Radisson Hotel Edinburgh

... europeans behind us, we arrived into Edinburgh at about 0830 on the Friday morning. We checked into our free night at the 5 star Raddison Hotel (Score! Thanks to Alisha) and set off for our first wander. It was really cold, so I wore my ski jacket the ...

... to the airport in Des Moines, and finishing with a completely charming cabbie raised in Leath (docks area near Edinburgh) who, like opinionated and knowledgable cabbies the world over not only gave us a wonderful intro to the city and ...

Edinburgh was gorgeous and an interesting step back in time.  It was breathtaking to see all of the old structures maintained and repurposed!  The cool weather was nice with a fantastic refreshing breeze.  Our hotel was on the "Royal Mile," ...

... at the Elephant House where J.K. Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter book whilst viewing the forboding, dark presence of Edinburgh Castle on the hill (Hogwarts!)  After that we went to Greyfriars Kirk and graveyard and saw ...

... photos speak for themselves. After Conwy, Sue wished to see Chester on our way North. After 6 six hours travelling we arrived at Edinburgh where we have a free day tomorrow where we plan to do a walking a tour of the city before embarking on two tours ...

... out on foot along the Royal Mile which runs from Holyrood, where the Scottish Parliament is located, up the incline to Edinburgh Castle. I quickly turned off the "Beaten Track" to explore the "Labyrinth" of narrow lanes and ...

... this route is magnificent and the roads relatively quiet with the journey taking just over an hour or so. We found our Hotel, the Raddison Blu on the Royal Mile which is in the centre of Edinburgh very easily. After checking in and settling into our ...

... - a budget airline who happily do still allocate seats - and a short taxi ride took us to the excellent Radisson SAS hotel which was right opposite the Central Station. The station itself deserves a mention - it is an architectural joy with ornate ...

... and decided to head back to London so that I could sleep a night in my own bed. I did toy with the notion of heading up to Edinburgh but it was another four hours northwards and I wanted to see my sister who was coming back home after a week's ...