Sunday, May 14, 2006
More on our adventures
As I was going thru our lot of souvenirs last night, I remembered a few other places we visited that I forgot to mention in my other post. So I’ll just go thru the Edinburgh Pass book to try to remember it all. The 3 day pass cost ₤45 each, and includes bus fare on the Lothian buses for those 3 days, plus a return AirLink ticket.
So here is our list, not in order of how we saw them, just in order of how they’re laid out in the book ;-)
Cadies & Witchery Ghosts & Gore tour (reg. admission ₤7.50, free with pass card)
Camera Obscura (reg. admission ₤6.95, free with pass)
Dynamic Earth (reg admission ₤8.95, free with card)
Edinbugh Dungeon (reg admission ₤10.95, free with card)
Lauriston Castle (reg admission ₤4.50, free with pass)
Mercat Tours – Vaults Tour (reg admission ₤6.50, free with pass)
Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre (reg admission ₤8.95, free with pass)
3D Loch Ness Experience (reg admission ₤4.95, free with pass)
Café Hub – 20% off total bill
Hard Rock Café – free hot fudge sundae with adult main course
There are dozens of other things included in the pass, but there’s just not enough hours in a day to see it all. Plus there are discounts in several shops and restaurants.
Each pass cost us ₤45, and just visiting the traps and tours, we would have spent ₤118.50 on admissions, plus ₤2.30 for the bus each, which we only used one day. So we saved ₤33.10, not including the free ice cream and discount at the restaurants, and the free dram of scotch and take home glass we got for breakfast at the Scotch Whisky centre ;-) We likely would not have been able to see nearly as much as we did had we not had the passes.
Things we did that were not included in the pass was one of the ghost tours (the one thru the cemetery) and something else that escapes me at the moment. The Ghost tour was about ₤8 each I think. There is another tourist pass which does include this tour tho, but I don’t know where to get that one, or what its called. Edinburgh Adventurer er summat.
If and when we go back, I would buy the pass again, and see all the other traps we missed this time. Like Holyrood House, the Museums, the Zoo, the National Galleries, etc etc etc…We’d also like to get up to the Highlands, and of course, the real Loch Ness rather than just the cheesy 3D movie ;-) And next time we may try to find a hotel closer to High Street (The Royal Mile) to save us some walking.
I still have some photos to upload from my digital camera, but I’m feeling lazy and I’m hungry and we need to go grocery shopping. I’ll get them up later. ¶ 11:11 AM
So here is our list, not in order of how we saw them, just in order of how they’re laid out in the book ;-)
Cadies & Witchery Ghosts & Gore tour (reg. admission ₤7.50, free with pass card)
Camera Obscura (reg. admission ₤6.95, free with pass)
Dynamic Earth (reg admission ₤8.95, free with card)
Edinbugh Dungeon (reg admission ₤10.95, free with card)
Lauriston Castle (reg admission ₤4.50, free with pass)
Mercat Tours – Vaults Tour (reg admission ₤6.50, free with pass)
Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre (reg admission ₤8.95, free with pass)
3D Loch Ness Experience (reg admission ₤4.95, free with pass)
Café Hub – 20% off total bill
Hard Rock Café – free hot fudge sundae with adult main course
There are dozens of other things included in the pass, but there’s just not enough hours in a day to see it all. Plus there are discounts in several shops and restaurants.
Each pass cost us ₤45, and just visiting the traps and tours, we would have spent ₤118.50 on admissions, plus ₤2.30 for the bus each, which we only used one day. So we saved ₤33.10, not including the free ice cream and discount at the restaurants, and the free dram of scotch and take home glass we got for breakfast at the Scotch Whisky centre ;-) We likely would not have been able to see nearly as much as we did had we not had the passes.
Things we did that were not included in the pass was one of the ghost tours (the one thru the cemetery) and something else that escapes me at the moment. The Ghost tour was about ₤8 each I think. There is another tourist pass which does include this tour tho, but I don’t know where to get that one, or what its called. Edinburgh Adventurer er summat.
If and when we go back, I would buy the pass again, and see all the other traps we missed this time. Like Holyrood House, the Museums, the Zoo, the National Galleries, etc etc etc…We’d also like to get up to the Highlands, and of course, the real Loch Ness rather than just the cheesy 3D movie ;-) And next time we may try to find a hotel closer to High Street (The Royal Mile) to save us some walking.
I still have some photos to upload from my digital camera, but I’m feeling lazy and I’m hungry and we need to go grocery shopping. I’ll get them up later. ¶ 11:11 AM
