but had come to Edinburgh instead. She and her daughter Nia had visited the castle and had caricatures done by a street artist in the Royal Mile. "It is our first time in Scotland and it makes me ...

Stretching from the high-on-a-hill Edinburgh Castle to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Royal Mile is both Old Town Edinburgh's main thoroughfare and one of the city's main streets. Here you'll ...

It's also home to the famous floating royal residence, the Royal Yacht Britannia. Edinburgh isn't known for beaches, but if you have a hankering for the sand, Portobello is the place to go.