Cookie Clothes Magic, Edinburgh Shopping, Cockburn Street
Edinburgh Fringe Shop, Royal Mile Edinburgh
Victoria Street Shopping Edinburgh. Checkout Totty Rocks for the best of Edinburgh Clothing design
Vintage Clothing Edinburgh, Armstrongs (see their website right)
Souvenir Shopping Edinburgh, off the Royal MileAs you run through the list of Edinburgh's superb choice of cinemas, theatres, shopping venues and museums and attractions, you can begin to see why Edinburgh is such a top choice for city breaks. Princes Street in Edinburgh city centre is one of the UK's most famous shopping streets!
The number of cinemas and filmhouses in Edinburgh will amaze, including top art house film venues at Cameo and the Edinburgh Filmhouse. Check the weblink right for details on Edinburgh's annual international film festival too. Edinburgh theatre is legendary, and comes alive during the August festival period when the Edinburgh Fringe holds a host of theatre performances across Edinburgh's numerous theatre venues.
Edinburgh has an astounding choice of cinemas, with some classic old Edinburgh cinemas like Cameo dating from 1914 featuring in the city's cinema list. Other superb film venues for art house cinema include Edinburgh's filmhouse on Lothian Road. (see websites right for both Cameo and Edinburgh's Filmhouse).
Not surprisingly with so many superb cinemas and film venues, Edinburgh has an annual internaional film festival, acclaimed world world on the film festival scene. (see Edinburgh Film Festival weblink right for details).
The hub for Edinburgh shopping is certainly Princes Street. Big name department stores sit alongside chic boutiques and specialist shops here. Find more on George Street and in Edinburgh there are two big shopping malls in the centre - St James Shopping Centre (website right) and Princes Mall.
Cockburn Street just to the south of Waverley Station has a superb collection of more bohemian clothes shops alongside record shops. For all things antiques, books, specialist food and arts and crafts push down to the Victoria Street area and Grassmarket. Tourist type shops and souvenir shops are located mainly on Edinburgh's Royal Mile.
Top of the bohemian clothes shops chart in Edinburgh are Totty Rocks on Victoria Street and Cookie on Cockburn Street!
For theatre choice, Edinburgh is one of the best in the UK. The Edinburgh Fringe festival is when theatre really comes alive in the city, but all year round theatre choice is superb at top Edinburgh theatre venues such as the Edinburgh Playhouse, The Festival Theatre and Kings Theatres, the Edinburgh Royal Lyceum Traverse Theatre, Bedlam Theatre and the new Scottish Storytelling Centre and Netherbow Theatre.
Check the Edinburgh Theatre website listings right for details of shows, and news on the forthcoming Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August.