What is there to do in Edinburgh?

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Bob

Edinburgh. One of the most beautiful cities in the world. Too many attractions to list all of them but here are some

The Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama, held every summer since 1947, and its larger, more eclectic and offbeat offshoot, the Edinburgh Fringe, are world famous
Edinburgh Castle
Arthur's Seat A huge hill near the City Centre
Scottish Parliament Building
Royal Scottish Academy
National Gallery of Scotland
Royal Scottish Museum
Museum of Scotland
National Library
Princes St Gardens
Royal Botanic Gardens
John Knox's House
St. Giles Cathedral dating from the 12th cent.
Real Mary King's Close, narrow streets and buildings that were buried underground in the 18th cent.
Edinburgh Zoo
Royal Yacht Britannia
Royal Mile
Greyfriar's Bobby Statue & Graveyard
Grassmarket
St James' Centre
Dean Art Gallery
Meadowbank Stadium
Dynamic Earth
Holyrood House
Cramond Village
Portobello, Edinburgh's beach
Leith Docks, Edinburgh's Bistro bar area
Murrayfield National Rugby Stadium
Dean Village
Calton Hill
Playhouse Theatre

Get a day pass for Lothian Buses for Â£3.00 & explore all day

aloha welly boots

bob's your man! and edinburgh is not overly expensive compared to other uk cities i live in belfast and eating out is dearer here. go on one of the bus tours as well what i love about edinburgh is the proximity to everything my fav restaurant there is browns. edinburgh castle is a sight to behold lit up at night if it's afairly good day the gardens are great as well what is there NOT to do should be the question. if you're looking for quirky shops and pubs stay around the castle royal mile area princess st is very touristy

Cheese Please.

Hey :)
I went to Edingburgh last year with my family for a long weekend, and it was really nice there.
We did loads, we had no plans and still found loads to do.
One of the things we did do which was really interesting was go down Mary King's Close
http://www.realmarykingsclose.com/ it's hard to explain but that site explains it all.

Also if you like scary things, go to the dungeons. but they're a bit touristy.
You can go on ghost tours in the night, didn't do this but it sounds quite good.

Hope some of this helps and have fun!

DannyK

I spent most of one day there at Edinburgh Castle and enjoyed it.

Lew

Wander along the Royal Mile and the High Street for shops and bars that have been there for hundreds of years.
Just take a walk into some of the Close's (alleys) and you will find old buildings, Churches some shops and even a cafe or two.
Leith is a good place to go for quirky, also plenty of places to explore especially around the old harbour area. Lots of interesting old bars and restaurants.
You could always have a visit to the Royal Yacht Brittania, at Ocean Terminal.
Get a day ticket on the local bus Â£3.00. You can use it on any bus, get on and off where ever you see something interesting. Gte back on and explore the rest of the city.

Shes Like So Whatever...

Go to Surgeons Hall, its really interesting. But maybe not if your squeamish!!

xx

amiehr23

eat haggis and lift peoples kilts up.

scotland_rockers

er.. the art museum, camera obobscure
our dynamic earth,
houses of Parliament
princes street (great shops there),
the naturral hisorty museum,
the bank museum thing on prices street,
the edinbrugh dongeons,
the wiskey distilery tour (next to the castle),
mon's meg (the big canon thing that gose of at 1pm every day exept sunday, lol i used to call its mons eggs when i was wee).

around edinbrugh:
the scottish sea bird centre in norrth berwick,
east fortune on a sunday moring at the weekly market (omg, well gead bargins there, so nice as well),
east fortune aviation museum (it has concord, that actualy plane, ther permently and you can go in it, it's so cool!)

thers a tone more but i cant remeber all of it. oh aye! there's a well nice chineas all u can eat buffet called jimmy chungs on waverly bridge (right round the corner from the edinbrugh dongeons) and another 1 across the road from the lyceum near cornwall street.

hope it helps

tori

get drunk and see what happens

D17

You could go to the dungeons.

Berti B

Well i was there a few months ago and we went to edinburgh castle, lap dancing, and drinking......You gotta go to the 3 sisters and drop kick murphys.....also a trip to 41 liverpool street is well worth it

gclfreak

the restraunts they are delicious

Sassy Stasia

I think this is where the haunted underground tunnels are from back in the day. You could visit some of those and take spooky pictures. Or just have a cold beer and relax!

THE MAN FROM IOWA

EAT ALOT OF CHEESE, BETTER THAN WISCONSIN

Angel

Get ripped off, it's expensive.

party

Aleksandr

Nothing... Jokes, I'm sure Theres is lots to do, like, shopping?

catch a train to London, best thing to do in Edinburgh

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