Guidebook for Edinburgh
Essentials
Nearest, also has a fee-free cash line (ATM machine) open til 11pm (alcohol sold til 10pm!)
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Tesco Express
4-6 Leith WalkNearest, also has a fee-free cash line (ATM machine) open til 11pm (alcohol sold til 10pm!)
Drinks & Nightlife
Nearest bar, literally a minutes walk. Open until 1AM most night, 2/3AM on the weekends.
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Kilderkin
67 CanongateNearest bar, literally a minutes walk. Open until 1AM most night, 2/3AM on the weekends.
Relatively cheap with lots of different rooms with different music. Mostly 20-30 year olds.
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The Banshee Labyrinth
29-35 Niddry StRelatively cheap with lots of different rooms with different music. Mostly 20-30 year olds.
High-end dining (£35 for lunch) but worth it. Has the largest selection of whisky in the world.
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The Scotch Malt Whisky Society
28 Queen StHigh-end dining (£35 for lunch) but worth it. Has the largest selection of whisky in the world.
Regent Bar
2 Montrose TerraceGay-friendly, quiet bar with boardgames.
Bar with cheap drinks, food, loud music and lots of people. Good for drinking before heading out somewhere else or if you like it cheap/
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The Tron
9 Hunter SquareBar with cheap drinks, food, loud music and lots of people. Good for drinking before heading out somewhere else or if you like it cheap/
Food Scene
Starbucks
123 Lothian RdAccross the street: theres also internet access
Good chippy/ takeaway: try to Scottish world-famous deep fried mars bar as well as all the classics (fish and chips) and exquisite things (voska pasta?!). open most nights til 3Am
Bene's
8 Seton PlGood chippy/ takeaway: try to Scottish world-famous deep fried mars bar as well as all the classics (fish and chips) and exquisite things (voska pasta?!). open most nights til 3Am
VERY cheap pies, lots of traditional ones (for example the bridie etc)
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The Piemaker
38 South BridgeVERY cheap pies, lots of traditional ones (for example the bridie etc)
Everything Else
Train station: also the final stop for the AIRLINK service from and to the airport.
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Edinburgh Waverley Station
Princes StreetTrain station: also the final stop for the AIRLINK service from and to the airport.
Scottish Parliament Building
Horse WyndFree museum (albeit tiny)
STACK Dim Sum Bar
42 Dalmeny StBest Dim Sum in Edinburgh
Sightseeing
I-Calton Hill
Calton HillBeautiful views and only a short walk away