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First time visiting Edinburgh? We want you to get the most from your car hire Edinburgh experience. For this reason, we have enlisted the assistance of a local travel expert to help get you on the road. Stick to these priceless travel tips and appreciate the finest that Edinburgh is offering...

See: Edinburgh Castle is hard to miss, since it towers dramatically, high on the rocks over the city centre. If you're here during the first three weeks of August then a show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the world's largest arts festival, is an absolute must. Hang out at the large outdoor drinking areas on George Square, the Pleasance or Teviot Square to peruse flyers, spot celebs and pick a winning night's entertainment. From stand up comedy to cabaret, dance, performance art, theatre, book readings, chat shows, improv and street theatre, it's all happening and there's plenty of fun, free stuff going on in virtually every square and street corner.

On a wet day (yes, we have a few of those!) sate your culture pangs with a trip to the National Museum of Scotland where you can take in everything from Dolly the Sheep to the Lewis Chessmen, followed by a daunder around the Scottish National Gallery where you may gawp at masterpieces from the likes of Velázquez, Rubens, Van Gogh, Monet, Cézanne, Degas and Gauguin.

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Shop: Edinburgh's main shopping streets run parallel to each other, conveniently enough. Princes Street is home to the city's flagship department stores Frasers and Jenners, along with all the usual high street suspects. Next along is Rose Street where you'll find the excellent Fopp with great value CDs, DVDs and books, and many shoe and outdoorsy retailers. One up from there is George Street, which, along with the West End, houses most of the more upmarket fashion  boutiques.

If your shopping taste leans more towards the indie end, make your way up the steep and windy Cockburn Street or Victoria Street, one of the Old Town's most picturesque parades. Here you'll find quirky galleries and shops brimful with unique gifts, arts and craft wares.

The villagey suburbs of Bruntsfield, Morningside and Stockbridge, just a short drive from the city centre  are chock-a-block with specialty food shops, delis and charity shops offering up surprisingly high quality cast offs. If you're around on a Saturday morning, make sure you pay the Edinburgh Farmer's Market a visit and stock up on top quality foodie finds from all over Scotland.

Eat: From Kurdish to Kenyan, Edinburgh has the all corners of the culinary map covered. For affordable modern European cuisine with plenty of buzz and exquisite Old Town views, nip in to The Outsideror indulge your passion for knowing, retro British cooking at the very reasonable The Dogs. Restaurateurs Tony Crolla and family own a small chain of the city's beat loved Italian eateries, including the family friendly Vittoria's on the Bridge and the chic brother, Valvona & Crolla Vin Caffe on designer shopping alley, Multrees Walk.

If you're feeling particularly flush, you might want to trot over to the much gentrified dock area of Leith, where you'll find all three of Edinburgh's Michelin-Starred restaurants, The Plumed Horse, Kitchin(named after its chef, Tom Kitchin) and Martin Wishart all within a pan toss of each other.

Drink: Whisky and lots of it! Not to mention real ales such as Belhaven 80 Shilling or the edgy 'craft beers' of the legendary BrewDog Co. Two of the city's most historic boozers are the 650 year old Sheeps Heid Inn in Duddingston and Morningside's The Canny Man's, an eccentric enclave of wall-to-wall paraphernalia (and this writer's local). There are hundreds to choose from though, from glossy style bars to old men's snugs.

Stay: Just a few minutes walk from the West End of Princes Street, in a residential New Town crescent, the Bonham Hotel is a fairly priced, ultra classy pied-a-terre with expansive, high ceilinged rooms.  One of the city's latest luxury additions is Hotel Missoni. Occupying a prime spot on historic George IV Bridge, the Missoni is a sleek design hotel boasting all the trappings you'd expect from its Italian fashion house owners.  At the more budget-friendly end of the scale, the Belford Hosteloffers a truly unique environment at a snip, being a converted Gothic-style church surrounded by lush greenery.

Walk: Wander along the narrow, cobbley wobbly lanes and alleys of the atmospheric Old Town, where crime writer Ian Rankin drew inspiration for his Inspector Rebus stories and then explore the elegant Georgian serenity of the New Town's crescents and gardens. A stroll down the length of the Royal Mile rewards you with a peek at the striking modernist Holyrood Parliament building and Holyrood Park, where the Queen sometimes hangs out her undies to dry.

Get out: Few cities offer up a stonking great mountain that you can see from the centre of town, so make the most of it and get your hiking boots on! Arthur's Seat looks especially stunning in the spring when orange and purple heather clad and can be conquered in under an hour. For something less strenuous, take a gentle meander along the Water of Leith, the city's main river, with nearly 13 miles of bike lanes and walkways. There's a particularly scenic stretch along the Dean Village and to the wooded wonderland of Colinton Dell.

Listen: Pop in on any night of the week to the reassuringly cosy and traditional folk pub Sandy Bell's and you just might discover the next Proclaimers. Edinburgh is perhaps not as blessed with great gig venues as Glasgow or other comparable cities, but some of our best ones are sure-fire intimate show stealers. There's a regular rota of established and emerging indie and rock acts on at the Liquid Room and Cabaret Voltaire, a groovy grotto deep in the Old Town's underground caves. A more 'grown up' repertoire of folk, world, jazz, blues and classical acts tend to gravitate towards grand, seated venues such as the Usher Hall and the Queens Hall.

Avoid:The tourist tat emporiums blaring out bagpipe music, which are sadly taking over the Royal Mile and Princes Street.  Ditto, the stag and hen party central that is the Cowgate on a weekend night.