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We don't live there anymore (note to self - update profile), but it was a great city to live in, and also great for tourists.
In November/December there will be the German Christmas Markets underneath The Mound (next to Princes Street - main street). German food (noodles, sausages, wursts, cakes and biscuits etc. gluhwein). Stalls with wooden toys and knick knacks. There also have an ice rink installed there.
The Castle is pretty cool, but I wouldn't necessarily bother with the tour.
Climbing Arthur's Seat is a must! Amazing view.
And most of the touristy things in guidebooks (Whisky tours, Plague tours, Holyrood, Scott Monument etc.) are fun.
Good day trips would be St Andrews (beautiful coast, and golf if you like that)
Loch Lomond (just north of Glasgow)
Definitely visit the Highlands while you are there, and any of the islands if you have time. Mull could be a day-trip, or Skye is great for a weekend (with a great distillery if you are interested in whisky).
Send me a message if there is anything else I could help with.
(ALSO - have a drink at The Canny Man's pub in Morningside - very exxy, but very cool and free finger food!)
In November/December there will be the German Christmas Markets underneath The Mound (next to Princes Street - main street). German food (noodles, sausages, wursts, cakes and biscuits etc. gluhwein). Stalls with wooden toys and knick knacks. There also have an ice rink installed there.
The Castle is pretty cool, but I wouldn't necessarily bother with the tour.
Climbing Arthur's Seat is a must! Amazing view.
And most of the touristy things in guidebooks (Whisky tours, Plague tours, Holyrood, Scott Monument etc.) are fun.
Good day trips would be St Andrews (beautiful coast, and golf if you like that)
Loch Lomond (just north of Glasgow)
Definitely visit the Highlands while you are there, and any of the islands if you have time. Mull could be a day-trip, or Skye is great for a weekend (with a great distillery if you are interested in whisky).
Send me a message if there is anything else I could help with.
(ALSO - have a drink at The Canny Man's pub in Morningside - very exxy, but very cool and free finger food!)
For a little day trip outside Edinburgh, North Berwick is pretty nice and easy to walk around and the Castle at Dirleton is a pretty cheap look at a Medieval castle.
If you have a car I did a day trip from Edinburgh to Inverness and back again, passing Loch Ness on the way, stop and a bit of a wander around, lunch by Loch Tay in a pub built in the 1500s and eating the salmon that was caught that morning in the Loch. Don't ask the locals about a trip like that as they think it's too far to travel in one day

