Guidebook for Edinburgh
Everything Else
Cuckoo's Bakery
150 Dundas StThe best cupcakes in town.
The Meadows
Melville DriveLovely park
Beautiful views, park and lochs. Great for a picnic.
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I-Arthur's Seat
Beautiful views, park and lochs. Great for a picnic.
Blackford Hill and Pond
4 Charterhall RdLovely walks
Hermitage of Braid
69 Hermitage of BraidBeautiful walk along the river
The Edinburgh Book Shop
219 Bruntsfield PlIndependent bookshop
Duddingston Loch and Bird Sanctuary
Birds
Dr Neil's Garden
5 Old Church LnHidden garden, so lovely
Food Scene
The best hot chocolate and artisan single origin chocolate maker. Great cakes and chocolate sorbet too.
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Chocolate Tree
123 Bruntsfield PlThe best hot chocolate and artisan single origin chocolate maker. Great cakes and chocolate sorbet too.
Artisan Roast Bruntsfield
138 Bruntsfield PlGood coffee.
Greenwood
Delicious croissants and bread! Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
Swedish bakery, great lunch and lovely coffee and cakes.
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Söderberg The Meadows
27 Simpson LoanSwedish bakery, great lunch and lovely coffee and cakes.
Swedish bakery and pizza place. Stone baked Pizza, nice place to sit for coffee and cake too. Open until 10am every day apart from 5pm on Mondays.
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Söderberg Pavilion
1 Lister SquareSwedish bakery and pizza place. Stone baked Pizza, nice place to sit for coffee and cake too. Open until 10am every day apart from 5pm on Mondays.
The best coffee in town. Good for sandwiches and cakes too. Nice music and nice staff.
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Machina Espresso
38 W TollcrossThe best coffee in town. Good for sandwiches and cakes too. Nice music and nice staff.
Drinks & Nightlife
Three Birds
3-5 ViewforthGreat food
Entertainment & Activities
Cute cinema with a lovely traditional screen 1.
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Cameo Picturehouse
38 Home StCute cinema with a lovely traditional screen 1.
Most interesting film programme in the city with lots of foreign films and festivals.
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Filmhouse
88 Lothian RdMost interesting film programme in the city with lots of foreign films and festivals.
Lovely Victorian Swimming baths with glass ceiling and small sauna.
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Warrender Swim Centre
55 Thirlestane RdLovely Victorian Swimming baths with glass ceiling and small sauna.
Great yoga studio with classes from early morning through until 9pm.
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Meadowlark Yoga
43 Argyle PlGreat yoga studio with classes from early morning through until 9pm.
Arts & Culture
Beautiful building and interior murals. Good exhibitions around the theme of portraiture.
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Igaleriya Yezokubanzi YaseScotland
1 Queen StBeautiful building and interior murals. Good exhibitions around the theme of portraiture.
Gorgeous old victorian building with high glass ceiling housing everything from astronomy to zoology to decorative arts attached to a cool modern building housing scottish history.
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National Museum of Scotland
Gorgeous old victorian building with high glass ceiling housing everything from astronomy to zoology to decorative arts attached to a cool modern building housing scottish history.
Downstairs is the Scottish collection which is one of the highlights. Upstairs everything from medieval and renaissance to Impressionism.
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Igaleriya yeScottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford RdDownstairs is the Scottish collection which is one of the highlights. Upstairs everything from medieval and renaissance to Impressionism.
Great for contemporary art and has a nice cafe too.
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Fruitmarket Gallery
45 Market StGreat for contemporary art and has a nice cafe too.
Essentials
Sainsbury's Local
45 Bernard StSainsbury's Local
45 Bernard StDigin Bruntsfield
119 Bruntsfield PlGetting Around
Gilmore Place
Gilmore PlaceYou can get buses in to town from here.
Bruntsfield Place
Bruntsfield PlaceLots of buses into town from here.