Edinburgh

In addition to it's beautiful nature Edinburgh offers a shopping experience like no other. Remember good walking shoes though, as the streets of Edinburgh are all paved stone. Head to Princes Street for high street fashion and if you are looking for something a bit more unique try Victoria Street, St. Mary's Street and William Street.

Whilst in Edinburgh don't miss this opportunity to visit Edinburgh's most famous Close, Mary King's Close, that's if you dare! Here you will experience the sights, sounds and maybe even smells of an amazing street that time forgot. where everyday people went about their day to day lives and where you can now walk in their footsteps. Hidden beneath the Royal Mile lies Edinburgh?s deepest secret: a warren of hidden ?closes? where real people lived, worked and died. For centuries they have lain forgotten and abandoned?

On a romantic weekend break? Take your loved one to Carlton Hill for some romance... From the hill you have a great view of Edinburgh Castle and all of Princes Street. It's especially beautiful at sunset... 

A short busride from Edinburgh you'll find the world famous Rosslyn Chapel, most of you will remember if from the Da Vinci Code. A few hundred yards to the south of the chapel is Rosslyn Castle, a virtually unknown castle worth a visit. The castle is hardly visible and most people have forgotten it's existence.  There are two ways of accessing the castle; either via the footpaths and track that descend from Rosslyn Chapel or from the car park in Roslin Glen. What you find is a remarkable, ruined, almost fairy-tale, castle occupying the high ground of the promontory in what would have been a wonderful defensive site until the invention of cannons made it vulnerable to fire from the all too nearby higher ground. Within the castle is a house built out of its ruins, now available for holiday lets in a location that can justly be described as unique.

The views of the castle from the approach, the bridge and the courtyard are striking: yet to appreciate it fully you need to descend from the approach road and pass under the bridge. Here a path takes you down towards the river, and allows you to appreciate the full five storeys or more of structure still standing when viewed from here.