Discovering Edinburgh Illustrated Map: Ideal for Exploring

Edinburgh, home to the Scottish Parliament, is on the itinerary of many visitors to Scotland. This brand new edition retains the delightful water-color mapping, with individual paintings of all the main sights and landmarks.

Popular areas at larger scale, hundreds of shops, restaurants, cafés and bars, comprehensive travel information and index.

This map includes:

• Large-scale plans of the Castle, Royal Mile, Botanic Gardens, Leith and Newington.
• Shop-by-shop street maps of Princes Street, George Street, Victoria Street and the Grassmarket.
• Railway stations, bus routes, taxi ranks and car parks.
• Historical and contemporary anecdotes.
• Suggestions for day trips out of the city.
• Comprehensive index.

Area of coverage: Covers the centre of Edinburgh from Inverleith Park in the north to The Meadows in the south, and from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in the west to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in the east.

Dominic Beddow produces informative maps of cities from Amsterdam to Zanzibar. The hand-illustrated Collins maps include London, Glasgow and Edinburgh. The maps are checked on foot, bicycle or scooter and then peppered with useful descriptions, whimsy, humor and historical anecdote.