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Royal Mile Tavern
(
www.royalmiletavern.com
;
127 High St)
An elegant, traditional bar lined with polished
wood, mirrors and brass, Royal Mile serves real ale (Deuchars IPA and Caledonian 80/-),
good wines and decent pub grub - fish and chips, steak and Guinness pie, sausage and
mash etc.
PUB
Holyrood 9A
(
www.fullerthomson.com
;
9a Holyrood Rd; )
Candlelight flickering off hectares of pol-
ished wood creates an atmospheric setting for this superb real-ale bar, with no fewer than
20 taps pouring craft beers from all corners of the country. If you're peckish, it serves ex-
cellent gourmet burgers, too.
PUB
Beehive Inn
(18-20 Grassmarket)
The historic Beehive, a former coaching inn, is a big, buzzing party
pub, with a range of real ales, but the main attraction is sitting out the back in the Grass-
market's only beer garden, with views up to the castle.
PUB
Pear Tree House
(
www.pear-tree-house.co.uk
;
38 West Nicolson St; )
Set in an 18th-century house with
cobbled courtyard, the Pear Tree is a student favourite with an open fire in winter, comfy
sofas and board games inside, plus the city's biggest and most popular beer garden in
summer.
PUB
New Town
Rose St (between Princes St and George St) was once a famous pub crawl, where genera-
tions of students, sailors and rugby fans would try to visit every pub on the street (around
17 of them) and down a pint of beer in each one.
Oxford Bar
PUB
