Edinburgh is a city that has much to offer both the long-term tourist and the casual visitor and a good source of the information needed to help you negotiate the city is the Edinburgh Airport Parking website.
Edinburgh has an extremely rich cultural life and visitors from all over the world come to participate in and attend major happenings like the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (which is now the largest arts festival in the world). Nothing could be more enjoyable than touring this fine old city during the day and then catching a spectacular festival performance or two at night.
If you’re interested in nature rather than theatre, the place to visit would be the 3-acre Suntrap Garden where you can tour their beautifully laid out collection of gardens and tranquil woodland areas. Highlights include the Italian Garden and the Japanese Bonsai Garden and, if you have the time, why not take one of their Horticultural Therapeutic Courses. Enjoying the outdoors in Edinburg is easy and a must-do is to visit the Edinburgh Zoo to see the only Koala Bears in Britain. The zoo, which is Scotland’s largest wildlife attraction, plays host to such exciting activities as the interactive Budongo Chimpanzee Trail, the daily Animal Antics shows and the exhilarating Hilltop Safaris.
Energetic tourists should try one or more of the walking tours of Edinburgh as this is a wonderful way to get to know the city at ground level. Several types of tours are offered, including historical tours of venues like the Blair Street Vaults under South Bridge and chilling ghost tours where visitors are taught how to use the Electro Magnetic Field recorder to check if any spirits are hovering nearby. And for something entirely different, visit the Our Dynamic Earth interactive exhibition on Holyrood Road for a full tour of our planet’s remarkable history from the Big Bang right up until present day.
Dining in Edinburgh can be a fascinating experience, especially when it comes to tasting haggis for the first time, and city restaurants range from those serving traditional Scots cuisine to those serving French, Indian, Cantonese and Spanish food. And if drinks are required, then The Scotch Whiskey Experience tour, which offers a burbling barrel ride through a replica whiskey distillery, is just the thing.
Cosmopolitan Edinburgh has attractions on offer that will excite even the most jaded of tourists.