Qué hay en Edimburgo, Reino Unido, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Christmas market, Hogmanay

• Norma

  Castle and attraction timed tickets

  1 Ene – 31 DicReserva pronto

  Edinburgh Castle sells dated, timed entry and sells out days ahead in August and over Hogmanay. The one o'clock gun is the slot everyone wants, so book around it rather than for it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Christmas market (15 Nov – 4 Ene (normalmente)), Hogmanay (30 Dic – 1 Ene)

Máxima afluencia — Six Nations at Murrayfield, February half-term en Reino Unido

• Festival

  Six Nations at Murrayfield

  1 Feb – 20 Mar · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha genteReserva pronto

  Two or three Saturdays between February and mid-March. Sixty-odd thousand people arrive for the afternoon and the city's rooms price as if it were Hogmanay. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Concurrido — Six Nations at Murrayfield, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteCierres

  Good Friday is a bank holiday across the UK and Easter Monday everywhere but Scotland. The long weekend opens the domestic touring season: popular towns, coasts and parks get busy, rooms cost more, and rail engineering works often cut or replace train services. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Six Nations at Murrayfield (1 Feb – 20 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday en Reino Unido

• Temporada

  Haar season

  1 Abr – 31 Ago · normalmenteTemporada de nieblaRiesgo

  An easterly off the North Sea rolls cold grey over the city while ten miles inland it stays clear. In early summer it can sit all day and take the castle and Arthur's Seat with it.

• Naturaleza

  Blossom in the Meadows

  5 Abr – 5 May · normalmenteFlor de cerezo

  The cherry avenue across the Meadows comes out for a fortnight in April and the students treat it as the first day of summer, whatever the temperature says. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Seabird season on the Forth

  10 Abr – 25 Jul · normalmenteTemporada de aves

  Gannets pack the Bass Rock and puffins come ashore on Craigleith and the Isle of May from spring; the boats go from North Berwick, half an hour out of town. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Beltane Fire Festival

  30 AbrLuces y fuego

  A ticketed fire procession up Calton Hill on the night of 30 April, run by volunteers and cold enough that most of the audience regrets what they wore. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Easter bank holidays (3–6 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — Edinburgh Marathon Festival, Late-May half-term en Reino Unido

• Festival

  Edinburgh Marathon Festival

  22–31 May · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha genteCierres

  A weekend of road races at the end of May that shuts the coast road out to Musselburgh and fills the hotels a full three months before the Fringe does. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Haar season (1 Abr – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Blossom in the Meadows (5 Abr – 5 May (normalmente)), Seabird season on the Forth (10 Abr – 25 Jul (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Royal Highland Show, Late-May half-term en Reino Unido

• Festival

  Royal Highland Show

  18–25 Jun · normalmenteGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Four days of livestock, forestry and food at Ingliston next to the airport, with two hundred thousand through the gate and the tram out west running full both ways. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Haar season (1 Abr – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Seabird season on the Forth (10 Abr – 25 Jul (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Reino Unido, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Haar season (1 Abr – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Seabird season on the Forth (10 Abr – 25 Jul (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Fringe and International Festival, Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

• Festival

  Fringe and International Festival

  7–31 AgoFestival de artesMucha genteReserva pronto

  The Fringe, the International Festival and the book festival run at once for most of August. The city's population roughly doubles, and accommodation is booked from the previous autumn at three or four times the rate. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

  7–29 AgoFestival de músicaMucha genteReserva pronto

  Stands go up on the castle esplanade for the month, which closes the approach in the evenings and changes how the whole Royal Mile moves after eight. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Haar season (1 Abr – 31 Ago (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Apertura

  Doors Open Days

  20–30 Sep · normalmenteGran festival

  One weekend in late September when buildings that are normally shut — the closes, the vaults, working churches and civic rooms — open free. Popular ones need booking a fortnight ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Concurrido — October half-term en Reino Unido, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Concurrido — Christmas market, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Christmas market

  15 Nov – 4 Ene · normalmenteNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  The market and the big wheel fill East Princes Street Gardens from the middle of November, and the walk along Princes Street becomes a shuffle after four in the afternoon. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Máxima afluencia — Christmas market, Hogmanay

• Festival

  Hogmanay

  30 Dic – 1 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteReserva pronto

  The street party in the centre is ticketed and fenced, so the choice is to buy in or stay out of the cordon. The Loony Dook in the Forth on New Year's Day is the other tradition. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Christmas market (15 Nov – 4 Ene (normalmente))