Edinburgh Travel Tips

Calton Hill is the great, grassy hill at the east end of Edinburgh’s town centre. The location of many of Edinburgh’s famous monuments, it is easily scalable by steps and offers wonderful views of the city. Like castle rock on which Edinburgh Castle stands, Calton...

The One O’Clock Gun is a time signal fired at 1pm (13:00 hrs) from a field gun at Edinburgh Castle. The gun is fired every day except on Sundays, Good Friday and Christmas Day. The gun itself is a 105mm army field gun. This gun has been used since 2001 when it...

There are many famous monuments, statues and memorials in Edinburgh. The most famous is the Scott Monument, raised to remember the great 19th century poet and writer, Sir Walter Scott. Others include  Scott Monument Burns Monument National Monument Nelson...

You could say that Grassmarket is just a wonderful old street. But, really, it’s a wee bit more than that. Grassmarket is one of the original streets of Edinburgh’s Old Town. First mentioned in a document from 1366, it became a market in 1477 and – at least on a...

There are two senior football teams in Edinburgh: the splendidly named Heart of Midlothian, aka Hearts, and Hibernian, aka Hibs. Hibernian plays in the Scottish Premiership League while their city rivals currently play in the lower Scottish Championship League. Like...

If you’re travelling to Edinburgh, you can use all available modes of transport to get here. You can get to Edinburgh directly by plane, or by train, bus or car from anywhere in Europe via the Channel Tunnel. Travelling by boat involves onward land transport from the...

Arthur’s Seat is a massive hill in the centre of Edinburgh. A huge extinct volcano, it has dominated the area for 340 million years and today forms the centre of Holyrood Park. It is 825 feet (251m) high and its summit is the highest point in Edinburgh. The volcano...

Edinburgh Gin is a gin that has been made in the heart of Edinburgh since 2010. It is a classic London gin and has now been complemented by 10 flavoured gins and 11 gin liqueurs.  But this blog is not about buying stuff – it’s about visiting places. And the...