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I'd suggest the top end of Leith Walk - Broughton Street, Forth Street, Annandale Street, Montgomery Street and thereabouts. NOT quiet,...

Ayr is a depressing dump these days - used to be a busy seaside resort but that trade has almost all gone....

http://www.travelinescotland.com says don't forget the Don Prentice Haddington-Tranent circular bus route (that must have been the one I...

There is no malt distillery in Edinburgh and those nearest to Edinburgh are inaccessible by public transport....

There isn't anywhere on the railway between Edinburgh and Glasgow that has much accommodation. Most trains only stop in Falkirk and either...

Usually the Tattoo tickets sell out very fast after they go on sale (sometime in spring). This year they didn't. Still an idea to get the...

For the Pentlands it might be better to get a bus to Carlops and walk over the hills to Balerno. The area around Soutra and Fala is good...

Sandy Bells has a fairly limited range of whiskies but they always have a "Malt of the Month" at a discount. If you're there on a Sunday...

Try the Scotch Malt Whisky Society - you might want to join, I'm not a member myself but a lot my friends are and they all think it's worth...

I live just outside Edinburgh, and I agree with the poster who said to spend Hogmanay in the Highlands instead. The Edinburgh event was...

I've had a picnic on the beach in a t-shirt on Mull on New Year's Day. As other people have said, doing mountains is something you don't...

The hop-on hop-off bus tours are pretty good and take you round a wider area of the city than the walking ones. Not free but well worth it.

No way does the Highlands make sense as a day trip. Go over the Forth Bridge to see Dunfermline Abbey or Culross if you want to spend a...

It rains a lot less in Edinburgh than in Dublin, though just about anything is possible....

It's a non-event. Scotland's real national day is Burns Night (January 25th) but even then nothing closes.