Edinburgh money saving tips for travellers
Edinburgh welcomes millions of travellers every year eager to enjoy the sights of an amazing city .Here are my top money saving tips for anyone visiting the capital for the first time . As a guide with over 5 years experience , customers regularly ask me about money saving tips for their stay in Scotland .
1 Castle explorer pass
Scotland has over a thousand castles . Edinburgh Castle is probably the most famous castle in the UK. If you want to visit a few castles during your stay I recommend an Explorer Pass , available from Historic Environment Scotland . They are a government agency who manage 75 castles in Scotland . The pass allows you skip the line entry to all of the castle and country houses run by HES , including Edinburgh Castle, Stirling , Doune and Blackness Castle , Linlithgow Palace and many more places. Castle tours in Scotland are available from Private tours Edinburgh .
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2 UK SIM card
For most of us internet access on our phone is essential to keep up with email and social media. Most phone , electrical shops and supermarkets in Edinburgh can supply a UK SIM card for your phone with special deals on data for a month for up to £10.
3 Consume Tap Water
Scotland has excellent and completely safe drinking tap water. Filling up a reusable water bottle is not only better for the environment, but it also saves money compared to purchasing plastic water bottles or getting drinks.
Your tour guide is David Rankin , a photographer with over 20 years experience of photographing Scotland’s landscapes and castles .
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These castles have provided the backdrops for bloody battles or famous films, and are the most popular castles in Scotland
Stirling Castle.
Midhope Castle.
Blackness Castle.
Doune Castle.
Mel Gibson decided to direct the film, as well as star as Wallace. Braveheart was filmed in Scotland and Ireland from June to October 1994. Book your Braveheart tour online
Yes, Midhope Castle is the real life location for Lallybroch , the ancestral home of Jamie Fraser . You can visit Lallybroch on our unique Outlander tours . Lallybroch, or Broch Tuarach, is Jamie’s fictional home in the series.
Outlander tours from Edinburgh can be booked online . In real life it’s an ancient 16th-century tower house outside Edinburgh. The castle stars in a number of Outlander episodes as the ancestral home of Jamie Fraser , played by Scottish actor Sam Heughan . You can visit the castle on one of our tours and take a look around the outside . Unfortunately the inside of Lallybroch is derelict and not accessible at the moment , although plans have been announced to build accommodation inside the castle . 
What is Broch Tuarach ? And can you take a tour to it ? It is an old broch on the land, Broch Tuarach means “north-facing tower” in Gaelic. Lallybroch, as the estate is known among those who live there, in turn means “lazy tower”. Lallybroch , ancestral home of Jamie Fraser , is also known as Broch Tuarach .
Broch Tuarach tours can be booked online . For last minute bookings phone / Whatsapp us on +447305-294773
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