A break in Edinburgh, one of my favorite place in Scotland

Living in Glasgow since September, I have had the luck to go at different times in Edinburgh. Classified in the UNESCO world heritage, Edinburgh is an inescapable city in Europe. I encourage you to come a weekend here. To facilitate you the life, I have concocted a program for a weekend of three days.

Day 1:

Calton Hill

To begin pop over to Calton Hill, like this you will have an idea of the city centre and that will help you to find your way. Leave in the direction of Princes Street and go to the cemetery on the left, Calton cemetery, in Scotland cemeteries are worth the detour. Once arrived in Princes Street go to the Scott Monument, maybe you will see a bagpiper, take a tourist picture. Then cross Princes Street Garden which leads at the foot of the castle (visit it or not) and find a place where you can eat. After a great lunch, leave in the direction of the National museum. Don’t forget the terrace! Finish the day by walking around in Old Town. For evening take a glass (or several J) in a traditional pub.

Day 2:

Cramond

For the second day, I propose a hike day. According to your preferences either Pentlands (all day) or Cramond (half-day) or Water of Leith (two hours). If the weather is good, go to do some visits: for example, Craigmilar Castle or stores. For evening, begin with an Irish Pub which proposes every evening “live music” concerts, then go to discover the night life of Edinburgh. I advise to you to go at the Cabaret Voltaire.

Day 3:

Arthur's Seat

Smoothly awakening, find a pub which proposes a “Scottish” breakfast, it is rather English but is worth the detour. If you don’t know where go, test Wheterspoon, a cheap and pretty good chain of pubs in the United Kingdom. Then, in order to eliminate the breakfast and the excesses of the night before, I suggest you to climb Arthur’s Seat (one hour). Think to take a look at the palace of the Queen and the Scottish parliament. Finish with a last tour of the city centre and especially Princes Street shops. Clean out Topman, Urban Outfitters, River Island or All Saints.

Princes Street

Isle of Arran, an Erasmus trip in a little heaven

Hey guys,

Today I am going to speak about one of my last trips. Two weeks ago I went with some friends at the Isle of Arran, located a few kilometres away from Glasgow, in order to discover this island.

For peoples who don’t know this little isle, Arran is located in the gulf of the Clyde, in the region of Glasgow. This one is often nicknamed little Scotland. Indeed, on this “little” rock you can discover a hallucinating wealth of landscapes. It’s a mass of the different landscapes that we can find through Scotland.

On this isle, the main activity remains the hike because the island has several paths allowing to discover different landscapes. However, the main tourist attraction remains the Goat Fell. The Goat Fell is a mountain looming at 874m, whom numerous individuals enjoy every year to climb. During my trip, I have had the luck to climb this mountain and I can tell you that up there the panorama is breathtakingly. Several hours of climb are necessary before to arrive at the summit.

If you are a little bit lucky, some seals approach the coasts from time of time. ;)

How go to the Isle of Arran?

To go there, the simplest way is to take a train from Glasgow Cental to Ardrossan. Over there, take the ferry of the company Caledonian Isle towards Brodick. Arrive in Brodick, you just need to go to the tourist office in order to have some tips and after to discover the island with paths.

A small advice: if you wish to save money, take a return trip ticket Glasgow Central – Brodick, this one will be valid for the train and the ferry. This advice will allow you to save at least 5£. J

I put some pictures below so as to make you want to go on this awesome isle.

Enjoy the pictures!! J

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