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TOWN HOUSE££
( 0131-229 1985;
www.thetownhouse.com
; 65 Gilmore Pl; per person £45-60; )
The five-
room Town House is a plush little place, offering the sort of quality and comfort you
might expect from a much larger and more expensive hotel. It's an elegant Victorian ter-
raced house with big bay windows, spacious bedrooms (all with en suites) and a breakfast
menu that includes salmon fishcakes and kippers alongside the more usual offerings.
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Edinburgh for Kids
Edinburgh has a multitude of attractions for children, and most things to see and do are child-friendly. Kids under
five travel for free on Edinburgh buses, and five- to 15-year-olds pay a flat fare of 70p.
The Edinburgh Information Centre (
Click here
)
has lots of info on children's events, and the handy guidebook
Edinburgh for Under Fives
(
www.edinburghforunderives.co.uk
)
can be found in most bookshops. The List (
Click here
) magazine has a special kids' section listing children's activities and events in and around Edinburgh.
The week-long
Imaginate Festival
(
www.imaginate.org.uk
)
of children's theatre, dance and puppetry takes place
each year in late May/early June.
Ideas for outdoor activities include exploring the
Royal Botanic Garden
(
www.rbge.org.uk
; 20a Inverleith
Row; admission to glasshouses £4.50; 10am-6pm Mar-Sep, to 5pm Feb & Oct, to 4pm Nov-Jan)
, go-
ing to see the animals at Edinburgh Zoo (
Click here
)
, visiting the statue of Greyfriars Bobby (
Click here
)
and
feeding the swans and playing on the beach at
Cramond
. During the Edinburgh and Fringe Festivals there is also
plenty of
street theatre
for kids, especially on the High St and at the foot of The Mound, and in December there's
an open-air ice rink and fairground rides in Princes Street Gardens.
If it's raining, you can visit the Discovery Centre, a hands-on activity zone on level 3 of the National Museum of
Scotland (
Click here
)
, play on the flumes at the
Royal Commonwealth Pool
Offline map
Google map
(
www.thecommiepool.co.uk
; 21 Dalkeith Rd; adult/child £5.50/2.80; 5.30am-9.30pm Mon-Fri, to 5pm
Sat, 7.30am-5pm Sun)
, try out the earthquake simulator at
Our Dynamic Earth
(
Click here
)
, or take a tour of
the haunted
Real Mary King's Close
Offline map
Google map
(
Click here
)
.
AMARYLLIS GUEST HOUSE££
( 0131-229 3293;
www.amaryllisguesthouse.com
; 21 Upper Gilmore Pl; s/d £60/80; )
The
Amaryllis is a cute little Georgian town house on a quiet backstreet. There are five bed-
rooms, including a spacious family room that can take two adults and up to four kids.
Princes St is only 10 minutes' walk away.
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