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Edinburgh

  • 01-09-2014 11:09AM
    #1
    SarahLil
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    myself and partner are attending the Ryder Cup in Glen Eagles, arriving the Tuesday we've tickets for all days for the golf, we went down the apartment route in Edinburgh, first time in Edinburgh any recommendations of must sees in Edinburgh? Defiantly doing the bus tour and Castle, any other suggestions please? Also pubs that will be full of atmosphere? Also restaurants please, thanks


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  • #2
    grimm2005
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    I highly recommend climbing to Arthur's seat at the top of Holyrood park. It's not tough at all and provides brilliant views of the city. You can get to the top and back down within an hour and it's a very short walk from city centre.

    The National Musuem of Scotland is also really good, there's something for everyone there and it's free. I highly recommend the Camera Obscura museum as well. I thought it might be more of a kids thing but all 3 of us really enjoyed it and it was a lot of fun.

    The castle is also worth doing but that's already on your itinerary!

    As for pubs, there are a group of usually very lively pubs in the grassmarket area, which is a small pedestrianised area, mostly consisting of pubs, just around the corner from the castle. The royal mile has a good number of pubs and restaurants (mostly pub grub) but you'll pay a bit extra for them as it's basically the main tourist area.


  • #3
    SarahLil
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    grimm2005 wrote: »
    I highly recommend climbing to Arthur's seat at the top of Holyrood park. It's not tough at all and provides brilliant views of the city. You can get to the top and back down within an hour and it's a very short walk from city centre.

    The National Musuem of Scotland is also really good, there's something for everyone there and it's free. I highly recommend the Camera Obscura museum as well. I thought it might be more of a kids thing but all 3 of us really enjoyed it and it was a lot of fun.

    The castle is also worth doing but that's already on your itinerary!

    As for pubs, there are a group of usually very lively pubs in the grassmarket area, which is a small pedestrianised area, mostly consisting of pubs, just around the corner from the castle. The royal mile has a good number of pubs and restaurants (mostly pub grub) but you'll pay a bit extra for them as it's basically the main tourist area.

    Thanks for the info grim2005


  • #4
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭cml387


    I found the castle a bit meh.

    Holyrood is better in my opinion.


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