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We are a family of 4 (2 adults, 2 teens) and we are looking for clean, inexpensive accommodations in Edinburgh for July 15-20, 2010.
Could anyone recommend a B & B or a hostel that has family rooms?
What would be a safe central location? We will be walking a lot and using public transportation.
Would an apartment be a better choice?
We are really looking forward to this trip! Thank you for any help you can give! :)
Have a look at the metro hostel, I haven't stayed there but the location is good and I have heard it is decent. Edinburgh city centre is really quite safe, I have spent many weekends there and never had any trouble, but obviously use common sense, hope you love your trip!
The main tourist office is on Princes Street next to Waverley train station and the Waverley Hotel -- lots of information available re accommodation, tours, sights, etc
Tel: 0845 22 55 121
Email: info@visitscotland.com
Website: http://www.edinburgh.org/
Address:-
3, Princes Street
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH2 2QP
Scotland
I found an ATM in the Edinburgh airport (look for the Travelex exchange) and was able to use my card at the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Clydesdale Bank machine did not look like it would take my card. The ATM at the airport dispensed English pounds, the one in the center dispensed Scottish pounds. I did take some of the Scottish pounds to London with me, and althoughthe clerk at Woolworth's had to go get his boss to verify that it was indeed valid currency, I had no trouble using it in London.
I didn't end up charging very much in Edinburgh but it did look like credit cards were widely accepted.
I have no idea what the occasion was but as we were about to leave Edinburgh, a parade of taxis and other vehicles drove in a procession with masses of balloons of different colour flying in the breeze. It was amazing to see them on a weekday morning: was it a wedding procession, or what, aand why was were they driving along Moira terrace towards Portobello?
For those who really want to get into the culture of Edinburgh, a trip to Leith is well worth it. Originally an independent city, Leith was absorbed into Edinburgh in the 1920s and made into the city's port. Since then, Leith has always been a large working class area of the city, known for its gritty housing projects, rows of connected houses, and a Socialist ethic.
Leith is perhaps best known for moviegoers and readers around the world from the works of Irvine Welsh, whose "Trainspotting" was one of the most successful and popular British books and films of the later half of the 20th century. "Trainspotting" chronicles in unflinchingly realistic and often brutal detail the downward spirals (and rebirth) for a group of football-loving heroin junkie friends in late '80s/early '90s Edinburgh. The film shows the rise of the AIDS epidemic in the city, yob violence, the rise of techno music, and the dim economic prospects in the Leith neighborhood.
Although you won't find Mark Renton running down Leith Walk from the cops nor (thankfully) Begbie screaming bloody murder, you will find Leith to be nevertheless a very interesting part of the city, where a way of life that most tourists don't even see prevails here. You'll find tucked away pubs, small stores, cafes, and takeouts. Leith got a big shot in the arm in the late 1990s when the Royal Yacht Britannia, the Queen's personal ship, was docked here to become a tourist attraction. With it came redevelopements, like new restaurants, stores and cafes opening up all across the waterfront, transforming a traditional longshoreman's dockyard into a yuppie enclave.
For those who really want to explore the hidden Edinburgh, a trip to Leith is very enlightening and great to explore.
Scotland, I feel, has as many sheeps as New Zealand. Everywhere we traveled, we encountered such sceneries. The tour included a visit to the Woolen Mills which is quite interesting on its own. Buy a few kilts if you fancy them :-)
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