The 2008 festival due to kick off on the 8th of August. As always, there is a huge range of events from classical music, theatre, opera and dance to the interctive entertainment festival . You can see a preview video here.
The key venues used throughout Edinburgh are the Usher Hall (capacity 2,300), Festival Theatre (1,800), Edinburgh Playhouse (2,900), King’s Theatre (1,300), Royal Lyceum Theatre (650), The Queen’s Hall (920) and The Hub (420).
Hotels in Edinburgh
Demand for hotels in Edinburgh is predictably huge during the festival period, therefore our advice would be to book as soon as possible to avoid any misshaps. According to Expedia, Edinburgh has the top hotel in Europe!.
Some great advice can be found here:
Touring Edinburgh & Scotland
Whilst not enhancing your cultural standing, Edinburgh is a superb city with many spectacular visitor attractions, including this, Ghost Hunting and one on the world’s greatest golf courses. The people are also very welcoming and it is famous for one of the world’s greatest Hogmany parties.
Scotland itself is a beautiful country, take a trip to the stunning Scottish Highlands, Harry Potter was filmed up here!, also Scotlands biggest city Glasgow is only 45 minutes away!.
