<span class="travelcolor">50 Best ...</span> Real Edinburgh

There's so much more to it than the Festival. Tess Greig, Paul Giggal and their panel of Edinburgh experts show you how to make the most of this cool, cultured and historic city all year round

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Best getaways
Royal Botanic Gardens
Portobello Beach
Arthur's Seat
Princes Street Gardens
Short-Hole Course In The Meadows
Klownz
Calton Hill
Water Of Leith
Dean Cemetery
The Commonwealth Pool

Best pubs & bars

Port O' LeithFavoritThe Blue Moon CaféThe PondDizzy Lizzy'sRobbie'sMonbodoCafé RoyalCity CafeThe Cask And Barrel

Best restaurants
The Witchery
Henderson's
Brattisani's Fish And Chip Restaurant
The Tower
Blue
The Apartment
Fishers
La Potiniere
The Tapas Tree
Restaurant Martin Wishart

Best shopsCornicheJane DavidsonJoseph BonnarWm Armstrong & SonsJennersCruiseRobert Cresser's Brush ShopValvona & CrollaJust JunkThe Cook's Bookshop

Best tourist attractions
Dynamic Earth
Camera Obscura
Mary King's Close
National Museum Of Scotland Discovery Centre
Roslin Chapel
The Royal Yacht Britannia
Edinburgh Zoo
The Royal Mile
The National Galleries
The Forth Railway Bridge

The panelSarah SmithMark CousinsKevin WilliamsonPeter IrvineLynn FergusonKelly Cooper-BarrJamie ByngNB: