Edinburgh International Airport is 8 miles west of the city centre.  
 
Average flight time – 1 hour from London where there are an average of 40 flights a day.  
 
Average flight time from Newark, New Jersey – 6 hours and 45 minutes.  

• Current conditions

  

  Drizzle. There is a 10% chance of precipitation. Partly cloudy. Mild, Windy. Temperature of 51.08°F. Winds WSW 32.32mph. Humidity will be 62% with a dewpoint of 39° and feels-like temperature of 51.08°F.
  Hi: 51° F, Low: 41° F.

• Tomorrow's forecast

  
  Light rain. There is a 80% chance of precipitation. Cloudy. Cool. Temperature of 43.52°F. Winds NE 8.85mph. Humidity will be 82% with a dewpoint of 38° and feels-like temperature of 39.51°F.
  Hi: 44° F, Low: 39° F.


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  lwiedemer

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  Reviews: 14
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  Not So Grim Edinburgh

  03/18/2009

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  Edinburgh, Scotland

  We were getting our tickets for the high speed train out of London heading for Edinburgh, Scotland, when the lady in the ticket booth stopped, looked concerned and said “a bit grim in the north”. Well, it’s not the Caribbean, but she needn’t have been concerned. Edinburgh is a beautiful, smallish city with an honest to goodness castle, museums and art galleries galore. We stayed in a small family run B&B. The lady of the house served a typical English breakfast of generous proportions, but we were surprised to learn that in order to take a bath (there was no shower) we had to ask for the drain stopper. This was her way of discouraging unnecessary water use. Way to perpetuate a stereotype! Though bit tight, she proved to be very helpful in guiding us to the best tourist sights. One thing that I didn’t expect to enjoy but did was the tour of the Scotch Whiskey Heritage Center. I’m not a whiskey drinker, but I did gain an appreciation for what goes into the distillation process. Always a sucker for restored antiquities, I loved Gladstone Land, which is a restored 17th century home, and the Museum of Edinburgh, which is a collection of three tenements from 1570 and tells the history of Edinburgh from prehistoric times to the 19th century. This is a fascinating city that perfectly mixes the old with the new and is surrounded by a landscape both wild and lovely.

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  travelingmcmahans

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  Edinurgh for Hogmanay

  03/15/2009

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  Edinburgh, Scotland

  I didn’t know what real cold meant until I experienced the wind shrieking in off the North Sea in Edinburgh in winter. I’d longed to be in the city for Hogmanay, the New Year’s celebration, and biggest street party in the world, for years. When I finally found myself there, it wholly surpassed my expectations, arctic temperatures notwithstanding. The several-day experience is a swirl of memories — the glittering snow that drifted from the dark-at-4 p.m. sky, the kilts whipped up by the wind on the marching bagpipers, the chills down my spine that had more to do with the haunting bagpipes than the glacial cold. I remember the happiness of warmth seeping into my core as I drank hot mulled wine before braving the cold again, the envy while watching ice skaters sashay along the outdoor rink, my breathless excitement as I climbed Arthur’s Seat for a view over the hills of this enchanted city. Throughout the days and nights of the festival I felt a sense of belonging – Scotland is the country I would call home if I could. Every moment of the festival left me feeling bittersweet – overjoyed to find myself in the place I was in right then, and mourning that it couldn’t last.

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  Claudia Newell

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  Food is Love in Edinburgh, Scotland

  09/15/2008

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  Edinburgh, Scotland

  After surviving a marathon flight from Boston to Paris to Edinburgh, it seemed I had barely touched down before I was in motion again. No matter, it was my friend’s birthday, and we were off to central Edinburgh for a meal at the Ann Purna vegetarian restaurant. Here, the older couple in charge treated us like beloved grandchildren, and any caloric deficit from days stranded in airports was immediately corrected. Our vegetarian thalis arrived on glistening stainless steel trays. We had chapattis, rice, kofta in a creamy sauce, chole, dal, and a dish with peas. To top it off there was also a rich, sweet, yogurt-y dessert. My hosts praised my plate-cleaning skills; I think I could have eaten a second meal. No dietary worries, however. Our meal became valuable stored fuel in climbing nearby Arthur’s Seat in a few days later, underlining the marvelous contrasts of the city.

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