Edinburgh Tourist Information

Edinburgh attractions and sightseeing Information

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Edinburgh has more attractions in the City Centre than most people actually manage to visit during their break. The links below give essential information on all visitor attractions in Edinburgh Centre such as opening times, tickets and entrance fees, directions, contact details, etc:

Information on popular Edinburgh attractions

Information on attractions near Edinburgh

Information on attractions in Edinburgh City Centre

Information on attractions in Edinburgh Old Town

Edinburgh Tours and Trips

Edinburgh offers a variety of specialist tours to complement any holiday or short break in Scotland's capital:

Information on tours of Edinburgh itself

Edinburgh events & festivals information

No other city in the world can compete with Edinburgh when it comes to being festive. In whatever season you may visit Scotland's Capital, you can't miss the wonderful festival atmosphere. The links below give essential information on events and festivals in Edinburgh such as dates, tickets, etc:

Information on winter festivals

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Beautiful Photos from Edinburgh

Holy Trinity Church, Dean Village, Edinburgh New TownView of the Holy Trinity Church on Dean Bridge seen from below, in Dean Village, Edinburgh. Photo #G6094

Balmoral Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh Image of the spectacular Balmoral Hotel taken from Princes Mall, Edinburgh. Photo #G4474

Edinburgh Castle and Princes Street GardensPhoto of the Statue of Allan Ramsay at the entrance in West Princes Street Gardens with Edinburgh Castle on the left. Photo #4109

Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists 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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