Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss

Edinburgh

1 view
Skip to first unread message

Olaf Veerman

unread,
Jan 31, 2001, 1:59:05 PM1/31/01
to
Hi,

I'm organizing a trip to Edinburgh for 70 of my fellow-students. We arrive
on the 11th April (late in the evening) and depart on the morning of 16
April.

Can anyone give me tips what to see during that time of the year. We're
allready planning a trip to the science festival en the university.

If anyone has information about the highlights of Edinburgh, could he/she be
so kind to share that information.

Thanks,
Olaf

P.S. Since we're students we would also like to know were the best pubs
etc.. are :)


S Venn

unread,
Jan 31, 2001, 2:21:57 PM1/31/01
to
"Olaf Veerman" <olaf.v...@talkline.nl> wrote in message
news:959n5n$1e3gr$1...@reader03.wxs.nl...

> Hi,
>
> I'm organizing a trip to Edinburgh for 70 of my fellow-students. We arrive
> on the 11th April (late in the evening) and depart on the morning of 16
> April.
>
> Can anyone give me tips what to see during that time of the year. We're
> allready planning a trip to the science festival en the university.
>
> If anyone has information about the highlights of Edinburgh, could he/she
be
> so kind to share that information.
>
> Thanks,
> Olaf

Edinburgh Castle
Walk along the Royal Mile

>
> P.S. Since we're students we would also like to know were the best pubs
> etc.. are :)
>

I can't remember where they were ;) but we went to a few good ones. Almost
go into a bar fight in one of them <g>.

Scott

Colin Cuthbert

unread,
Jan 31, 2001, 6:49:51 PM1/31/01
to
Cafe Royal Pub (Victorian interior)
Edinburgh Castle (gun fired at 1PM)
Scottish National Gallery (small but excellent)
Museum of Scotland
Day trip to Glasgow or Stirling Castle by train
Royal Mile
...not necessarily in that order.

Colin

"S Venn" <sv...@nortelnetworks.com> wrote in message
news:959onc$hsp$1...@bcrkh13.ca.nortel.com...

Radoslaw Korniluk

unread,
Feb 1, 2001, 9:50:40 AM2/1/01
to
> > P.S. Since we're students we would also like to know were the best pubs
> > etc.. are :)
> >
> I can't remember where they were ;) but we went to a few good ones. Almost
> go into a bar fight in one of them <g>.

Princess Street ?

Radek


Len Schwer

unread,
Feb 1, 2001, 11:47:53 AM2/1/01
to
Buy a copy of the Lonely Planet Edinburgh book $12 ISBN 86442-580-5

My Son & I very much enjoyed the Royal Musemum of Scotland and of course
the Edinburg Castle -- Wish I had bought the Tshirt "What time does the 1PM
Edinburgh cannon fire?" --len


thom...@my-deja.com

unread,
Feb 1, 2001, 12:46:20 PM2/1/01
to
In article <Zqge6.22$Tf1...@typhoon.sonic.net>,
Holyrood House too and also Dynamic Earth...those ghost tours are
pretty fun as well (if a little corny).


Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/

zbs...@my-deja.com

unread,
Feb 1, 2001, 3:31:43 PM2/1/01
to
In article <959n5n$1e3gr$1...@reader03.wxs.nl>,

IMO...

Your first full day in Edinburgh should start at the Castle. As the
Castle is fairly central to Scottish history, the audio guide gives a
very interesting and fairly comprehensive Scottish history lesson. You
can easily spend several hours in the Castle, and you might want to
stay for the cannon at 1:00pm. Walk down the Royal Mile to Holyrood
Palace (not open 13 April see http://www.royalresidences.com/).

With lunch and a bit of shopping down the Royal Mile, this will cover
the day (in fact, get up early and check when the Palace closes).

On your second day, visit the National Gallery of Scotland and the
Scottish National Portrait Gallery. (see http://www.natgalscot.ac.uk
for both. Alternatively, you might want to do one museum in the
morning, the university in the afternoon and the next museum the
following morning.

As there are 70 of you, consider hiring a bus/buses to take you to
Stirling for the day. Visit the castle there (not as cool as Edinburgh
castle, but still v. cool) and get the bus to take you to the William
Wallace monument.

I agree with an earlier post that the ghost tours are corny but cool.
Consider booking a guide in advance from either http://www.mercat-
tours.co.uk/ or http://www.witcherytours.com/.

Regards

Zany B. Side
http://www.londonside.com

Chris Kuan

unread,
Feb 1, 2001, 4:17:15 PM2/1/01
to
zbs...@my-deja.com wrote in rec.travel.europe:

>IMO...
>
>Your first full day in Edinburgh should start at the Castle. As the
>Castle is fairly central to Scottish history, the audio guide gives a
>very interesting and fairly comprehensive Scottish history lesson. You
>can easily spend several hours in the Castle, and you might want to
>stay for the cannon at 1:00pm. Walk down the Royal Mile to Holyrood
>Palace (not open 13 April see http://www.royalresidences.com/).
>
>With lunch and a bit of shopping down the Royal Mile, this will cover
>the day (in fact, get up early and check when the Palace closes).

I think doing the Mile plus *both* endpoints in one day is rather... ambitious.
My family did it, but we only had one day in Edinburgh. I didn't get to see all
of the stuff in the castle, and we only spent about 1 hour in the Palace before
it closed.

--
Chris Kuan, CSC (Australia)
Concatenate for email: mr gazpacho @ hotmail . com

"Law is a repository for the aimlessly clever" - Tim Freedman

Eddie

unread,
Feb 3, 2001, 5:58:27 PM2/3/01
to
One thing that I haven't seen other people write is: go to the top of
Arthur's Seat and enjoy the view of the city and the Fith of Forth.

BTW: I met my wife (Canadian) 5 years ago in Edinbugh, at Princes Street
Hostel. We were both backpacking around Europe with our best friends. Her
best friend met her future husband (Danish) at the same hostel a week before
my wife and I met. ;^)


"Olaf Veerman" <olaf.v...@talkline.nl> wrote in message
news:959n5n$1e3gr$1...@reader03.wxs.nl...

0 new messages