Edinbught NYE recommendations?

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soche

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Hi

Was thinking of heading up to Edinburgh Hogmonay street party for NYE this year with the wife. Never been before. Has anyone been or got any recommendations on hotels for 1 or 2 nights or good companies to use for packages? Flights from london are cheap as chips at £60

Cheers
Soche
 
I have been twice, the first time I went I couldn't believe how Crap it was so went a second time just to make sure it was crap and it wasn't just me, You are crammed in can not move and it is F**KING Freezing, as soon as the bells have gone the Police try to clear the streets as quickly as possible. :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:
For any hotel or B&B in Edinburgh you will pay Top dollar at that time of year even for the worst of them.
On a more political note, I wouldn't give the council any of your hard earned ££££, they will just waste it on dumb ass tram projects that fail or something similar.

Sorry to sound so negative about it, and if you do go I hope you have a great time.
 
The Glasshouse, it's very close to everything - prices may be higher for New Year though.

http://www.hotels.com/ho208467/the-glasshouse-edinburgh-edinburgh-united-kingdom/?gclid=CPT85qXX8acCFYEc4QoddWa_bQ#description
 
Nosa said:
On a more political note, I wouldn't give the council any of your hard earned ££££, they will just waste it on dumb ass tram projects that fail or something similar.
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Are Edinburgh getting a tram? :rofl:

Don't listen to Nosa - he's what we call a dour bugger. :poke:
 
MalcZ4 said:
Are Edinburgh getting a tram? :rofl:
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It would be funny it was not such a very very very expensive farce

Have to agree with the Dour bugger statement though :lol:
 
We've only been to the street party the once when we had tickets to see Moby at the Castle. We enjoyed it, although we were a bunch of pissed students at the time :-). Most other years we've gone for a meal or gone to the pubs then stood somewhere outside the cordon with a bottle of bubbly. There's usually a good number of people doing the same!The fireworks are well worth seeing though. While your up the Christmas fair & big wheel are an easy way to spend a couple of hours one evening.

As for hotels, book them quick - the price goes up and availability drops quickly. Do you have tickets for the street party? They're usually done by a ballot.

As far trams - f'in disgrace. Noticed last time that I was in Princes Street it's almost been put back together for the first time in a few years.
 
lol, thanks for the pointers, very useful and possibly if we do it, we will avoid the cordoned area as suggested. Cheers
 
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