Edinburgh Sparkles – Nov & Dec
Edinburgh welcomes thousands of visitors for the winter holidays. As always, the city sparkles and comes alive with lights, food, reindeer.
Princes Garden rides
There are plenty of choices for shopping for that extra special holiday gift.
If you drive into Edinburgh the parking metres stop an hour early at 5:30pm to encourage visitors. Might as well take advantage of this while you can!
Beth’s Recommendation: Princes Gardens hosts holiday rides which are beautiful to see against the famous Old Town skyline. Walking through the gardens, all wrapped up, sipping from a hot cup of Glühwein makes for a perfect evening.
Free OUTDOORSaver from Visit Scotland – now until 31 May 2010
For those of you who love the outdoors Scotland is the perfect place!
The OUTDOORSavers may only be available midweek (unless stated otherwise) but they are valid from 1 September 2009 to 31 May 2010. 
You can choose Family Activities, Golf, Outdoor Activities, Outdoor Attractions, Wildlife Watching and Snow Sports.
Beth’s Recommendation: Make sure to take along plenty of warm clothes and of course rain gear. Someone once said “There is no such thing as bad weather. Just bad clothes.”
Tell-a-Story Day – Friday 30 October 2009
How perfect is this for our Storytelling Apartment?!
This is Scotland’s national day of storytelling and you can write about anything you like. 
There are FREE online resources here.
Beth’s Recommendation: If you write a story about a visit to Edinburgh you can send it to us and we’ll post it here.
Open Doors Day Edinburgh – 26 & 27 September 2009
Doors Open Day is your chance to explore some of Edinburgh’s architecturally and culturally significant buildings – all for free. From heritage landmarks to the city’s newest architecture, Doors Open Day offers free access to properties that are either not usually open to the public or would normally charge anhttp://storytellingapartment.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php entry fee.
Here’s the full brochure. 
Beth’s Recommendation: It’s impossible to make it to all the buildings in a day so I recommend prioritising a few that are in close proximity to each other (all near the Royal Mile) and then do your best to get around to all of these. Some places are only open on the Saturday OR Sunday so check ahead of time.
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Beth Edberg
Beth has lived in Edinburgh for 11 years and adores this city. Exploring Edinburgh is never ending and Beth loves to share stories about all the great places to go, things to do and people to see. Beth admires great customer service and secretly wishes she was a secret shopper. Beth is a co-owner of the 4 star, self catering Storytelling Apartment on Edinburgh's Royal Mile.
