Edinburgh is one of the most beautiful cities in the UK. You can see the towers of Edinburgh castle. The Scottish capital is the centre of arts and culture and famous for festivals too. You can experience the world’s largest festival of arts in your visit to Edinburgh. The art festival is known as Edinburgh Fringe.
You can get introduced to Edinburgh in the International Book Festival too. It greets 1000 authors from around the world. Edinburgh is famous for its Christmas Markets too.
There are various events and entertainment opportunities that you will find in Edinburgh.
Here are some of the 5 best things to do in Edinburgh –
1. Sightseeing Tours –
There are best locations for wandering and sightseeing in Edinburgh city. Locations like Loch Ness Glencoe and The Highlands from Edinburgh, Edinburgh Hop-on Hop-off City Tour, Ghost Bus Tour of Edinburgh and Scottish Highlands and Hogwarts Express Tour from Edinburgh. These are some of the special sightseeing places for visitors. There are many other small places that are amazing and popular within the local area. The bus tours are more amazing which carry small groups and run around Edinburgh city. Some other special tours like cultural tours, Scottish Whisky tours, Educational tours and Guided tours to historic places.
2. Day trips –
One of the popular day trips is visiting Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. You can do it with the Optional Stirling Castle Tour. Loch Lomond is one of the largest lakes in Scotland. It is located between the heart of mountains called Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. It is not far from Edinburgh city. You can enjoy the scenic route like the magnificent mountains and the view of the lake. You can stop at regional attractions as Stirling Castle and The Kelpies along the way. It includes round-trip transportation that makes this day trip super convenient. Day trips are more satisfying and enjoyable as frequent tourists or visitors.
3. Museum Exploration –
You can explore the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. It has been open from 2011 and is the most popular attraction now. It is one of the free things to do in Edinburgh. The Museum is located near Chambers street, Edinburgh, Scotland. It welcomes over two million tourist visitors each year. Has a vast collection of historic artefacts and past materials.
It has several old artefacts collected from various other older museums. Includes national archeological collections, and medieval artefacts. Museum display cases focus on natural history, geology, art, science and technology. This museum has 16 galleries in total.
The gallery contains 8000 artefacts and more counting. The famous Dolly the sheep – the world’s first cloned mammal is exhibited. And it exhibits some of Elton John’s stage costumes. Museum includes traditional things from ancient Egypt. And the infamous Maiden, an early form of guillotine.
Being a visitor, you should spend three to four hours minimum, in the museum. There are many more things to explore, that you could roam around the Museum. Tourist guides are available for visitors convenience. They will guide you and tell you about the artefacts’ history. The two restaurants are located near the museum site.
4. Roam around the Streets –
The most popular street to roam in Scotland, Edinburgh is Princes streets and garden. There are two adjacent parks which lie in the center of Edinburgh. The garden is widely spread around thirty seven acres. It’s the best place to roam around and enjoy the view of the park. There is an artificial hill which connects old Edinburgh town to New Town. The best view is of Ross fountain in the garden. In the Christmas festive season, the garden is beautifully turned into a Christmas market. Along with the arrangements of the Ice rink and giant ferris wheel. There are many small and locally popular tourist places to roam around. Other tourists places to roam around:
5. Visit the coolest hotels –
Scotland is a hilly capital and preserves the culture and heritage. You would get to visit many other hotels which serve local and International cuisines. Edinburgh is mostly famous for its cultural activities like fringe festivals. The city arranges many excellent independent cinemas, literary museums, art and music events.
There are many coolest hotels like Tigerlily, Eden Locke, Yotel Edinburgh. Tourists of all age groups can enjoy the hotel vibes. Each hotel has some different offers and free stuff for new visitors.