Edinburgh is a fantastic place to tour the Highlands from. Choose your preferred tour of Scotland or choose from attractions and tours of the City of Edinburgh itself! Edinburgh Tours
Search for Edinburgh Hotels, Self catering accommodation and Bed & Breakfasts in Edinburgh with this user friendly map of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Hotel Map
The definative guide to Edinburgh's hottest restaurants offers the most indulgent private dining venues and completely suptuous places to stay. Edinburgh Restaurants
The museums, galleries and monuments which comprise the City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries range from a series of historic buildings strung along the crowded medieval Royal Mile. Museums & Galleries
Walking tours around Edinburgh’s Old Town featuring the most haunted locations, the scariest stories and most spectacular candlelit underground vaults. Haunted Vaults Tours
The most accessible and obvious park to head for if you are on Princes Street, and just five minutes walk from the High Street. A wonderful place to admire Edinburgh castle, during Hogmanay and during the Festival in August to watch the fireworks. Princes Street Gardens
edinburgh fringe festival
the world’s biggest arts festival
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe claims to be the largest arts festival in the world. The Fringe Festival tends to be more off beat than the main festival and is made up of all manner of professional and amateur performers. As a result it tends to appeal to a younger audience. The Fringe side of the Edinburgh Festival is now regarded by the stage industry as so cutting edge and innovative that it is viewed by many as a showcase for new talent.
- Fringe 2006 featured 28,014 performances of 1,867 shows in 261 venues (Fringe 2005 featured 26,995 performances of 1,799 shows in 240 venues).
- There were an estimated 16,990 performers on Edinburgh’s Fringe stages.
- Theatre made up 32% of the programme, followed by Comedy (27%) then Music (21%). Musicals, Children’s Shows, Dance & Physical Theatre, Exhibitions and Events each provided around 4% of the programme.
- Over a third (36%) of all shows were World premieres. 4% were UK premieres, 10% European premieres.
- 177 shows at Fringe 2006 were absolutely free.
- It would take you 5 years, 11 months and 16 days to see every performance back-to-back.
- Last year, the Fringe sold 1,531, 606 tickets - the fourth consecutive year that the Fringe sailed past the million-ticket barrier.
- The Fringe has a 75% market share of all attendance at Edinburgh’s year-round festivals and annually generates around £75 million for the Edinburgh and Scottish economy.
- The Fringe sells 97% more tickets than it did only 10 years ago (679,147 in 1995, 1,531,606 in 2006).
- In 2006, there were 28,014 performances - 94% more performances than 10 years ago.
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