Guidebook for Edinburgh

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Guidebook for Edinburgh

Food Scene

Aka is a swedish cafe/bar just next to the canal with outdoor seating (plus blankets for cold days). Nice for cakes and coffee in the daytime as well as a great menu.
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Akva
129 Fountainbridge
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Aka is a swedish cafe/bar just next to the canal with outdoor seating (plus blankets for cold days). Nice for cakes and coffee in the daytime as well as a great menu.
Good for Mexican food, this restaurant is much larger than it appears from the outside, but still fills up quickly.
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Viva Mexico
41 Cockburn St
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Good for Mexican food, this restaurant is much larger than it appears from the outside, but still fills up quickly.
Buffalo is a very popular steak house close to festival venues. Well-priced for steak and you can BYOB. Recommend booking in advance if possible.
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Buffalo
12-14 Chapel St
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Buffalo is a very popular steak house close to festival venues. Well-priced for steak and you can BYOB. Recommend booking in advance if possible.
Mamma's restaurant is a good place to stop on the Grassmarket with indoor and outdoor seating. An american style pizzeria where you can choose your own toppings from a very extensive list including haggis, cactus and chocolate!
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Mamma's American Pizza
28 - 30 Grassmarket
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Mamma's restaurant is a good place to stop on the Grassmarket with indoor and outdoor seating. An american style pizzeria where you can choose your own toppings from a very extensive list including haggis, cactus and chocolate!
Small cafe with award-winning coffee.
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Kilimanjaro Coffee
104 Nicolson St
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Small cafe with award-winning coffee.
Pick up a locally sourced pulled-pork hog roast sandwich to take-away!
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Oink Victoria Street
34 Victoria St
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Pick up a locally sourced pulled-pork hog roast sandwich to take-away!
Mosque Kitchen serves generous sized portions of curry at affordable prices, a good place to stop if you are really hungry. It has counter service and seating can be limited at busy times, so take-away or share tables.
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The Mosque Kitchen
31-33 Nicolson Square
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Mosque Kitchen serves generous sized portions of curry at affordable prices, a good place to stop if you are really hungry. It has counter service and seating can be limited at busy times, so take-away or share tables.
American diner style restaurant often hosting free comedy shows downstairs.
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The City Cafe
19 Blair St
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American diner style restaurant often hosting free comedy shows downstairs.
EXCELLENT CAKE
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Lovecrumbs West Port
155 West Port
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EXCELLENT CAKE
Really good hot chocolate and great chocolate to buy.
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Chocolate Tree
123 Bruntsfield Pl
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Really good hot chocolate and great chocolate to buy.
Greek/Turkish food, nice, small setting.
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Empires
24 St Mary's St
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Greek/Turkish food, nice, small setting.

Entertainment & Activities

Cameo cinema (est. 1914), is now a Picturehouse cinema (featured in The Illusionist), cool place to catch a film or have drinks in the Cameo Bar.
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Cameo Picturehouse
38 Home St
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Cameo cinema (est. 1914), is now a Picturehouse cinema (featured in The Illusionist), cool place to catch a film or have drinks in the Cameo Bar.
Showing international films and with a nice cafe/bar, Filmhouse is a good place to visit.
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Filmhouse
88 Lothian Rd
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Showing international films and with a nice cafe/bar, Filmhouse is a good place to visit.

Essentials

General small supermarket, open 0800-2200 Mon-Sat and 0900-2200 on Sun for all basic essentials.
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Scotmid Co-operative
5-19 Leven St
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General small supermarket, open 0800-2200 Mon-Sat and 0900-2200 on Sun for all basic essentials.

Parks & Nature

The meadows is a great spot for a walk and to take a break from the festival, it has a view of Arthur's Seat and the Crags and leads to George Square with it's festival venues and further to the city centre. On sunny days the meadows will be busy with people relaxing and having BBQs.
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The Meadows
Melville Drive
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The meadows is a great spot for a walk and to take a break from the festival, it has a view of Arthur's Seat and the Crags and leads to George Square with it's festival venues and further to the city centre. On sunny days the meadows will be busy with people relaxing and having BBQs.
Holyrood Park walks will lead to Holyrood Palace and the Scottish Parliament and also across to Duddingston and onwards to Portobello. Most famous is Arthur's Seat an extinct volcano right in the middle of Edinburgh. There is a path to the top which can be done in about an hour and great views when you make it.
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Parku i Holyrood
Queen's Drive
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Holyrood Park walks will lead to Holyrood Palace and the Scottish Parliament and also across to Duddingston and onwards to Portobello. Most famous is Arthur's Seat an extinct volcano right in the middle of Edinburgh. There is a path to the top which can be done in about an hour and great views when you make it.
Princes Street gardens sit between the railway line and the high street shops. nice place to take a break with great views of the castle.
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Princes Street
Princes Street
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Princes Street gardens sit between the railway line and the high street shops. nice place to take a break with great views of the castle.
Head to the top of Calton Hill for great views of the city.
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Calton Hill
Calton Hill
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Head to the top of Calton Hill for great views of the city.

Arts & Culture

Opened in 1906, King's Theatre is a good venue with drama and dance shows during August.
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Teatri i Mbretit
2 Leven St
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Opened in 1906, King's Theatre is a good venue with drama and dance shows during August.
An oasis of calm during the festival period, the Book Festival features events with authors from around the world in a lovely garden setting. Stop for an ice-cream and check out Jura Unbound evenings in the Spiegeltent.
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Edinburgh International Book Festival
121 Charlotte Square
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An oasis of calm during the festival period, the Book Festival features events with authors from around the world in a lovely garden setting. Stop for an ice-cream and check out Jura Unbound evenings in the Spiegeltent.
Usually one of Edinburgh university's student unions, Pleasance Dome hosts many shows during the fringe.
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Pleasance
60 Pleasance
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Usually one of Edinburgh university's student unions, Pleasance Dome hosts many shows during the fringe.
Another major fringe venue, Pleasance Courtyard is not too far from Pleasance Dome and has lots of temporary bars/outdoor seating.
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Pleasance
60 Pleasance
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Another major fringe venue, Pleasance Courtyard is not too far from Pleasance Dome and has lots of temporary bars/outdoor seating.
The National Museum of Scotland has great exhibitions and is very child-friendly, with free admission!
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National Museum of Scotland
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The National Museum of Scotland has great exhibitions and is very child-friendly, with free admission!
Known as The Gilded Balloon during Edinburgh Fringe, Teviot hosts many comedy shows and there are lots of food stalls just outside to grab a bite to eat on the move.
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Teviot Row House Student Union
13 Bristo Place
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Known as The Gilded Balloon during Edinburgh Fringe, Teviot hosts many comedy shows and there are lots of food stalls just outside to grab a bite to eat on the move.

Sightseeing

You can't miss Edinburgh Castle with it's prominent position in the city centre. Listen out for the one o'clock gun. During August you will hear the Tattoo and fireworks at night time.
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Kështjella e Edinburgut
Castlehill
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You can't miss Edinburgh Castle with it's prominent position in the city centre. Listen out for the one o'clock gun. During August you will hear the Tattoo and fireworks at night time.

Drinks & Nightlife

Sandy Bell's is a very small pub, but has good traditional live music everyday.
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Sandy Bell's
25 Forrest Rd
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Sandy Bell's is a very small pub, but has good traditional live music everyday.
For people who like white russians
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Lebowskis
18 Morrison St
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For people who like white russians
Huge collection beers.
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Brauhaus
105 Lauriston Pl
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Huge collection beers.
Cocktails.
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Dragonfly
52 West Port
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Cocktails.
Nice pub, usually busy during the festival with live music during the day, lovely beer garden outside.
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The Peartree
38 W Nicolson St
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Nice pub, usually busy during the festival with live music during the day, lovely beer garden outside.