Edinburgh has a great choice of small (mostly independent) shops, the perfect places to buy souvenirs and gifts. You can pick up a ready-to-wear kilt or peruse delicious delicatessens and pungent ...

Say “Scotland” and most people think whisky, but the country has a history of smuggling coffee – as it was heavily taxed – then importing and drinking the brew. The first coffee houses opened as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I mostly write about the water of life, better known as whisky. Edinburgh’s historic relationship with whisky runs deep. Following ...

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The Royal Mile is the ancient spine of Edinburgh, visited by five million tourists each year. The collective name for four streets that thread through the city's Old Town, it is home to a 900-year-old ...