Updated September 2011
Flying to Edinburgh is more expensive that other means of transport but it's the most efficient, fast and comfortable way to get to Scotland's Capital from other places in the UK and Europe.
Ghost & History Walks to explore the Old Town and Underground Vaults. Dramatised or realistic, from £7.50. Walking Tours
Photograph of the famous Skye Terrier Greyfriars Bobby on Candlemaker Row, outside Greyfriars Kirkyard. Photo #G3742
Row of Georgian townhouses on Grosvenor Crescent near St Mary's Cathedral. Photo #G6104
Photograph of the colorful Victoria Terrace buildings, near the Royal Mile, Edinburgh. Photo #G3178Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. There are hundreds of ways people write it and the most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', 'edingburgh', 'edinbrugh', 'edimburg', 'edinburugh', 'edingurgh', 'edinbrough', etc.
According to the Scottish Place Names dictionary, the name Edinburgh means 'Fort of the Rock Face'. The 'edin' part comes from Scottish Gaelic and means 'rock face', while 'burgh' comes from Old English meaning stronghold.
Some more obscure (and quite funny) ways of writing Edinburgh include: edinburough, edingburg, edinbourg, edinburh, edinurgh, edenburg, edinbough, edinbourough, edinbrgh, edingborough, edenburgh, edinberg, edinborgh, edinborugh, edinburge, edinburhg, edingbourgh, etc.
Edinburgh is spelt Edimburgo in Spanish and Italian and Édimbourg in French.
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