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Edinburgh
About Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital of the Schotland and is situated on the east coast of Scotland's central lowlands. It is a compact city and walking along its elegant streets is one of the pleasures of the city, taking you to most of the sights within the old town and new town. Its old historical centre-Edinburgh's Old Town–is a World’s cultural heritage site. Surrounded by steeply sloping streets, the Old Town’s Grassmarket and the Bridges provide good and diverse shopping opportunities from whisky to the Highland Dress.
Local highlights
Explore the city
- The Old Town with historical buildings as the Old College, the City Chambers, the Bank of Scotland, South Bridge Vaults, the Signet Library and Old Moray House
- Try the Old Town haunted evening walks with a costumed guide
- Calton Hill-one of Edinburgh's main hills, set right in the city centre. You can not miss it with its Athenian acropolis poking above the skyline
- The new Scottish Parliament building
- Dynamic Earth- amphitheatre with exhibitions of earth’s evolution
- Royal Yacht Britannia
Explore its museums and historical sights, such as
- Edinburgh castle-high up in the city centre
- The Palace of Holyroodhouse-the queen's Scottish residence
- Craigmillar-the well preserved medieval castle with tower house, courtyard and gardens
- The new National Museum of Scotland, completed in November 1998
Highlights in the vicinity
- Rosslyn Chapel- a twenty minute bus ride takes you to this chapel built in 1446, and dive into the times of the Knights of the Templar.
- Rosslyn Glen-mature woodland with deep caves
Good to know
- No. of inhabitants:
- Timezone: UTC (0)
- Weather: Edinburgh's climate is most comfortable from May to September, but expect both sunshine and rain, whatever the season. Winter can be bitterly cold
- Summer has long daylight hours-it rarely gets dark before 10 or 11 at night
- Emergency tel.nr. 112/999
Local transport
- Taxis
- Buses
- Bike: Edinburgh has an extensive off-road cycle network
Inbound transport
- Nearest Airport: Edinburgh airport is 20 minutes by car from the city centre
- Prestwick Airport-the second airport in the West with competitive flights to other European cities. Take the M77 to Glasgow and the M8 to Edinburgh
- Train:
- First Scotrail services if you are travelling to the more rural destinations in the Scottish Highlands
- GNER (The Great North Eastern Railway) with good services to London, Aberdeen and Inverness.
- Buses: about an hour to drive to Glasgow
- Ferries: Superfast Ferries sail from Zeebrugge, Belgium to Rosyth, near Edinburgh
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