Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Mile in the Old Town; William St in the western part of the New Town; and the Stock-
bridge district, immediately north of the New Town.
Bookshops
Blackwell's Bookshop
(
www.blackwell.co.uk
;
53-62 South Bridge; 9am-8pm Mon & Wed-Fri, 9.30am-8pm
Tue, 9am-6pm Sat, noon-6pm Sun)
The city's principal bookstore; big selection of aca-
demic books.
BOOKS
Waterstone's
(
www.waterstones.com
)
East End
(13 Princes St; 9am-8pm Mon-Fri, to 7.30pm Sat,
10am-7pm Sun)
; George St
(83 George St; 9.30am-9pm Mon-Fri, to 8pm Sat,
11am-6pm Sun)
; West End (
226 2666; 128 Princes St; 8.30am-8pm Mon-Sat,
10.30am-7pm Sun; all Princes St buses)
The West End branch has an in-store cafe with
great views.
BOOKS
Word Power
(
www.word-power.co.uk
;
43 West Nicolson St; 10am-6pm Mon-Sat, noon-5pm Sun)
Radical, independent bookshop with wide range of political, gay and feminist literature.
BOOKS
Cashmere & Wool
Woollen textiles and knitwear are one of Scotland's classic exports. Scottish cashmere - a
fine, soft wool sourced from young goats and lambs - provides the most luxurious and ex-
pensive knitwear and has been seen gracing the torsos of pop star Robbie Williams and
England footballer David Beckham.
Kinross Cashmere
(2 St Giles St)
Wide range of traditional and modern knitwear.
FASHION
Joyce Forsyth Designer Knitwear
FASHION
