Guidebook for Edinburgh

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Guidebook for Edinburgh

Essentials

To buy groceries and other necessities.
490 locals recommend
Tesco Express
4-6 Leith Walk
490 locals recommend
To buy groceries and other necessities.
To buy groceries and other necessities.
457 locals recommend
Sainsbury's Local
45 Bernard St
457 locals recommend
To buy groceries and other necessities.
You can find fresh locally sourced organic produce. They also have a cafe and restaurant serving lots of tasty treats!
43 locals recommend
Earthy Foods & Goods
Ratcliffe Terrace
43 locals recommend
You can find fresh locally sourced organic produce. They also have a cafe and restaurant serving lots of tasty treats!

Shopping

Great antiquities and other quaint stuff to look at. Especially great for aero-related paraphernalia and some really good fashion stuff upstairs. Right behind the flat!
10 locals recommend
The Courtyard Antiques
108A Causewayside
10 locals recommend
Great antiquities and other quaint stuff to look at. Especially great for aero-related paraphernalia and some really good fashion stuff upstairs. Right behind the flat!
Great for unusual vintage an retro fashion items, from clothes to accessories.
88 locals recommend
Armstrongs Vintage
81-83 Grassmarket
88 locals recommend
Great for unusual vintage an retro fashion items, from clothes to accessories.
Great for both contemporary and more traditional jewellery and artwork by local Edinburgh designers and artists. Also really close to the botanics garden.
The Lucie Fenton Gallery
20A Raeburn Place
Great for both contemporary and more traditional jewellery and artwork by local Edinburgh designers and artists. Also really close to the botanics garden.
Great for contemporary artisan work by local Edinburgh and Scottish designers. From fashion, jewellery, to home accessories.
23 locals recommend
Concrete Wardrobe
50A Broughton St
23 locals recommend
Great for contemporary artisan work by local Edinburgh and Scottish designers. From fashion, jewellery, to home accessories.

Food Scene

Great Japanese and Korean food for really good price! Book early, as they are always busy!
9 locals recommend
Cafe Andamiro
113 Buccleuch St
9 locals recommend
Great Japanese and Korean food for really good price! Book early, as they are always busy!
Great local take-away, especially known for their Fish and Chips!
The Codfather
5a Sciennes
Great local take-away, especially known for their Fish and Chips!
The name says it all! Great for tea and antiques!
9 locals recommend
Anteaques
17 Clerk Street
9 locals recommend
The name says it all! Great for tea and antiques!
One of the best place for a hot chocolate or anything chocolate really.
71 locals recommend
Chocolate Tree
123 Bruntsfield Pl
71 locals recommend
One of the best place for a hot chocolate or anything chocolate really.
Probably one of the best Indian restaurant in Edinburgh. Here they have all sorts of traditional and contemporary fusion dishes such as chocolate curry, superfood curry, haggis curry,etc. Book early!
23 locals recommend
Kismot
29 St. Leonard's St
23 locals recommend
Probably one of the best Indian restaurant in Edinburgh. Here they have all sorts of traditional and contemporary fusion dishes such as chocolate curry, superfood curry, haggis curry,etc. Book early!
Great for artisan coffee, teas, cheeses, fresh bread, cakes, and all sorts of deli stuff! Yumm!
75 locals recommend
Victor Hugo Deli
26/27 Melville Terrace
75 locals recommend
Great for artisan coffee, teas, cheeses, fresh bread, cakes, and all sorts of deli stuff! Yumm!
Really good Thai Street Food with good value for money!
257 locals recommend
TING THAI CARAVAN Teviot Place
9 Teviot Pl
257 locals recommend
Really good Thai Street Food with good value for money!
As it says on the tin. A wee cosy eatery serving tasty noodles. No frills just thrills. Very good price too!
Tasty Noodle
36 Buccleuch St
As it says on the tin. A wee cosy eatery serving tasty noodles. No frills just thrills. Very good price too!
Great coffee and cakes with great mid-century inspired decor.
21 locals recommend
Spoon Cafe Bistro
21 locals recommend
Great coffee and cakes with great mid-century inspired decor.
Atmospheric castle setting for traditional Scottish cuisine with tasting menus and whisky bar.
11 locals recommend
Amber Restaurant
354 Castlehill
11 locals recommend
Atmospheric castle setting for traditional Scottish cuisine with tasting menus and whisky bar.

