> Once again Ryanair has fooled me with their bogus sales, and conned me
> into paying the princely sum of DKK 286.61 (~38 EUR) for a return
> flight to Edinburgh. I'll arrive in the city on a Friday afternoon and
> I'll have all day Saturday and Sunday.
>
> There seems to be some confusion as to what a central location is; I
> looked at some user comments for a hotel and some said it was very
> central, but others claimed it was quite a hike from the city. So what
> is a central location?
At this time of year you don't need to be very far out, nothing is fully
booked up. What alternatives did you have in mind?
> How is the public transport infrastructure? I usually buy day passes
> and use busses/trains quite a lot, but if the interesting stuff is
> concentrated in a small area, there's not much of a point to that.
It's worth getting day bus passes with LRT, even if just for short
hops on the bus. Some of the best areas to stay (like the B&Bs in
Newington) are served by very frequent buses, and the LRT service
is so good it means you can get around much farther and faster than
in most cities.
> Are there any options for scenic day trips? This being the darker end
> of the year, weather and daylight are issues.
No point in a full-day trip, but you might go to South Queensferry
for the Forth Bridge or Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick for the
bird life. Or go up some of the hills within the city. Or get the
train to Linlithgow and look round the Palace (more interesting than
Edinburgh Castle). Or go to Cramond and walk out to the island,
tide permitting (the Cramond Inn is a good place to eat).
If the weather's shite on Sunday afternoon you could drop into Sandy
Bell's where I'll be playing Scottish traditional music.
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