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Where is Edinburgh?

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Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is a historic and cosmopolitan city, with a full and varied cultural life.

The setting is wonderfully striking; the city is perched on a series of extinct volcanoes and rocky crags which rise from the generally flat landscape of the Lothians, with the sheltered shoreline of the Firth of Forth to the north.

Edinburgh Castle dominates the city-centre skyline and from its ramparts you can look down on medieval lanes and elegant, sweeping terraces that hold over a thousand years of history, mystery and tradition. Yet you will also see a modern, dynamic capital where international festivals attract the world's leading performers, galleries display cutting-edge art, and bars, restaurants and clubs create a lively, cosmopolitan atmosphere with a distinctly Scottish twist.

'Edinburgh,' said the writer Robert Louis Stevenson, 'is what Paris ought to be'.

Edinburgh is served by Edinburgh Airport. A train from Glasgow takes ~50 minutes and ~4.5 hours from London.

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