Arts & Culture

Great for exhibitions and their bar and cafe's pretty good too. Lots of arty crowds.
161 locals recommend
Summerhall
161 locals recommend
Great for exhibitions and their bar and cafe's pretty good too. Lots of arty crowds.
Great for keeping kids and adults entertained. Free entry. Also within walking distance from the flat.
1378 locals recommend
National Museum of Scotland
1378 locals recommend
Great for keeping kids and adults entertained. Free entry. Also within walking distance from the flat.
Two galleries for the price of one travel. You can find modern art on two galleries across from each other. The artist room is a particularly interesting segment of the galleries. Free admission
1010 locals recommend
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Rd
1010 locals recommend
Two galleries for the price of one travel. You can find modern art on two galleries across from each other. The artist room is a particularly interesting segment of the galleries. Free admission
The Edinburgh Festival Theatre is a performing arts venue located on Nicolson Street in Edinburgh, Scotland used primarily for performances of opera and ballet, large-scale musical events, and touring
154 locals recommend
Festival Theatre
13-29 Nicolson St
154 locals recommend
The Edinburgh Festival Theatre is a performing arts venue located on Nicolson Street in Edinburgh, Scotland used primarily for performances of opera and ballet, large-scale musical events, and touring
Edinburgh Playhouse is a former cinema in Edinburgh, Scotland which now hosts touring musicals and music concerts.
320 locals recommend
Edinburgh Playhouse
18-22 Greenside Pl
320 locals recommend
Edinburgh Playhouse is a former cinema in Edinburgh, Scotland which now hosts touring musicals and music concerts.
Comfortable arthouse cinema screening indie and mainstream movies, with bustling bar-cafe.
255 locals recommend
Cameo Picturehouse
38 Home St
255 locals recommend
Comfortable arthouse cinema screening indie and mainstream movies, with bustling bar-cafe.
Comfortable arthouse cinema showing British and foreign releases with cafe-bar and member discounts.
184 locals recommend
Filmhouse
88 Lothian Rd
184 locals recommend
Comfortable arthouse cinema showing British and foreign releases with cafe-bar and member discounts.
One of the Edinburgh Festival's official venue.
75 locals recommend
Pleasance
60 Pleasance
75 locals recommend
One of the Edinburgh Festival's official venue.
Contemporary art collection of global and local artists.
1010 locals recommend
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Rd
1010 locals recommend
Contemporary art collection of global and local artists.

Sightseeing

It's Edinburgh's map library - a library just for and about maps!. Here you can also find old Edinburgh maps or reprints of them. Worth visiting if you have the time.
36 locals recommend
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
36 locals recommend
It's Edinburgh's map library - a library just for and about maps!. Here you can also find old Edinburgh maps or reprints of them. Worth visiting if you have the time.
Great to keep kids and adults entertained.
303 locals recommend
Dynamic Earth
Holyrood Road
303 locals recommend
Great to keep kids and adults entertained.
Self-explanatory really.. Also, great for a pop in if you're around Royal Mile or Hollyrood park, as it's very close by.
314 locals recommend
Scottish Parliament Building
314 locals recommend
Self-explanatory really.. Also, great for a pop in if you're around Royal Mile or Hollyrood park, as it's very close by.
Explore the diversity of the natural world, world cultures, art and design, science and technology and Scottish history, all in one amazing building. http://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotlan
1378 locals recommend
National Museum of Scotland
1378 locals recommend
Explore the diversity of the natural world, world cultures, art and design, science and technology and Scottish history, all in one amazing building. http://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotlan
It's the botanic gardens, the name says it all!
1227 locals recommend
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Arboretum Place
1227 locals recommend
It's the botanic gardens, the name says it all!
Queen's palace, where she stays when she visits Edinburgh.
462 locals recommend
Palace of Holyroodhouse
Canongate
462 locals recommend
Queen's palace, where she stays when she visits Edinburgh.
It is famous for its architecture. It is also open for the public.
314 locals recommend
Scottish Parliament Building
314 locals recommend
It is famous for its architecture. It is also open for the public.
It's the castle, what more can I say?
1961 locals recommend
Edinburgh Castle
Castlehill
1961 locals recommend
It's the castle, what more can I say?

Everything Else

Olympic sized pool, purposely built for the Commonwealth Games. It is open to the public, no membership required. Family friendly.
95 locals recommend
Royal Commonwealth Pool
21 Dalkeith Rd
95 locals recommend
Olympic sized pool, purposely built for the Commonwealth Games. It is open to the public, no membership required. Family friendly.
Great views and scenery. Click below for more info: http://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/holyrood-park-and-arthurs-seat-p914341 http://www.edinburghguide.com/parks/holyroodpark
280 locals recommend
Holyrood Park
Queen's Drive
280 locals recommend
Great views and scenery. Click below for more info: http://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/holyrood-park-and-arthurs-seat-p914341 http://www.edinburghguide.com/parks/holyroodpark
A wee gem of a second hand bookshop, also has movie posters and vinyl. https://planetedinburgh.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/thesecretlifeofedinburghsbookshops/
EH8 9NA
Hope Park Crescent
A wee gem of a second hand bookshop, also has movie posters and vinyl. https://planetedinburgh.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/thesecretlifeofedinburghsbookshops/
The centre of town where you get everything.
957 locals recommend
Princes Street
Princes Street
957 locals recommend
The centre of town where you get everything.

Entertainment & Activities

Great for ceramic and pottery painting. Choose your own plate, bowl, mug, etc. Family friendly.
6 locals recommend
Doodles
27-29 Marchmont Cres
6 locals recommend
Great for ceramic and pottery painting. Choose your own plate, bowl, mug, etc. Family friendly.
The closest public access park to the flat. Has a massive children's play park area, which is free to access. During the festival this park is also used for festival venues.
615 locals recommend
The Meadows
Melville Drive
615 locals recommend
The closest public access park to the flat. Has a massive children's play park area, which is free to access. During the festival this park is also used for festival venues.