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THE BEST CITY FUN 8: OLD HAUNTS
:l: Hogmanay If anyone knows how to do it, we do. Snog a policeman, dance in the street. get pished. gaze at the fireworks. feel the love and let auld acquaintance be forgot.
Royal Bank Street Party, Edinburgh & George Square. Glasgow, Fri 31 Dec.
3|: Gmylrlar’s Klrkyard Despite the tale’s huge popularity, this atmospheric graveyard still holds a secretive charm worth exploring. Greyfn’ars Place, Cand/emaker Row, Edinburgh.
* Glasgow Cathedral One of the few Scottish medieval churches to have survived the Reformation: look out for the beautiful Millennium Window and the Law Monument inside. Cathedral Square, Glasgow.
3 Royal Observatory Beautifully perched with the vantage point of the capital at the end of its lens. With winter Satum. Jupiter, meteor showers and comets brightening up the winter skies it’s fantastic to visit both day and night. Blackford Hill, Edinburgh.
* Pollock House An impressive neighbour to Glasgow's Burrell Collection, you can take a winter wander round its gardens to escape the city. The House is famed for its impressive collection of paintings. porcelain and fumishings. Pollockshaws Road, Glasgow.
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Glasgow
Dub 8. Grub, Stereo, Kelvinhaugh Street
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unexpeetetl. from the tlrix ing rain (Thursdays). Ben Nevis, Argyle Street
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The Doublet, Park Road
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Where The Monkey Sleeps, West
Regent Street
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ts in. Jack Mottram and Allan Radcliffe seek out the top ten places to snuggle down in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Edinburgh
The Baillie Bar, St Stephen Street
\e'slliiig alongside the antique shops and eateries nl Sinekht‘itlge. the Baillie is pet‘leet l'iu' that pmt ('ln'istlnas shopping than -nul. 'llie tlark mintl panelling. lug tire and warm. \(llltl llll'lll\lllll:_‘\ antl reaminalil) pt‘ieetl Hll/« augtnenl the Inn’s eheerlul ainhienee.
The Witchery, Castlehill
;\ pt'iee} hut mn'tlm hile \\ inter \\;ll'lllL’l' that eiitnliines e\eellent Senttisli tare \xith i'ntnantie. opulent (leeiu‘. Snuggle \xithin the gorgeous Seei'et (Bartlett and dine mei' eantllelight \urmuntletl It} (lill\ panelling. \el\el tll'ilPL‘\ antl tapestries before a glatltlening hearth. Ndebele, Home Street
litlinliui'gh's unique South .>\l't'iean thetnetl eale in ’l'iille‘i'tiss makes a enlnut'l'ul. \xal‘ln retreat. (ii‘a/e till a \xhile met' enl'l‘ee and a sliee «it ehilli eheeseeake til it} (lllL‘ til the more itlim} nei‘atie Alriean tll\llL‘\.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Inverleith Row 'l'hese \\ ill prm lLlL‘ )iiu \\ ith the perl'eet tipptil’lllllll} tn etuntnune \xith [It/ni/ilt'ijrgiuin ulml/n'tu \\llCll _\<iu \isit their speetaeulai' glasshouse» ll' exiitie plants ain‘t )tiui' hag. pop into the bustling 'l'ei'raee (‘al'e lm' a meal and ineretlihle \ ieus «it l~.tlinhurgh.
Portobello Swim Centre, Promenade, Portobello .-\l the centre til the liasl l,tithiun lman lieaehlt‘iiltl promenade. this is an ideal \enue l'nr exiii'eising the ehill lt'nnt _\nui‘ litines. 'l‘hel'e‘s a 25in suinnning piml fur the enei‘getie uniting _\nu. \xhile the 'l‘urlkisli baths. hut baths and therap} hath are an intlulgenee to he an nuretl. l A R l
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