Edinburgh Guest Houses

Scotland’s capital city is Edinburgh, with its mixture of medieval and Georgian architecture, its hilly, sometimes cobbled alleys and its streets full of Georgian houses. There is plenty to see if you just take a walk or a bus ride around the different areas of the city. The medieval part of Edinburgh is known as Edinburgh old town and the Georgian area is referred to as the new town. Both the old and the new town have places that really shouldn’t be missed if you are visiting the city.

The haunted underground tour is well worth taking, it is an exploration of the underground crypts where the body snatchers are reputed to have made their home. Each one of the medieval vaults has its own story to tell, usually of death and destruction, it is a guided tour and the guide will give you all the gory and scary details of used to take place underneath Edinburgh’s city streets. If you love to read and you enjoy a drink then the Edinburgh literary pub tour is well worth taking it is a fun tour found the alleys and pubs of both the old and the new town areas.

If you are visiting Edinburgh then you really shouldn’t miss a visit to Edinburgh Castle, the birth place of James V1 and the place where Mary Queen of Scots died. You should also take the tour around John Knox house, which is the oldest mansion along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile and once the home of Mary Queen of Scots. If you like blood curdling experiences then you shouldn’t miss a trip down the Edinburgh dungeons and feel the fear on the Drop Ride to Doom. The old town’s history is notorious and plenty of thieves, killers and traitors have met a bad end on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. Take a guided tour around the darkened backstreet of the old town and learn more of Edinburgh’s bloody history.

Visit Gladstone’s Land an old town Edinburgh tenement built in 1620 and full of art and furniture from the area and only a mile away from Edinburgh Castle. If you fancy a change from dark alleys and ancient buildings then a trip to Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Gardens makes a nice change in the centre of the Garden is the Victorian Palm House and neighboring glass houses and its ten different plant realms from different times and different countries.

In addition to all of the historical places of interest there are plenty of museums, art galleries and even boat trips. Edinburgh offers something for everyone and the experience culminates in the annual Edinburgh Festival that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors to the city each year. If you want a holiday that is steeped in mystery and filled with characters from the past then Edinburgh has something for you. If you plan to go to Edinburgh during the month of August then you need to book well ahead of time to be sure you will have accommodation as this is the city’s busiest period.