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

Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh Old TownPhoto of the famous Victoria Terrace in the medieval part of Edinburgh. Photo #G3235

Edinburgh Old Town from Princes Street GardensEdinburgh panorama with the railway leading into Waverley Train Station and the Old Town buildings in the background taken from near the Scott Monument in east Princes Street Gardens. Photo #3769

Calton Hill panorama of Edinburgh City Centre and CastlePicture of the Calton Hill cannon with other Edinburgh landmarks in the background. Photo #G8638

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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