Edinburgh Restaurants

Bonjour We just spent 3 wonderful sunny days in Marseille and look forward to returning to Southern France at some stage. There were lots of cafes, restaurants, & markets and people there were very friendly. It was around 24 degrees everyday.

... . While you are there, for shopping head to Princes Street, Hanover Street and George Street. And for bars, pubs, restaurants and cafes, wander along George, Hanover and Rose Streets. For souvenirs check out any of the many Scottish Experience ...

... ;of people, both the tourists and the locals, the traditional Scottish pubs on every corner, the modern, trendy bars and restaurants in between, the genuineness of the individuals in random encounters, the beauty and the harshness of the landscape, the ...

... to the early 1900s. It also served as the place of public execution by gallows. Today the rectangular plaza houses numerous pubs, restaurants, and shops. Leading east from the Grassmarket is a street called Cowgate. That’s an odd name for a street, ...

... three days exploring. The Royal Mile is mostly cobbled (so girls dont wear your heels). It is full of tourist shops, Restaurants and Pubs. With attractions dotted around. St Giles Cathedral is definitely worth a visit. We were lucky enough to visit when ...

... nbsp; The New City appears quite Victorian as it is highly residential and does not include many areas of business outside of bars, restaurants, and high end fashions shops.  There are squares like St. Andrews square, dedicated to the patron Saint of ...

... last night after writing my previous blog. Found a great italian place full of locals and considered two other nice restaurants along that same street similarly packed out with locals. You can tell locals in Amsterdam because a) they're speaking ...

... do with the perfect balance between all things traditional and contemporary. World-class museums and galleries, the zoo, shopping, and plenty of restaurants and bars will certainly fill your long weekend if you visit for 3 or 4 days.  The best way to ...

... hotel, spruced ourselves up then headed down the road to the local Italian eatery ( not hard to find one because 4 out of 5 restaurants in Edinbvrgh – original spelling – are Italian ).Had a great feed, but as I was already warned, could not ...

... . We also stopped at a sort of mini-truck-stop-ish place somewhere after Ben Nevis. It was a gas station with 3 or 4 shops and restaurants attached to it. The restaurants were closed, but we grabbed some ice cream bars in the gas station and sat outside ...

... ; You may also find that many banks in Scotland follow the English calendar, but all tourist attractions / bus service / pubs / restaurants stick to the Scottish calendar.  Few places close, but opening hours may be reduced.    ...

... was a pretty interesting city. Katie and I went to dinner on the curry mile, a stretch of road with tons of Indian restaurants with gaudy fluorescent signs out front. Quite stunning at night but couldn't find the right angle for a picture. Great to ...

... spent much of our time there.  New Town is where the popular Princes Street is, along with lots of shops and restaurants, but we really enjoyed Old Town.  Unlike London which is a hodgepodge of architecture, Edinburgh’s Old Town buildings ...

... us. To make matters worse this same bunch of loud people seemed to follow us on our holiday everywhere.....at the shops, at restaurants and much to our joy also on the bus ride home on Monday. Eventually we arrived into Edinburgh to be greeted with ...

... first evening at a pub on the main street, the Royal Mile, which is a street running from Edinburgh Castle down to Holyrood Palace, lined with shops and restaurants, all built in the 1400s, some earlier, some a little later, all awesome. We walked back ...

... .  It was a recommendation and we found that this was one of the recommendations in our Rick Steves Book on Scotland and restaurants in the area of our B&B. 7/22/2010 Thursday     We had previously decided that we wanted to go ...

... when we arrived. We took advantage of the delay to look around Glasgow Central train station. There are several shops and restaurants inside the station. They certainly have enough to keep the waiting traveler busy. Kelly and Denise didn't arrive until 3 ...

... , we went to get some lunch. We walked downtown and went to this really great sushi bar. It was one of those sushi restaurants that has the beltline with small plates of different kinds of sushi. You sit at the bar, which has water and condiments, and ...

... top.   The Mile is, as noted, about a mile long, and very steep in places.  Covered in shops, restaurants, with closes (narrow alleys) leading off the Mile into small courtyards and to other streets.    We didn't do the ...

... some amazing scenery and then we we went to Melrose, a pretty town similar to Wolfville, with lots of quaint shops and restaurants.  Our final stop was Rosslyn Chapel. I was surprised to see that a hugh dome covers it for restoration purposes.  ...