Excerpt from the book Travels through History : Northern Ireland and Scotland Belfast and the Causeway Coast has been rated best region in the world to visit in 2018 by Lonely Planet. In September 2017, Scotland was voted the most beautiful country in the world by a respected travel company, Rough Guides. ========== The original Edinburgh Botanical Garden wasContinue reading “Royal Botanical Gardens – Edinburgh”
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A local’s guide to Edinburgh: 10 top tips
The Scottish capital’s big draw is its festivals but the quieter corners are alive year round – with stylish cafes and bistros, moody bars and thriving art spaces
The Royal Mile – Edinburgh
Excerpt from the book Travels through History : Northern Ireland and Scotland Belfast and the Causeway Coast has been rated best region in the world to visit in 2018 by Lonely Planet. In September 2017, Scotland was voted the most beautiful country in the world by a respected travel company, Rough Guides. ========= The Royal Mile is the nameContinue reading “The Royal Mile – Edinburgh”
Hippos, custard and tapas: the 10 funniest jokes of the Edinburgh fringe
The comedy channel Dave asked the public to vote on the best gags to emerge from this year’s fringe festival, and here are the results
Top 10 jokes of the Edinburgh fringe festival so far
Rhys James, Katherine Ryan, Bridget Christie and more offer the standout standup gags of the summer
All the fun of the fringe: Edinburgh festival 2015 – in pictures
Photographer Murdo MacLeod has been snapping the clowns, robots, fauns and performers at large at the world’s biggest arts festival
Edinburgh festival for kids: the best family shows
Try these family fringe outings: a detective story by Anthony Horowitz, a preposterous collection of animals and a show about a missing grandad
Why Edinburgh should be stripped of its Unesco world heritage status
Recent planning decisions are trashing the historic centre of the Scottish capital – and its Unesco world heritage status isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on
Let’s go to … Edinburgh on New Year’s Eve
Where else on New Year’s Eve?