A weekend in Edinburgh will not be a bad idea, as the city is the second largest city in the whole of Scotland. In the United Kingdom, the city of Edinburgh ranks seventh in the list of most populous cities in the entire Kingdom. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland.

The city is one of the major tourist destinations of Europe and attracts millions of tourist from every corner of the world. Although tourists visit the city all through the year, but the best time to visit this capital city is during the month of August when the Edinburgh festival takes place. The city is overcrowded during this time of the year, because the festival is an extremely popular and renowned one among people from all over the world. The festival hosts for many different events like the military tattoo, fringe, international book festival, and the international festival to name a few. The festival is held for a period of four weeks and gets started from the early August.

If you spend your Edinburgh weekend during this particular time of the year, then you will surely be gaining many new experiences. However, certain other festivals also take place in the city during other parts of the year. Some of the notable ones are as follows: the burns night takes place mainly during the later part in the month of January (mostly on the 25th), the Hogmanay steel party takes place on the last day on the month of December which is 31st, and the famous Beltane Fire festival that gets hosted on or around 30th of April.

The city holds various ancient remains, which are now notable tourist attraction spots. While stepping into the city, you will find many options to view the Edinburgh local attractions. A number of tourist and travel agencies are there in the city those who arranges for such tours. This information you will get once you step out of the airport.

Most of the hotels in the city also have sightseeing touring facility associated with them. Therefore, the authorities of the hotel where you will be staying can also help you out by guiding you with the appropriate solution. It will always be a cheap option to avail the sightseeing facilities from the hotel where you will be staying. Another major advantage is that they will pick you up from your residing place (i.e. hotel) and will drop you down at your doorstep when the sightseeing gets over.

However, the two places that you should definitely visit while spending your weekend in Edinburgh are as follows:

The Castle of Edinburgh – It can be said as one of the finest castle to be found in the entire world. Yes, I said “world”! Truly amazing and had been created with architectural brilliance. A historic masterpiece!

The Royal Yacht Britannia – Once the private cruise for the Royal family of Scotland, the water vessel has now a non-functional one and has been a museum to visit. A must watch!