O que acontece em Edimburgo, Reino Unido, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — Christmas market, Hogmanay

• Regra

  Castle and attraction timed tickets

  1 Jan – 31 DezReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Christmas market (15 Nov – 4 Jan (normalmente)), Hogmanay (30 Dez – 1 Jan)

Lotação máxima — Six Nations at Murrayfield, February half-term em Reino Unido

• Festival

  Six Nations at Murrayfield

  1 Fev – 20 Mar · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez)

Movimentado — Six Nations at Murrayfield, férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Feriado

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Six Nations at Murrayfield (1 Fev – 20 Mar (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday em Reino Unido

• Temporada

  Haar season

  1 Abr – 31 Ago · normalmenteTemporada de neblinaRisco

  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.

• Natureza

  Blossom in the Meadows

  5 Abr – 5 Mai · normalmenteCerejeiras em flor

  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. Fonte ↗

• Natureza

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Beltane Fire Festival

  30 AbrLuzes e fogo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Easter bank holidays (3–6 Abr)

Lotação máxima — Edinburgh Marathon Festival, Late-May half-term em Reino Unido

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  Edinburgh Marathon Festival

  22–31 Mai · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Haar season (1 Abr – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Blossom in the Meadows (5 Abr – 5 Mai (normalmente)), Seabird season on the Forth (10 Abr – 25 Jul (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Royal Highland Show, Late-May half-term em Reino Unido

• Festival

  Royal Highland Show

  18–25 Jun · normalmenteGrande festivalLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Haar season (1 Abr – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Seabird season on the Forth (10 Abr – 25 Jul (normalmente))

Movimentado — Summer holidays em Reino Unido, férias escolares em 6 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em julho.

Ainda em andamento: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Haar season (1 Abr – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Seabird season on the Forth (10 Abr – 25 Jul (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Fringe and International Festival, Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

• Festival

  Fringe and International Festival

  7–31 AgoFestival de artesLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

  7–29 AgoFestival de músicaLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Haar season (1 Abr – 31 Ago (normalmente))

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

• Abertura

  Doors Open Days

  20–30 Set · normalmenteGrande 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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez)

Movimentado — October half-term em Reino Unido, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em outubro.

Ainda em andamento: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez)

Movimentado — Christmas market, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Festival

  Christmas market

  15 Nov – 4 Jan · normalmenteNatal e Ano-NovoLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez)

Lotação máxima — Christmas market, Hogmanay

• Festival

  Hogmanay

  30 Dez – 1 JanNatal e Ano-NovoLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Castle and attraction timed tickets (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Christmas market (15 Nov – 4 Jan (normalmente))