Edinburgh Trips & Tours

One of the finest capital cities in the world and preposterously beautiful, it’s hard not to fall in love with Edinburgh. Built across seven hills and around the volcanic plug of Castle Rock, the city sits in the looming shadow of Arthur's Seat (walk to the top in under an hour for a staggering view), named after the King himself. The Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a medieval labyrinth of closes and wynds that branch from the Royal Mile, the single spine that runs from Edinburgh Castle down to the Palace of Holyroodhouse and home to all manner of tartan stores, fudge houses and historic pubs. Beside it, the Georgian New Town, planned in 1765, is still one of Europe's finest pieces of civic ambition, the wide streets and sandstone townhouses as stately and elegant as ever. A little further and you’ll find Stockbridge, the prettiest neighbourhood in the city, and Leith, the port district and quickly on its way to becoming one of the UK’s most extraordinary restaurant destinations. And then there’s the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the world that takes over just about everything in August: 3,000 shows, 25 days, half a million people, and pure joy and creativity.