Edinburgh for 2 days - any recommendations?

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DH & I are going to Edinburgh for 2.5 days (3 nights) next month. We have never been there before.

Are there any must sees? Trying to sort out an intinerary to make the most of the time we have there.

DH is vegan so any amazing restaurant suggestions which can accommodate would be great too.

Great choice
I recommend mary king close tour
A ghost tour
Castle tour
Go to old and new town, grass market
Pubs: the wally dug and the star bar, the jingling Geordie

Lots of vegan food
Mexican pancho villa pancho villa

Kalpna Indian restaurant Kalpna

Henderson vegan restaurant Henderson’s

Harmonium restaurant harmonium

David Bann restaurant David bann

Thanks so much @LipstickHandbagCoffee I'll check those out

Loads of places to eat vegan in Edinburgh
Have a great trip, it’s v compact and walkable you’ll have a great time
Other good to see are
Holyrood palace
Arthur’s seat

If you like architecture a tour on their city sightseeing bus is a must so you can see things up close

If you're in two minds about the Castle don't worry about missing it. It's not the loveliest castle, better from the outside in many ways, e.g. the skyline from Princes Street. You can go right up the castle esplanade, check out the city views and go through the first gate to the first courtyard without paying. It is a small fortune (I am pretty tight fisted mind you). Time might be better spent meandering along the Royal Mile, Victoria Street, round the Grassmarket, up Candlemaker Row to see Greyfriars Bobby and get back on the High Street, down to the Scottish parliament building, Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat. There are smaller heritage places that are pretty cheaper to get into and give you a little history without taking up a lot of your time (e.g. John Knox's house).

Pub wise Sandy Bells know for folk music and Ghillie Dhu often do a ceilidh upstairs late at the weekend (ceilidh - Scottish dancing with a caller, there will be lots of people who don't know the dances). Worth checking it's on first.

I second Mary King's Close.

Bring comfy shoes and layers. The city centre is compact but hilly and the weather famously unpredictable.

Pick up a free tourist map just about anywhere.

Bring comfy flat shoes - lots of hills and cobbles so heels aren’t practical.

A walk round Arthur’s seat should be on your to do list, it gives you fantastic views of the city and just jeans and trainers would be suitable for it.

I did the Auld Reekie (sp?) tour. It was an underground ghost tour and in spite of my not believing or being scared of ghosts at all, I was spooked! It was very interesting, too, as it went all the way under the Old Town.

I also enjoyed the HopOnHopOff tour - it was very informative and the guide was very witty.

Vegan wise, I can recommend Las Iguanas on George Street for latin american style dishes (they have a totally seperate veggie/vegan menu). If you fancy Indian, I had the best masala dosai I've ever had at Tanjore on Clerk Street.

tanjore.co.uk/

www.iguanas.co.uk/restaurants/edinburgh

We visited the Royal Yacht Britannia which was interesting and had afternoon tea on the Royal Deck which was a novelty. We also did the underground tour but not the ghost one as I'm a wuss. We loved Edinburgh.