Forget the crowds descending on that “modern carbuncle” further down the High Street and visit the original Scottish Parliament building instead – Parliament Hall. This magnificent 17th-century hall, with original […]

Only two minutes walk from Princes Street but hidden away from everyone except those who can use their detective skills to seek it out is Inspector John Rebus’s favourite watering […]

To view some of the best sunsets in the city, head to Newhaven Harbour. This former fishing village is around three miles from the city centre, between Leith and Granton. With […]

Hidden away in the leafy lanes of the genteel suburb of Morningside is a scene more in keeping with John Wayne than John Knox… Tucked away up an alleyway off […]

This Japanese garden can be found in the grounds of Lauriston Castle in the leafy Edinburgh suburb of Cramond. The Kyoto Friendship Garden is so zen-like that many locals have […]

This Swedish-owned bar is an Elm Row institution. With high ceilings and huge windows, Joseph Pearce’s is kitted out in a relaxed, bohemian style (a bit like your granny’s front room […]

Forget the hustle and bustle of Princes Street Gardens or even the Meadows – Inverleith Park, just to the north of the city centre and across from the Botanic Gardens, […]

Few people would associate the High Street (for that’s what locals call the Royal Mile) with greenery but behind the towering tenements and down picturesque closes and vennels hide a […]

There can’t be many places in Scotland where you can simultaneously learn German and eat cake, but you can in stylish Bruntsfield bakery, Falko Konditormeister. Germanborn owner, Falko Burkert, is a […]

Edinburgh is awash with book shops and record shops. None, however, are quite like this Leith Walk institution, Elvis Shakespeare. As the name suggests, this unassumingly-fronted shop doubles up as […]