Welcome to Budget Backpackers Edinburgh Hostel Voted No.2 in the World by. If you are looking for comfortable, friendly hostel in Edinburgh for backpackers, then you have found it! great facilities including a and fully equipped kitchens make our Edinburgh hostels the place everyone wants to stay - so book your rooms soon as we fill up fast! is regularly in the Top 3 in the Hostelworld polls, and we think for good reason. We have gone all out to make our Hostel the best possible experience for you. CHECK ROOM AVAILABILITY BOOK ONLINE NOW! Simply use the form to the right of the page. Right in the centre of Edinburgh - Check the location here! Next the famous Grassmarket area, Edinburgh Castle, and great night life of Edinburgh. Daily Weekly or Monthly hostel accommodation rates at less than typical Edinburgh youth hostels rates. FREE hot showers (short stay). FREE bed linen (short stay). Safe, clean hostel accommodation. Close to Edinburgh bus and train stations. Friendly, helpful staff. Fully Equipped self catering kitchens. Chill out room with Plasma widescreen TV! Internet PC's for guest use. So if you are looking to right in the centre of Edinburgh, then look no further than. Budgetbackpackers Hostels Edinburgh - the funkiest youth hostels in Edinburgh, maybe the World! Getting to Edinburgh. Going out in Edinburgh. Shopping in Edinburgh. Eating out in Edinburgh. Places of interest in Edinburgh. Edinburgh rental property. Worldwide accommodation. Backpacker Tours worldwide. Useful Backpacker links. What a marvellous night for a MoonWalk. THEY did the gruelling training, put on their extravagantly decorated and colourful bras and last night finally set off through the darkness to raise millions of pounds for ch. Facelift for traditional city boozer is cheered. WITH its wobbly bar stools, patched up tables and dim lighting, the Holyrood Tavern was well known as one of the Capital's more traditional pubs. Taxi rules call to slam door on gangsters muscling in to trade. CITY leaders are calling for tougher taxi licence rules to stop Glasgow gangsters buying into the Capital. Coffee and all that jazz is the tune of Beanscene founder. A CHAIN of New York-style, jazz-themed coffee shops would come to Edinburgh under ambitious plans by the founder of the Beanscene chain. Botanics scales the heights in plan for state-of-the-art Alpine House. PLANS have been unveiled to create a new Alpine House, designed to cultivate rare plants from around the world, at the Royal Botanic Garden. LOST? TRY THE HOSTEL SITE MAP

You made a great choice to stay in our Edinburgh Hostel. We are absolutely slap bang in the centre of Edinburgh's action. You can see the Castle out of the hostel windows, and you are a short walk from the Dungeons, Dynamic Earth and lots more award winning attractions. Enjoy! the edinburgh dungeon. Opened 13th April 2001 (spooky!), the Edinburgh Dungeons is a chamber of horrors reconstructing chapters in Scotland's book of the macabre, including Burke and Hare - the 19th Century body snatchers; and Mary Kings Close. The Dungeons is a scary treat indeed. Visit the Dungeon's official site. This place is one of a kind. It tells the story of the planet, using very clever special effects and interactive technology. Visit the official site. Home of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, the Edinburgh Castle stands proud on an inactive volcano. Centuries old, this is the visitors' favourite. View the castle webcam! to see a live webcam image of this majestic building. Where the Castle sits at the top end of the Royal Mile, Holyrood Palace stands impressively at the other end. This Royal residence has seen many dramatic events in the history of Scotland dating back to 1498. The children's favourite. See the penguins! See the lions and tigers! See the elephants and much, much more! Here's a preview of what you can see. A great day out for the family! royal museum of scotland. This fabulous museum was extended in 1998 to display the historic artifacts of Scotland. The museum also contains examples of wildlife, world history and science. Visit the museum's official site. edinburgh ghost tours. Ever wanted to see what 18th century Edinburgh looked like? Now you can. Take a ghoulish walk in the underground vaults underneath the Old Town and learn about 18th Edinburgh, the rats and the plague. Can you feel those hairs on the back of your neck rise already? Visit the Mercat Tours site. Outer limits: It's another weird and wacky line-up at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Independent). With more than 31,000 performers in 2,088 shows, getting noticed at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe is never going to be easy. For those artists descending on the Scottish capital, it follows that the stranger your act, the more likely you are to be heard above the babel voices that turn this city into the scene of Europe's most vibrant festival each summer. On The Road To Nowhere (Sunday Herald). Spear can't talk for long about the impact inadequate public transport links are having on her business - she has to head off on a 50-mile car journey to pick up a trainee chef. See wood and the trees (Edinburgh Evening News). A WOOD market will be one of the main attractions of the annual Treefest event taking place in the Capital this weekend. Cambridge University Eco Racing solar car drive across Britain (PhysOrg). This year Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER) have designed and built the UK's first road legal solar car. Inside Story: Join the press club! (Independent). Even hardened hacks need to wind down. Chris Green finds out where they go when the paper goes to bed. Walking holidays in Scotland, plus day walking tours from Edinburgh. Explore the beautiful mountains of Scotland with the extremely knowledgable and experienced guides of walkabout Scotland. Trips for all abilities and ages, from the Isle of Arran through to the Highlands of Scotland. Walkabout Scotland site. heart of Scotland tours. Day bus tours from Edinburgh around the most famous parts of Scotland including Loch Ness, Stirling, the Wallace Monument, Loch Lomond and beyond. Also new for 2004 - bespoke tours - put together your perfect trip and heart of Scotland tours will facilitate it for you with their expert local knowledge. Heart of Scotland Tours site. Adrian's Edinburgh City Cycle Tour. Take one of Adrian's Edinburgh Tours by bicycle for an entertaining and informative guide to Edinburgh.See everything the city centre has, by bike - Monuments, Squares, Edinburgh Castle much more in just half a day. The cycling is non-strenuous - no fitness is required! Fun, friendly and active tours for backpackers and young travellers. Great routes, great guides and great value. C'mon check this out!!