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Edinburgh

Where to go, eat and stay in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Castle on its rock is the first thing you see, with the Old Town running down the ridge behind it. Scotland's capital is a city you can walk. Narrow closes drop off the Royal Mile into hidden courtyards and gardens, and across the valley the New Town lays out its Georgian squares.

The castle, the palace, galleries and closesPlaces to visitArthur's Seat, the Water of Leith and the PentlandsWalks and the outdoorsOld pubs, Leith's restaurants and good coffeeFood and drinkShops, studios and makersShops and makersThe distilleriesWhiskyRooms on the Royal Mile and beyondPlaces to stayDays we have walked, stop by stopDays out
The guide

Our guide to Edinburgh.

All of Edinburgh, part by part: what is where, how to get round, and where to eat and stay. Photographed by us.

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We've just added Mountain Momo to the website.

A plant-based Nepali restaurant on Dundee Terrace, at the west end of Fountainbridge, serving momos, dal bhat and thalis.

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TodayFor today's weatherEdinburghTalbot Rice GalleryAttractionEdinburghEdinburgh PrintmakersAttractionEdinburghSaorsa GalleryAttractionEdinburghScottish National Portrait GalleryAttractionEdinburghMcNaughtan's Bookshop & GalleryAttractionEdinburghDovecot StudiosAttraction

Today calls for somewhere with a roof.

8° and light rain across Scotland. Galleries, museums and distilleries: the places that do not mind the weather.

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WildlifeThis weekSeen once · North BerwickGannetSeen once · East LothianWhooper swanSeen once · East LothianPink-footed gooseSeen onceDipper

The wildlife people spotted in Edinburgh this week.

These are the animals people have reported most in Edinburgh and nearby in the last seven days, the most seen first. Every sighting is logged with a photograph or a recording on iNaturalist, the wildlife recording site, and each card opens them on its map.

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We've just added Polentoni to the website.

An Italian bakery and kitchen on Easter Road, making takeaway sandwiches, small pizzas and cakes, open from breakfast until two.

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In Issue 13The magazine

Wilderness Watch

Scotland's mountains can reveal their challenges as quickly as their beauty. When plans unravel, Scottish Mountain Rescue volunteers step into the wild without hesitation, putting their lives on hold to bring adventurers home.

Read it in Issue 13
From our guideGreyfriars Bobby, Greyfriars Kirkyard and George Mackenzie’s MausoleumSurgeons' Hall MuseumsEdinburgh CastleThe Flodden Wall and The Vennel StepsSt Giles’ CathedralPalace of Holyroodhouse

The history of Edinburgh.

Castle Rock represents more than just a great social media snap.

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Days outA morningSupper at the Corbie Inn and a film at the HippodromeBy carA morningCoffee at Steampunk and the Coastal Communities MuseumNo car neededA morningA walk round Blackness Castle by the foreshoreBy carA morningA walk down the Royal Mile by its closesNo car neededA morningA walk through Princes Street Gardens, east to westNo car neededA morningA walk up Calton Hill by the Old Calton Burial GroundNo car needed

New days out in Edinburgh.

Ready-made days, the newest first, each with its drive times, its stops and somewhere to eat.

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Just addedAdded yesterday

We've just added Flùr to the website.

A New York-style pizza and pasta kitchen in the Bonnie & Wild food hall at St James Quarter, opened in 2026, selling 18-inch pies and single slices.

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In Aberdeen2 minutes ago

A direct coach between Aberdeen and Edinburgh Airport starts on 24 October, four times a day in each direction.

Scottish Citylink's new M6 runs from Aberdeen by Perth's Broxden Park and Ride to Edinburgh Airport, Falkirk and Glasgow. From Aberdeen to the airport it takes about 2 hours 40 minutes, where the trip now takes nearly four hours with two changes.

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Did you know28 minutes ago

The 3,384 bottles at the Scotch Whisky Experience were gathered over 35 years by one collector, Claive Vidiz.

The collection began in the 1970s, when a business colleague gave him six single malts. Diageo bought the collection in October 2006, and it has stood in these cases on the Royal Mile since May 2009.

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Places to visit41 minutes agoEdinburghDominion CinemaAttractionEdinburghLeith ShoreAttractionEdinburghSt Stephen StreetAttractionEdinburghSöderberg The MeadowsAttractionEdinburghThe Fine Art SocietyAttractionEdinburghSusannah Alice Stephen MemorialAttraction

Somewhere to go in Edinburgh.

Six of ours, a different six each day.

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Did you know53 minutes ago

The Woodshed, a cabin for two in the Pentland Hills, was designed with a nod to the plain timber woodsheds found on farms.

Jenny Cowan and Michael Rummey wanted a cottage for guests on their farmland in the Pentland Hills, southwest of Edinburgh, and they went to the Edinburgh architects Roxburgh McEwan. Cowan says it was inspired by Scandinavian cabins, and the architects gave a nod to the traditional agricultural woodshed too. What PJM Joinery built is small, 544 square feet in all, made of cross-laminated timber under a corrugated steel roof in a quiet shade of grey. A double-height living room rises to a loft bedroom, and the Kebony cladding has weathered to a silver that matches the trees around it.

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