales, both ancient and modern, that made it legendary; the areas where it existed; and where to find the parts that remain.
Paperback 176 pages (September 16, 1999); Publisher: Mainstream Publishing

 Edinburgh, a world heritage city
Edinburgh, Scotland's capital city, is included with the finest examples of the World's cultural heritage, such as the Taj Mahal, Florence and Prague, on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites
 Old postcards Edinburgh  -  Postcards from the past

 Historic Scotland
 Museum of Flight  -  20 km from Edinburgh
Man's fascination with flight comes to life at this protected First and Second World War airfield. A site steeped in history, in 1919 the R34 Airship took off from East Fortune on it's record-breaking first east-west transatlantic flight. Here you will discover some of the most extraordinary machines in the world that reveal the story of our ambition to take to the skies and find out how flight has changed our world.
 National Trust for Scotland - see Places to Visit
 Huntly House Museum = Museum of Edinburgh - see City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries
 National Gallery of Scotland 
 Scottish National Portrait Gallery  -  see National Gallery of Scotland
 Royal Museum of Scotland 

 Scotland's Past - with a complete timeline

Music, Arts & Culture, Events & Entertainment

  Edinburgh Christmas market  -  Edinburgh's Christmas
On the upper level of Princes Street Gardens, by the Edinburgh Wheel, the market stalls are packed with a variety of locally-produced Scottish food and locally-made creations and crafts. Perfect Christmas present ideas!
22nd November to to 2nd January 2008  -  Sun - Thurs 10 - 8pm Fri - Sat 10 -10pm
 Edinburgh Festivals
 National Library of Scotland
Scotland's largest library and the world centre for the study of Scotland and the Scots. Thanks to our UK legal deposit status, we are also a vast reference library, covering all subjects, from art to mountaineering, and from early times to the digital age.
 Scottish Chamber Orchestra 
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is one of Scotland 's foremost cultural ambassadors, touring regularly in the Far East, Europe and the USA. The Orchestra is internationally recognised for its innovative approach to music-making and programme planning...

 Scottish Folktales
Small selection of Scottish folktales and folklore & Scottish Fairies & Supernatural Creatures

Web Portal / Search Engine / Directory

 Edinburgh Guide  -  the best of Edinburgh online

Festivals in Edinburgh

 Edinburgh's Hogmanay - world's best New Year celebrations
Visitors are able to enjoy 4 days of fabulous events throughout the city including well loved favourites such as the Torchlight Procession and the world famous Royal Bank Street Party as well as many new events.
Edinburgh International Science Festival
Twelve days of non-stop events - shows, workshops, presentations, hands-on activities, exhibitions and tours - designed to inspire, stimulate and entertain.
 Scottish International Children's Festival
The Bank of Scotland Children's International Theatre Festival is Britain's biggest performing arts festival for children and young people. Theatre shows by the world's leading theatre companies for children. A spell -binding feast of entertainment, enough to capture the imagination of any 3 to 12 year old.
 Edinburgh International Jazz & Blues Festival
Longest running jazz festival in the UK. Concert halls, theatres, clubs, pubs, open air events, featuring all styles of jazz from international artistes. 50,000 attendees.
 Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Scotland's stunning annual outdoor military spectacular set against the magnificent backdrop of Edinburgh Castle. Featuring Pipes & Drums, Massed Military Bands, display teams, dancers and acts from around the world.
 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Edinburgh Fringe is unique, breaking its own record every year as the largest arts festival on the planet (Guinness Book of Records). Each year it brings thousands of performances of hundreds of shows in nearly 200 venues across Scotland's capital city. For full programme listings, check out the
 Edinburgh International Book Festival
Edinburgh International Book Festival is the world's biggest book festival. We present an wide and varied programme for both adults and children including discussions, readings, lectures, debates and workshops, all in one of Edinburgh's most beautiful spaces, Charlotte Square Gardens.
 Edinburgh International Festival
Each year the Edinburgh International Festival stages one of the greatest celebrations of the arts, attracting audiences from around the world to the city's thrilling atmosphere. The festivities offer a unique opportunity to experience the excitement of live performance by internationally renowned artists as well as the joy of discovering new and unfamiliar works.
 Edinburgh International Film Festival
Love the movies? Then prepare to fall in love with the Film Festival. If it's worth watching, we'll be showing it. You can be the first to see an amazing range of movie premieres.

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