Edinburgh has a great choice of small (mostly independent) shops, the perfect places to buy souvenirs and gifts. You can pick up a ready-to-wear kilt or peruse delicious delicatessens and pungent ...

Edinburgh's Royal Mile has scores of gift shops selling Scotland-themed souvenirs to a growing number of visitors The Royal Mile is the ancient spine of Edinburgh, visited by five million tourists ...

Say “Scotland” and most people think whisky, but the country has a history of smuggling coffee – as it was heavily taxed – then importing and drinking the brew. The first coffee houses opened as ...

A lot can change in a shopping centre in 20 years - and that's certainly the case with Ocean Terminal. We wind the clock back ...

A beloved store in Edinburgh with an "impressive" selection of festive items has been named one of the best Christmas shops in the whole of the UK. The Nutcracker Christmas Shop on High Street was ...

Edinburgh’s Princes Street has lost many popular shops in recent years – including the Jenners department store, which closed its doors a few years back. Both the growth of online stores such as ...

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The Royal Mile is the ancient spine of Edinburgh, and one of the top destinations for the five million tourists who come to the city every year. The collective name for four streets that thread ...