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hamesy

hamesy

hamesy

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Me and the wife are off to Edinburgh for a couple of nights soon. Looking for places to eat and drink and places we should visit.

We've already booked for Edinburgh Castle.
 
The Dome is a really nice place to visit for food and drinks.

If money isn't a concern try then The Witchery, is outstanding.
 
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The museum is good, and free.

Ghost bus is sort of fun if you want to hear the stories with a mini bus tour thrown in. Otherwise there are loads of ghost tours.

Mary King's close is an interesting visit https://www.realmarykingsclose.com/

Carlton hill is a quick walk from Waverley and has great views.

Arthur's seat is easily walkable and again a good view.

If you are up for it you can get a train to Dalmeny (~15mins) and get a boat tour under the Forth bridges and to Incholm Island if you want to visit the Abbey. https://www.maidoftheforth.co.uk/ or https://www.forthtours.com/

If it's your thing then Edinburgh gin have a tasting tour https://www.edinburghgin.com/visit
Lind and Lime also have a one a bit further out https://www.lindandlime.com/thetour both are great IMO but Lind and Lime give you more free gin and I like their flavour profile more :D

The Zoo is...a zoo. Nothing special if you've been to a big one before.

As for food there are the usual chains, I do like Cafe Andaluz though but I'm a tapas fan and its just a chain.
Dome is fancy but you'll need to book.
Witchery is expensive and I've never been but hear good things.

If you're an Avengers fan go to Cockburn Street (next to the station) to see where a Vision/Wanda scene was filmed, also they were at the station itself. Thats pretty niche though :D
 
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There are also ‘free’ Harry Potter walking tours with donations at the end. I witnessed two tours with 20 or so people on each, one guide per tour pull in close to £300 each. Most people were putting in £20 at least, families £50+.
 
The Edinburgh underground city is supposed to be an interesting tour , it’s on my list next time I’m in Edinburgh

What types of food do you want ?

There’s loads of restaurants but me and the Mrs generally end up revisiting the same ones , Korean BBQ , Thai and Cosmo buffet -just for variety - it’s reasonably priced and the food was generally ok for buffet style but the last visit the food wasn’t great
 
I love Edinburgh. We’ve had a few OcUK meets in the city in the past.

Go to Oink, make sure you add haggis to your pulled pork roll.

Forget about Mary Kings Close and instead do one of the Mercat underground tours instead.

After a few beers, grab a haggis supper (with salt and sauce) from the Clamshell on the Royal Mile.

And on the Royal Mile, watch fudge being made and chuckle at them while they’re packing it into boxes.

I can spend days wandering up and down the Royal Mile, going in and out of the closes and just exploring. Edinburgh city centre is so small that eveything is proper close together. You can do it all in the old town without even going down the hill and over to the newer area.

Also take a walk up to Leith and visit the Royal Yacht, I found that utterly fascinating.
 
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