As always, below please find our recommendations and suggestions for Edinburgh! We hope it'll help future friends to plan their trips to this very amazing city!
Hotel
- Apex Waterloo: We LOVED this hotel! It was right in the center of the city - a 2 minute walk from the train station, 5 minutes from the Royal Mile, and 10 minutes from Edinburgh Castle. It was beautiful and modern - and had a lovely view of the city. It also had a huge soaking tub! Fabulous! It was about ~$175 a night.
- Apex Grassmarket: We love the Apex chain. This is the same great service as the Apex Waterloo with potentially a slightly better location. Five minute walk to everything. Great modern conveniences and a view of Edinburgh Castle!
Attractions
- Edinburgh Castle: This was a beautiful, large castle that has been fully renovated. Our favorite spots were the prisons (always fascinating) and the crown jewels. Scotland has such a rich history and this was the start!
- Britannia: The Queen's Royal Yacht from the 1950's - 1997. The tour is incredibly well organized and you get to see everything from the state rooms to the kitchens to the sailor's quarters. Highly recommend this tour...especially if you have access to a car (it's a bit outside of town, but once you're there - parking is easy and plentiful in a parking deck)
- Shopping - Grassmarket & Royal Mile: There are two great spots for shopping! Royal Mile has about three dozen shops for just about every version of plaid scarf you can imagine! Grassmarket has a much more diverse group of shops - neat antique shops, boutiques, etc. Very fun.
- Elephant Cafe: This is the spot where JK Rowling started Harry Potter. It is right around the corner from the Scottish National Museum. We stopped and had a drink and an amazingly delicious shortbread cookie
- National Museum of Scotland: This was a fascinating look at Scottish history. An amazing set of architecture and well curated collection. Best part - it's free! Definitely recommend!
- City of the Dead Ghost Tour: We heard that the thing to do in Edinburgh is a ghost tour. We did NOT love this tour. It was kind of hokey, the tour size was too large, and the weather was awful. Maybe try a different ghost tour if you're interested.
Restaurants
- Mussel and Steak: Great spot in the Grassmarket district. GREAT service - super fast - and the food was delicious. I had lobster and P had steak. Yumm-o.
- Laila's Bistro: We have been missing good Middle Eastern food! We found delicious food here - I had yummy chicken skewers and P had yummy falafel!
- Civerino's Pizza: We had an amazing pizza here and arancini. Highly recommend!
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