Morning, we are off to Edinburgh at the weekend to look at Uni with daughter. Got travel sorted to get there n back, but what's the best way of
getting about town once there ??
Thx in advance
Do you know which areas you HAVE to visit during your stay?
If they're not too far apart, then I'd always recommend shanks-pony!
It's a lovely city and worth exploring on foot.
Craig Lockhart Uni
Hanover street
Scottish national gallery of modern art
Staying about 5 miles out but train is cheap so good.
Is it worth getting a day travel bus ticket/ wanderer type thing if they do it?
Can you recommend anywhere not to miss, never been to city before, been past on way to knock hill a few times but never into it??
Just been there this week! We drove around city centre but traffic is dire, roadworks all over the place & parking is very limited, mainly pay
& display at side of road.
The hop on hop off bus tours are valid for 24hours so might be a useful way of doing a tour & providing transport at the same time. The Zoo is
good, only place in UK you can see giant pandas, koalas & several other rare species (pandas have to be booked in advance tho' no extra
cost). Would have to say the absolute don't miss is the castle, & the views of it from Princes street gardens are pretty impressive - castle
itself is an amazing building & very interesting - an awful lot of the rest of the tourist attractions are "manufactured tourism" which
we weren't bothered about seeing.
Something we did struggle with was finding decent pub grub in the evenings, couldn't find much at all, perhaps a google search might reveal a
weatherspoons or similar. You don't say if you're there for one day or 2 so may not be applicable!
Cheers russbost, hopper bus sounds good, will be there a couple of days so will certainly get to the castle.
Wife exchanged Tesco club card points for Bella Italian/Cafe Rouge vouchers so that's what it will be at night, will do a search for lunch pub
grub then.
Unless one of our Scottish locosters recommends somewhere?????
I lived there for 3 years as a student & go back regularly with work. It's a great city, use your feet around the centre, it's not that big & well worth it. There's loads of good places to eat but Red Squirrel on Lothian road, just off Princes st is great for quality burgers & beer.
There is a Wetherspoons in the centre of the town.
The Standing Order, just behind Princes Street in George Street.
You can get a day saver on the LRT buses which is worth it if you are getting more than about three buses that day. you'll need a bus from
Waverley or Haymarket up to Craiglockart (Napier? I got my BEng at Napier) most other places are easily walkable from the centre of town, apart from
the Zoo which is fair hike
Regards
Geoff
There is also a tequilas near the wether spoons! Was up there earlier this year to take my son to see the aforementioned koalas!!!! Second the city centre parking nightmare! Bus is most definitely the way ahead!
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Craig Lockhart Uni
Hanover street
Scottish national gallery of modern art
Staying about 5 miles out but train is cheap so good.