Edinburgh

by Charles Godfrey-Faussett

• ISBN13: 9781860118920
• ISBN10: 1860118925
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Cadogan Guides

Summary

With its parliament, a world-renowned arts festival, a burgeoning film industry, and New Year celebrations that are getting ever-more exciting, Edinburgh is a destination not to be missed. This new Cadogan City Guide captures all the energy and optimism of a city that's on a roll. Its listings cover the fashionable new boutique hotels, and the bars and restaurants that are taking Scottish cooking into the 21st century. Readers find all the practical information and maps necessary for navigating their way around the winding stairways and alleys of the old town. The guide digs deep into the rocky past of the city, and gives invaluable advice on tracing ancestors, clans and tartans. After comprehensively covering the city, it also fits in suggestions for days out in the surrounding area, showcasing the breathtakingly beautiful hills and coast that are the background to Edinburgh's gothic cityscape.

Author Biography

Charles Godfrey-Faussett first came to Edinburgh at the age of 15 for the Festival, and he hasn't missed many Festivals since then. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

Introducing
Introduction	1	(1)
The Neighbourhoods	2	(7)
Days Out in Edinburgh	9	(10)
Roots of the City	19	(8)
Art and Architecture	27	(10)
Edinburgh's Festivals	37	(6)
The Guide
01 Travel	43	(6)
Getting There	44	(1)
Tour Operators	45	(1)
Arrival	45	(2)
Getting Around	47	(2)
02 Practical A-Z	49	(8)
Climate	50	(1)
Crime	50	(1)
Disabled Travellers	50	(1)
Discounts	51	(1)
Electricity,Weights and Measures	51	(1)
Embassies and Consulates	52	(1)
Health, Emergencies and Insurance	52	(1)
Media, Internet and Libraries	53	(1)
Money and Banks	54	(1)
Photography	54	(1)
Post, Fax and Telephones	54	(1)
Public Holidays	55	(1)
Smoking	55	(1)
Tax	55	(1)
Time	55	(1)
Tipping	55	(1)
Toilets	55	(1)
Tourist Offices	56	(1)
Tracing Your Ancestors	56	(1)
Women Travellers	56	(1)
Working and Long Stays	56	(1)
03 The Royal Mile	57	(20)
Edinburgh Castle	59	(4)
Castlehill	63	(1)
Goose Pie House	63	(1)
Cannonball House	63	(1)
Edinburgh Old Town Weaving Company	64	(1)
Scottish Whisky Heritage Centre	64	(1)
Camera Obscura	64	(1)
The Hub	65	(1)
Lawnmarket	65	(1)
Mylne's Court	65	(1)
Riddle's Court	65	(1)
Gladstone's Land	65	(1)
Ladystair's Close	66	(1)
Writers' Museum	66	(1)
Brodie's Close	67	(1)
Statue of David Hume	67	(1)
Parliament Square	67	(1)
High Kirk of St Giles	67	(1)
Parliament House	68	(1)
Statue of Charles II	69	(1)
Mercat Cross	70	(1)
The High Street	70	(1)
Police Information Centre	71	(1)
Cockburn Street and Market Street	71	(1)
Bank of Scotland Museum	71	(1)
Tron Kirk	71	(1)
Brass Rubbing Centre	72	(1)
Museum of Childhood	72	(1)
John Knox's House	72	(1)
Canongate	73	(1)
Scottish Poetry Society	73	(1)
Canongate Tolbooth and People's Story	74	(1)
Museum of Edinburgh	74	(1)
Canongate Kirk	74	(1)
Holyrood	75	(1)
Palace of Holyroodhouse and Holyrood Abbey	75	(1)
New Scottish Parliament	76	(1)
04 The Old Town	77	(12)
Cowgate	80	(1)
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church	80	(1)
St Cecilia's Hall	80	(1)
South Bridge to George IV Bridge	81	(1)
Magdalen Chapel	81	(1)
Victoria Street	82	(1)
Grassmarket	82	(1)
The Vennel	83	(1)
George Heriot's School	83	(1)
Greyfriars Kirk	83	(1)
Royal Museum	84	(1)
Museum of Scotland	85	(1)
The Southside	86	(1)
The Royal Infirmary	86	(1)
The Meadows	87	(1)
Buccleuch Place	87	(1)
George Square	87	(1)
Edinburgh University Collection of Historical Musical Instruments	88	(1)
Royal College of Surgeons	88	(1)
The Old College	88	(1)
05 The New Town	89	(18)
Princes Street and The Mound	92	(1)
National Gallery of Scotland	92	(4)
Royal Scottish Academy	96	(1)
Scott Monument	96	(1)
Around North Bridge	97	(1)
Calton	98	(1)
Waterloo Place	98	(1)
The Terraces	98	(1)
Calton Hill	99	(1)
St Andrew Square	100	(1)
George Street	100	(2)
Charlotte Square	102	(1)
Queen Street	102	(3)
Outer New Town	105	(1)
North New Town	105	(1)
Moray Place	106	(1)
The West End	106	(1)
06 Dean Village and Stockbridge	107	(8)
Dean Village	110	(1)
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art	110	(1)
Dean Gallery	111	(1)
Dean Cemetery	111	(1)
Stockbridge	112	(1)
Raeburn Estate	113	(1)
Royal Botanic Garden	113	(2)
07 Outside the Centre	115	(12)
Inner and Suburban Edinburgh	116	(1)
Broughton	117	(1)
Holyrood Park and Arthur's Seat	117	(1)
Leith and Newhaven	118	(1)
Duddingston	119	(1)
Portobello	120	(1)
Craigmillar Castle	120	(1)
Marchmont,The Grange and Morningside	120	(1)
Fountainbridge, Dalry and Gorgie	121	(1)
Corstorphine	122	(1)
Cramond	123	(1)
Outside the City	124	(1)
Musselburgh	124	(1)
Dalkeith	124	(1)
Colinton and Swanston	125	(1)
Pentland Hills	125	(1)
Rosslyn Chapel	125	(1)
Dalmeny and South Queensferry	125	(1)
Hopetoun House	126	(1)
08 Walks	127	(8)
Holyrood to Duddingston via Arthur's Seat	128	(2)
The Water of Leith and Royal Botanic Garden	130	(5)
09 Day Trips	135	(12)
Glasgow	137	(4)
Stirling	141	(1)
St Andrews	142	(2)
East of Edinburgh	144	(2)
Linlithgow Palace	146
Listings
Where to Stay	147	(11)
Eating Out	158	(15)
Nightlife	173	(7)
Entertainment	180	(5)
Shopping	185	(6)
Sports and Green Spaces	191	(5)
Children's and Teenagers' Edinburgh	196	(3)
Gay and Lesbian Edinburgh	199	(3)
Reference
Language	202	(2)
Index	204