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General/Non-specific: enjoy the lights
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  • Just relax, walk around town and enjoy all the monuments in lights. Like Scot is sitting in his monument.

    Or walk up Calton Hill and see the city below you.

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    General/Non-specific: Head to the pubs in the...
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  • Head to the pubs in the evenings for one or two (or more) pints of that warm, thick, dark, frothy, wonderful beer that they serve. Goes down very nicely after a good greasey meal.
    Aside from the beer, finding live music being performed can really add to the atmosphere.

    Come as you are.

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    General/Non-specific: You will be spoilt for choice...
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  • You will be spoilt for choice for an evening of entertainment in Edinburgh.
    The bars are famous, packed into the city in incredible numbers, and with the doors open later and longer than anywhere in Britain. Some thrive on their traditional feel -- and you'll find the impromptu fiddles and drums of Scottish music an inspiring contrast to jukebox muzak.

    On Leith Walk and Broughton Street, on George Street and under the great gloomy arches of the Cowgate, you'll find bars and bands playing until the small hours. The question is - can you last the pace?

    Anything goes unless you are entering the trendy clubs where jeans and trainers are not allowed.

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    General/Non-specific: I visited a few...
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  • I visited a few pubs

    Finnegens, 3 Sisters, Last Drop, the Cellar... You can find a pub every 25 feets!

    As you wish!

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    General/Non-specific: Plenty of pubs in Edinburgh...
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  • Plenty of pubs in Edinburgh and the good thing is the late licence - unlike its counterpart capital city south of the border! Grassmarket is a strip with a few bars next to eachother.
    Plenty of clubs too!
    pubs to mention - sportstars sports bar on market street, below the scotsman hotel, take the stairs off north bridge.
    the wetherspoons pub on george street, always packed.

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    General/Non-specific: drink,eat and be merry
    Edinburgh has lots to offer in the evening. There are multi screen cinemas in the city centre, casinos, nightclubs, restaurants, pubs. Rose Street and the Grassmarket areas of town have wall to wall pubs, usually at the weekend filled with hen/stag parties or students and can be good fun. On the outskirts of the city there are bowling alleys, with restaurants and bars.

    Nightclubs, dress up, usually no trainers.
    pubs casual, but some do no allow football shirts.
    restaurants are mix of casual/smart

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  • Directions: Rose Street, Grassmarket areas of town for lively pubs, and restaurants. Avoid Lothian Road on weekend nights, usually trouble
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    General/Non-specific: The Jeckell and Hyde awesome...
    The Jeckell and Hyde awesome pub, any pub in Grass Market or any of the Eire Pubs.

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    General/Non-specific: Ignore the West End
    Most people visiting Edinburgh probably get drawn to the West End of Princess Street/Lothian Road area as being the most obvious place to go out for a bit of nightlife. My advice would be to ignore this part of town unless J-Lo and Britney are your music of choice and you like a bit of a punch up at closing time.

    Check out the Old Town, Broughton Steet and the Southside to find Edinburghs cooler bars.

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    General/Non-specific: Introduction to traditional Edinburgh Pubs
    Edinburgh is a pub city. And a visit to Edinburgh would not be complete without visiting at least a couple of them. They vary from the historical and traditional old tavern to the latest in-style trend bar. I tend to favour the old fashioned boozer but if you have a particular taste then you should be able to a find a bar to fit your requirements pretty easily. Just go exploring and have a bit of a pub crawl! one drink then off to the next bar!

    The main drinking areas are based around Rose St in the New Town and the Grassmarket in the Old Town. There are of course loads of pubs in between so there is no need to stay in one particular area.

    For old style pubs I recommend the following:
    "The Jolly Judge" - Old Town - Small, with low ceiling and hard to find, but well worth finding.
    "The Bow Bar" is another traditional pub of note. Massive Whisky collection
    "Milnes" cracking location, and interesting history on rose st.
    "Kays Bar" - New Town - a pub with local life!

    Now that's just 4 out of several hundred so go exploring and find your own favourites. A really great website for edinbugh pubs - maps, reviews etc is www.EdinburghPubGuide.co.uk

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    General/Non-specific: Cracking night..
    If Roman's in town, mingers are more than accomodating...

    Roman strikes again, after our jolly jaunt to Amsterdam it was time to hit scotland's finest, cruised in on the sat afternoon, watch out for the 150 bloody speed cameras on the way, we descended on Scotland's capital, greeted by Rude Man who provided us with the complimentary beers.. food, *** , shave, shower, then out to we went... Part two of the Capital tour.. Sambuca's and beer at out first bar set the tone of the nite, roman downed his no problem, Rude and Dr Octopus struggled after having eaten loads.. down in one - move on, the night then turned into chaos, no-one come out till 9.30pm, we were ratted by then, More beer and sambuca's followed with a spot of totty watching and more sambuca's, baring arse as we ran down the street became normal..then off to Walkabout, dancing in there, we meet Rude better half ( a lot better) and her friends..very nice apart from The Minger. having been forewarned by Rude she'd sleep with anything, Roman was talking to her straight off, snogging her within the half hour of entering the club. Onto the club, Moods, fully of TOTTY !! hen nights galore, HEAVEN not many lads.. we loved it.. Rude man pulled without knowing it, wee blone, nice, though his bird saw it which was funny, a beret wearing octopus hit the dance floor, bringing the Waltz to Edinburgh, Roman snogged "The minger" then went back to flat to do the business.. ( no condom again) might have to call him STD Roman soon.. Rude kept nicking hats and wearing them, Ice cube wars..double JD's and vodka's..Soon it was time to leave.. White pudding - ***ing disgusting, also worst chips in the UK.. oh beware no taxis..i would walk 500 miles, then would walk no fking more cos i was knackered.... next moring Roman returned..ha hah ha

    Well, we got in ,ý3 !! bargain....

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