Hotels and Guesthouses
Airlie
Guest House | map
Ideal for visitors to Central Edinburgh, Airlie Guest House is located
on Minto Street, on the Southside of Edinburgh. On a direct bus route
to Princes Street, Waverley Rail Station and beyond.
Carlethan
House | map
Carlethan House is a lovingly restored and fully modernised, listed Georgian
building (circa 1815) with a Victorian extension. It is set in one acre
of grounds, just outside the conservation village of Lasswade, is only
6 miles from the very centre of Edinburgh, and 20 minutes drive from
Edinburgh airport.
Eskbank
Guest House | map
Your experience will be to find a welcoming, stylish, peaceful family oriented,
award winning guest house. Eskbank offers you fine bed and breakfast
accommodation in a large stone built 1850’s house set in its own
grounds within the leafy and beautiful Eskbank, Dalkeith conservation
area. You will find this gem just off the Edinburgh bypass between the
A7 and A68 trunk roads at Eskbank, Dalkeith.
General Links
Bruces Highland Tours
Bruce offers a guided tour in his Landrover Discovery for up to
6 people around the famous landmarks of Scotland.
Secret Safaris
Nairn McArthur will bring the magic to life with legend and folklore during
a guided tour of the highlands of Scotland.
Historic Scotland
Historic Scotland safeguards the nation's built heritage and promotes its
understanding and enjoyment on behalf of Scottish Ministers. In the web
site you can find information on more than 300 properties in our care and
Scotland's listed buildings and scheduled ancient monuments.
We also have resources for schools and details on technical conservation
and research.
National Museums of Scotland
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Royal Museum |
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Arts Links
- International Festivals
- Festival
Fringe
This month long festival of arts, comedy and drama attracts 250000
visitors to Edinburgh during August each year and offers over 1500 shows
and exhibitions
- Film Festival
This internationally reknowned festival is a show ground for
emerging national and international film-makers and attracts world famous
names from the file industry
National Galleries of Scotland
The National Galleries of Scotland offer a range of types of artwork available
to visitors. Listed below are just a few of the galleries and permanent
exhibitions that may be of interest to you during your stay.
National Portrait Gallery
Through portraiture, exhibitions at
the Scottish National Portrait Gallery highlight Scotland's past to
the present day. Photography from the 19th to the 21st century is also
regularly exhibited. Situated on Queen Street, Edinburgh
National
Gallery of Scotland
Exhibitions at the National Gallery of Scotland focus on European and
British art from the 14th to the 19th century.
Royal Scottish Academy Building
The Royal Scottish Academy Building, architect William Henry Playfair’s
great landmark at the junction of Princes Street and The Mound in Edinburgh,
has undergone full restoration and refurbishment by the National Galleries
of Scotland to secure its future as Scotland’s premier and Europe's
international exhibition venue.
The Festival City Theatres website offers links to the major theatres
in Edinburgh that show musicals, theatre and concerts by classical and popular
music performers.
Festival Theatre
The Festival Theatre is the capital's arena for Scottish Opera and Scottish
Ballet and is at the heart of the Edinburgh International Festival. The
Theatre programmes a contemporary dance season, alongside large-scale
musicals, international ballet companies and a variety of one night musical
events.
The Kings Theatre
The King's houses visits from the Royal National Theatre and other major
touring drama productions as well as being home to Edinburgh's annual
pantomime and the local amateur societies' productions.
The Edinburgh Playhouse
The Edinburgh Playhouse boasts one of the largest auditoria in Europe
and is host to travelling West End type productions with shows such as
Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Cats amongst the most popular.
For other links in and around Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Lothians please
visit the links on the top right panel.
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Edinburgh & Lothians Tourist Board
Visit Scotland
Glasgow Tourist Board
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