good morning from Edinburgh Scotland
we're back in one of our favorite cities
in Europe it's been over three years and
it's so cool to be back here again yeah
so we're going to be spending a week
here and we decided to film a little
guide we're going to be exploring the
new town the old town and everything in
between and we're going to show you 20
things to do and edit frog let's get
started our week in Edinburgh was
action-packed we sample gin and Scotch
whisky wander down the tiny closes brave
the crowds along the Royal Mile ate our
fill of haggis and even visited a castle
a palace and an abbey so if you're
looking for things to do in Edinburgh on
your visit this video guide will show
you all of those attractions and then
some so next up we're visiting the most
iconic site in the city we're going to
Edinburgh Castle a temper castle is hard
to miss as it dominates the city skyline
the first thing you should know about
the castle is that it is not just one
building so once you're inside there's
quite a bit to see and do you can tour
the Royal Palace see the crown jewels
watch the firing of the 1 o clock gun
step inside st. margaret's chapel visit
the National War Museum and so much more
so give yourself plenty of time
you
just across Edinburgh Castle is a Scotch
whisky experience where we drop by for a
fun whiskey blending session
okay so now it's time for the fun part
what are we doing now here comes the
science we get to make our own personal
blend name of my blend Sam I am Shazam
and I'm going with 60% green and 15%
Speyside because that is going to give
it a smoky strong and sophisticated
taste much like its creator we also mean
time to visit the famed Royal Mile which
is the busiest street in Edinburgh Old
Town there's quite a bit to see along
here so first we popped into the Royal
Mile Market which is set inside a former
church and from there we continue down
the street visiting little souvenir
shops along the way you'll have no
trouble finding a kilt here
in Edinburgh you can take a number of
different tours there's a walking tour
there's a haunted tour there's a
literature there's a Harry Potter tour
but just about anything you can think
about basically something for everyone
and no visit to Edinburgh would be
complete without some haggis so we
stopped by the whiskey rooms to enjoy
this dish
okay so let's pretend it's someone's
first time in Scotland and they've never
heard of haggis what yeah so the name of
the game of haggis basically it's sheeps
pluck if it contains heart liver and
lungs and just cook inside this much
time and also it has a meal spices and
onion so it's got a lot of things going
on it's a very savory dish and I can't
wait to try it again so let's just
smother them and gravy creams around
them neeps and tatties if you've never
tried them before are basically Scottish
for turnips and potatoes and they're
kind of like in a mash type of
consistency so they're nice and soft so
I'm just going to grab a little bit of
both because men are good and
this is all part of what makes it such a
hearty meal because you're getting a lot
of carbs so
Oh
that's wonderful another attraction you
can't miss them Edinburgh is Holyrood
palace this is the official residence of
the British monarchy in Scotland
you can grab a headset on your way in
and enjoy an audio tour of the palace at
your own pace and of course we couldn't
leave Holyrood palace without also
visiting Holyrood Abbey and the gardens
just behind having already tried Scotch
whisky we then made time to visit the
Edinburgh gin distillery for a fun gin
tasting in a cozy den so we are starting
the experience with a gin and tonic
starting off with even milder for me
after yeah nothing strange in quite yet
so the cold is hot on orange peel on it
so it should give it a bit of that yeah
and then things got a little tipsy this
wrist Campbell what's this one a 5990
7.57 this just wasn't calling in there's
no great
57 tell us where are we now
so we're at the National Museum of
Scotland it's my favorite Museum and all
of Edinburgh and who can we see here to
see Dolly the sheep dolly the cloned
sheep and a cool tip when you visit this
museum and we didn't know this before
the last time we were in Edinburgh is
that you can come up to the seventh or
for some amazing views of the city
Princess Street Gardens is another great
place to visit
especially on a sunny day if you had
visited during the medieval ages you
would have found a swampy polluted Loch
but today it's one of the nicest green
spaces in the city so we are now
visiting Dean village and this is one of
the most picturesque parts of Edinburgh
that we've seen it's also really calm
and chill here too so it's a little bit
away from the downtown core which is
awesome and we came here early in the
morning so no one else is around we're
just walking around with our cameras
like snapping everything it's so pretty
here
so we made it to the top of carlton hill
and this is a very short and easy climb
but you got some pretty cool views of
the city so we're going to show you
those next
so we are currently going up the scott
monument here in the edinburgh it's the
tiny spiraling staircase the scott
monument was built in honor of Scottish
writer Sir Walter Scott and it's the
largest monument to a writer in the
world it has a series platforms of
different levels where you can get a
bird's-eye view of the new town
for little taste of nature you can visit
the Royal Botanic Garden which is not
far from the new town
another activity we really enjoyed was
taking a food tour with eat walk
Edinburgh we got to try a lot of
delicious bites and beverages along the
way and one of the highlights was
visiting the fudge house
so this we are going to enjoy right now
we are heading inside the floods house
we're a little something sweet let's
ease it and plunge is one of my favorite
foods also we're going to learn about
tablet I think
part of the tour we get to choose one
bar to take with us and eat along the
way and they have over 20 varieties much
here so we're struggling was assuming
the hardest decision I've had to make
all week picking which one
what flavor of fudge another fun way to
explore Edinburgh on foot is by
wandering down the tiny closes these
small alleys were often named after a
memorable occupant and the old town is
full of them
while you're in the old town you can
also visit st. Giles Cathedral which is
one of the main landmarks on the Royal
Mile
and if it's art you're looking for you
have a few options with both the
Scottish National Gallery and the
Scottish National Portrait Gallery in
the new town
lastly we can't forget the nightlife
whether it's a cozy pub a live band or
Kayle year after Edinburgh has it all
and that's it for our visit to Edinburgh
Scotland we hope you enjoyed following
our travels and that this video gave you
a few ideas of things to do
boots to try and places to visit around
the city as always if you have any other
suggestions of things to do in Edinburgh
feel free to share those with fellow
travelers in the comment section below
until next time