Edinburgh and the Lothians Features

Edinburgh and the Lothians Features

• Orientation Tours
  

  The best way to get oriented in Edinburgh is to take a bus tour, most of which are operated by Lothian Buses. Its "City Sightseeing" open-top... read more

• Orientation Tours Contacts
  

  Lothian Buses (0131/220-0770. www.edinburghtour.com.)... read more

• Personal Guides
  

  Scottish Tourist Guides can supply guides (in 19 languages) who are fully qualified and will meet clients at any point of entry into the United... read more

• Personal Guide Contacts
  

  Scottish Tourist Guides (18b Broad St., Stirling, FK8 1EF. 01786/451953. www.stga.co.uk.)... read more

• Walking Tours
  

  Cadies and Witchery Tours, a member of the Scottish Tourist Guides Association, has built a reputation for combining entertainment and historical... read more

• Walking Tour Contacts
  

  Rabbie's Trail Burners (207 High St., Edinburgh, EH1 1PE. 0131/226-3133. www.rabbies.com.)... read more

• Hogmanay: Hello, New Year
  

  In Scotland, New Year's Eve is called Hogmanay, and celebrations continue the next day with customs such as "first-footing"—visiting your... read more

• Edinburgh Today
  

  Today the city is the second most important financial center in the United Kingdom, and the fifth most important in Europe. The city regularly... read more

• Top Reasons to Go to Edinburgh and the Lothians
  

  Kaleidoscope of culture: Edinburgh covers it all, from floor-stomping ceilidhs to avant-garde modern dance, from traditional painting and sculpture... read more

• Sightseeing Tours
  

  The best way to get oriented in Edinburgh is to take a bus tour, most of which are operated by Lothian Buses. Its "City Sightseeing" open-top... read more

• Edinburgh's Castle Fit for a King
  

  Archaeological investigations have established that the rock on which Edinburgh Castle stands was inhabited as far back as 1000 BC, in the latter... read more

• Leith, Edinburgh's Seaport
  

  Edinburgh's port has a rich history all of its own. While not as rambunctious as it used to be, Leith is still a good bet for an authentically... read more

• Ancestor Hunting
  

  Are you a Cameron or a Campbell, Mackenzie or Macdonald? If so, you may be one of the more than 25 million people of Scottish descent around... read more

• Festivals in Edinburgh
  

  Walking around Edinburgh in late July, you'll likely feel the first vibrations of the earthquake that is festival time, which shakes the city... read more