Hey, I’m Ewan. I’m a 3rd year geography student at the University of Edinburgh.
And today I am just going to just show you the City, and around Central Campus
and just take you to my favourite spots. Let’s go!
So I’ve decided to walk up Calton Hill today.
Just passing the Playhouse Theatre at the moment as well where the Lion King is on at the moment
Went to see it last week. Really great
There’s loads of theatres and shows on in Edinburgh. So, there’s always stuff to do.
So just got to the top of Calton Hill now. As you can tell the view is quite stunning.
You’ve got Hibs football ground just there and you’ve got Central Campus literally about 10 minutes away.
So, there are loads of good walks and parks and hills you can climb all within really close distance to the Central Campus.
Okay so I’m just at St Andrew's Square now. There’s loads of restaurants, bars around here. It’s in the centre of New Town.
So, Edinburgh is divided between New Town and Old Town.
Most of the campus is in Old Town but New Town is literally just across the bridge so it’s about a minute away.
There’s also quite a big clubbing scene also in New Town. It’s a really great place to go out.
So, I’m just on Princes Street now which is just on the edge of New Town. Its where all the main shops are.
We’ve got H&M, Top Man, stuff like that. So, we’ve got New Town over here and Old Town over there to the right.
Okay, I’m just on the way to the Castle now, but I thought I would just show you this.
Within Edinburgh, there are loads of hidden routes that you can do: like shortcuts.
This one takes you from Waverley Station onto the Royal Mile.
So yeah, if you just go through this then suddenly you are on the Royal Mile with St Giles' Cathedral in the background.
This is probably one of the most historic tourist attractions within Edinburgh.
So, if you were to go all the way down there you would get to Holyrood Palace
and on the other side you’ve got Edinburgh Castle.
So yeah it’s a really pretty street. Lots of little shops selling whisky but also fish and chips shops.
It’s a really nice place to be.
Okay so just got to Edinburgh Castle now. Probably again, one of the most touristy spots in Edinburgh.
But still really beautiful to come to, especially when it’s quite like a day like today.
The view is not too bad either. In the back you can see the Pentlands which is a group of hills
but also you can see the University in the background too.
The University is only about 10 minutes away from The Castle
so everything is really close together.
That is one of the beautiful things about Edinburgh: that everything is within walking distance.
Okay so just come down from the Castle and now I’m in Grassmarket
It’s a really pretty area, some really nice bars around here.
It’s also the centre of everything Grassmarket, so down there you’ve got Cowgate
which a lot of people go for nights out. Really cool scene over there.
Okay this is just from the Grassmarket and thought this was a really pretty street.
Again, it’s just cafes and restaurants but a really pretty street.
With all of the colours - you’ve got the mixture of the architecture of the old mixed with the colourful painting on the walls there.
Really pretty.
So I was just walking to the University actually and I just wanted to show you this. This on the way to university.
We’ve just got what we call the Meadows, which is four massive fields.
So it’s quite a nice journey to University in the morning every day.
So I thought I would just film this, just on my way to Uni still.
This is Quartermile which is a new development where there are where there’s lots of offices, buildings
and there’s my gym over there.
So sometimes I like to come here, say I’ve got a lecture and I’ve got nothing on for a couple of hours,
I might just hit the gym sometimes. It’s a PureGym as well.
Also got like cafes and restaurants. It’s a really nice place to come to because it’s so handy
because its connected to the campus. Really handy.
So, this is where most of the main University buildings are.
Behind me is McEwan Hall which is where graduations normally are.
And we have also got cafes, Potterrow as well as the main student union building in the background there.
And obviously we got restaurants and cafes all around us as well.
So you don't have to go far if you want to go somewhere for lunch.
Okay so that’s the end of my vlog.
I hope you enjoyed me showing you around my favourite parts of the city.
Of course, there’s loads of other things to do and places to see
so the only thing really is to come and experience it yourself.