2 days in Edinburgh
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- the-saint
I'm heading to Edinburgh in a couple of weeks for a weekend,
any must see places, Bars, Pubs cheap places to stay, best places to stay. please recomend.
got one day to see the town as one day is for a wedding
cheers
- poomoo0
get on the train and go to glasgow. its better.
sorry, i have nothing productive to add to this thread.
- kelpie0
um, lots of nice sightseeing to be done, its a very pretty place (the middle bit anyway). Can't help you with bars and stuff, I reckon after about 8pm, you should take poomoo's advice ;)
- derm0
food / beer:
Bells Diner - stock bridge
The Basement Bar - Broughton street
Villager - George the IV Bridge
Dragon Fly - West Port
City Cafe - Nidrie Street
Monster Mash - thistle streetShopping:
www.analoguebooks.co.uk
www.focuspocus.co.uk
http://www.obmx.co.ukenjoy
- chrisRG0
go visit the castle, it´s majestic and you´ll have a gorgeous sight.
- emecks0
mail me, I may be able to get you a good deal on accommodation through my work.
In general in Edinburgh though:
Apartments, not hotels.
- phatlee0
Stay here http://www.laterooms.com/en/hote… stayyed here a few times, cheap, v nice and great views. Plus 2mins away from the Shore.
- emecks0
haha!
phatlee (or anyone else), anytime you need to stay there give me a shout.
They're a client of mine, also have apartments in the city center though :)
- 3wme0
the pond, cafe royal, the shore, black bo's, bongo club, then up arthurs seat for hangover cure.
- the-saint0
I only need somewhere to sleep for one night, nothing special more important that it's near the fun...
cheers everyone..
- monoboy0
Right in the middle of the grassmarket.
- 23kon0
dont stay down at the shore! its a dodgy walk home from the city centre at night! lol.
stay in the city, but dont go for anywhere on the grassmarket/bread street thats tourist central but is also cheesy bar central and its just drunks wandering about at night. dont stay there if you want to get some sleep. and if you do stay there make sure you get a bedroom at the back.
as for shopping. princes street for high street stores. the road up from analogue books (The west bow) has a few cool shops on it. also Cockburn street (thats pronounced co-burn so you dont embarass yourself).
pubwise, all the best have been reccomended. if you want to go somewhere where the drinks are a bit more expensive and a higher class of pretentios fanny then goto the kandy bar or the opal lounge on george street.
clubwise, glaasgow is a better bet for biiig clubs.
there are a few decent ones in edinburgh though, you gotta know where to look though as the best ones are tucked away. otherwise youl end up at tourist/chav traps like La Monde or Subway or Evolutiontip: dont follow the other tourists, goto a cooler bar like the city cafe etc and ask locals whats on when you are there.
- chossy0
the city cafe is a disgrace. basement, outhouse, assembly, dragonfly, villiager, the queens arms yo!,
- skt0
what chossy said. city scaffe is only for hungover sunday pool and a dirty fry up.
- the-saint0
Cheers everyone,
It's always good to get a bit of inside knowledge before the drink impairs my judgement..
Will be checking out some, if not all, your sugestions!
- indian_pole0
head down to stockbridge for a more quaint/cool side of edinburgh, independent shops & galleries, hectors is a cool bar, and check out the new acoustic night at hamiltons if you're down on a sunday afternoon/evening.
- 23kon0
what chossy said.
and yeah stock-o-bridge is nice to get out of the hustle of the city (even though its not THAT a busy hustling city lol) but stockbridge feels like a wee town within itself. quaint.