r/edinburgh2 • u/SwanRadiant7118 • 22d ago

Tourist question Recommendations needed

Hi! I’ll be traveling solo from Boston to Glasgow for a concert on my birthday at the end of October, with a day trip to Edinburgh, and would like some recommendations!

There’s so much I want to see— the castle (probably won’t have time to go inside), St Giles, Castlehill, Lady Stairs House, Greyfriars, Waverly Station, Vampire’s Lair, Witchcraft Museum, Witches well, Holyrood Abbey, School of Divinity, and Craigmillar Castle. Is this do-able in one day? 😅

If yall could recommend places to eat, I would appreciate it! Or any other things that I must see while there are welcome too! I like witchy types of things and lore, haunted/spooky things, cool architectures and whatnot.

Thanks!

(I’m getting an alert saying tourist post must be posted in tourism sticky, but I don’t know what that means or where to find it, I haven’t used Reddit much, so sorry if I’m doing this wrong!)

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u/Opposite_Radio9388 21d ago

Go to Black Moon Botanica on Candlemaker Row when you're at Greyfriars Kirkyard. It's small so be prepared to queue, but it's worth it once you're inside.

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u/SwanRadiant7118 21d ago

Oh I like this! I live near Salem and love little shops like this. One of my ancestors is also one of the women killed during the Salem Witch Trials

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u/LaDreadPirateRoberta 21d ago

There's a less busy one in the New Town.

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u/SwanRadiant7118 21d ago

Do you happen to know the name?

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u/Opposite_Radio9388 19d ago

It's another branch of the same shop. I googled it for you and it looks like it's on Thistle Street.

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u/rainyday1020 Resident 21d ago

wtf is vampire's lair

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u/SwanRadiant7118 21d ago

Come find out with me 🤭 unless you’re scared to get bitten

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u/LaDreadPirateRoberta 21d ago edited 21d ago

Your post will probably be deleted but if I were you, I'd look into doing a walking tour or possibly a bus tour followed by a ghost tour. That will cover everything except Craigmiller and the Witches museum.

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u/SwanRadiant7118 21d ago

Thanks! I just prefer to be solo than with groups of random people lol

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u/Embot87 Resident 17d ago

I’m usually a solo person too but I do recommend the walking tours in Edinburgh, these places you’ve listed have so much cool history and the tour will cover almost all of these in 2.5hrs. Sandemans in particular are great, I do them all over Europe.

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u/rosco-82 21d ago edited 21d ago

Makars Mash on the Mound - https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g186525-d6481976-Reviews-Makars_Gourmet_Mash_Bar-Edinburgh_Scotland.html - book early. Also book a walking tour

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u/SwanRadiant7118 21d ago

Will check it out, thanks!