The undiscovered area of Edinburgh with royal history and hidden beaches that look like the Caribbean
While its castle, Royal Mile and Holyrood are year-round hotspots, three miles from the city centre you’ll find its quiet seaside suburb where time has stood still.The Royal Yacht Britannia is docked in Leith — the 83rd and last yacht to be owned by the royal familyIt’s called Portobello and the moment I step on to its beach, I realise we’ve all been missing out.
Running parallel to the promenade is a High Street lined with cafes and book shops, the type where you can sip a latte or hide in a nook.For now, however, I settle on a scoop of creamy homemade ice-cream from Oscar’s Gelato — the honeycomb flavour’s delicious. Inside Royal Yacht that cost £11m-a-year to run & was Queen’s ‘favourite’ home – here’s why clocks are stopped at 3.01pmEqually brave is ordering haggis fritters at Miros on the seafront afterwards. But they’re delicious, like miniature soft Cornish pasties, only tastier.to Portobello but hiring a car makes it easier to explore parts of Scotland’s capital most visitors never reach, such as Craigmillar, the city’s “other” castle.
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