New Town, Edinburgh

The New Town is a masterpiece of town planning - and has the UNESCO badge to prove it. Mix with the Edinburgh gentry among stunning architecture.

Head to Princes’ Street for shopping. Or run the gauntlet of bars on Rose Street. George Street is the place to go for the city’s swankiest nightspots. And there are banks, embassies, and language schools too. This is the financial heart of Scotland, hence the expensive suits on show. Feeling underdressed? Make towards the designer emporiums.