Edinburgh is amazing, but it’s nice to get away every once in a while. Here, we share relaxing countryside excursions, brilliant day trips, smashing city breaks, and the best places to visit in the UK. It’s also your one-stop hub for exciting international travel inspiration!
A huge surf resort has taken over a 60-acre country park a mere 40-minute drive from central Edinburgh. As a result, the new establishment became “Europe’s biggest inland surfing destination”, attracti...
Would you dare go to one of the coldest places in Europe, just for a day? One moment you’re in your bed, and the next you’re getting off the plane surrounded by the icy tundra of Lapland. The crisp, -27 degr...
What does £125,000 get you these days? Well, not a lot it seems. It won’t get you a place to live in Edinburgh, that’s for sure. When the average flat in the capital, according to…...
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the Airlander 10! The UK-based company behind it, Hybrid Air Vehicles, is already calling it “the future of zero-carbon aviation,” but we’re just as impressed by…...
If you’ve already planned next year’s holiday, then some additional paperwork might be needed before you check in. According to the Guardian, an all-new scheme introduced by the European Union now obliges UK...
My two least favourite things about Edinburgh? I’ll likely never be able to afford a house here and there are people everywhere I go. Like every Edinburgher, I’m constantly threatening to pack it all in and move to the...
The scene is set for your holiday; you’re packed—there’s enough sun cream in your case to fill a swimming pool—and ready to hit the beach. You’ve remembered your passport and it hasn’t expired ye...
It’s 5am (known as the rush hour of airports) and you’ve just stood in the airport security queue for at least 30 minutes. Half asleep, you then have to empty everything out of your bag into the tray, ending...
As you might have noticed, here at Secret Edinburgh, we’ve got a bit of a soft spot for our capital city. There’s nowhere quite like it. And certainly, nowhere else we could imagine ourselves living. Unless,...
Those who have experienced the magical vistas of the famous train passing through the Glenfinnan Viaduct in the Scottish Highlands will truly understand the tragedy of this situation. The Harry Potter steam train has be...