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 ...

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 ...

A new Edinburgh ice cream shop is incorporating standard flavors with Mexican tradition, all while creating a social media-worthy atmosphere. Sweet Treats Las Comadres opened April 6 in downtown ...

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 ...

An Edinburgh couple who opened a pop-up Christmas shop in Edinburgh’s city centre last month have been told it is ‘unlike anything else on the high street’ by their customers. Did you know with a ...

Edinburgh shoppers could soon be packing their bags after a popular high street sweet shop launched a nationwide giveaway ...

Edinburgh's "best cafés and coffee shops" have been named. The top coffee venues around the city were crowned by The Telegraph. The Scottish capital is home to countless cafés, ranging from historic ...