Author(s): Nick Vandome

Travel Guide

Edinburgh bySmartphone is a city guidebook for the digital age, offering uniqueinsight into the city and giving you the chance to put your smartphone toexcellent use as your traveling companion!

Edinburgh bySmartphone concentrates on photo locations for capturingiconic shots of the most famous sights in the city, and also some lesswell-known locations that nevertheless offer excellent photographic opportunities.The second main element of the book details walks around the city that caneasily be incorporated into any city break.

Each photo spot has clear what3wordsreferences for getting to the required location and where to stand when you getthere. It also provides background information about the photo subjects, andlists nearby refreshments options and other notable attractions in thevicinity. 

The photo spots include:

• Edinburgh Castle
• The Scott Monument
• Greyfriars Bobby
• St. Giles' Cathedral
• The Royal Mile
• Calton Hill
• Holyroodhouse Palace
• Scottish Parliament Building
• Arthur's Seat
• Victoria Street
• The Grassmarket
• Dean Village
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The walks covered in the book (complete withdistances and estimated number of steps) are:

• Old Town Walk.Exploring Edinburgh's historic Old Town, centred around the Royal Mile.
• New Town Walk.  In contrast to the Old Town, the New Townpresents ordered Georgian elegance and this walk takes you through its streets.
• Literary Walk.  Edinburgh has an extremely rich literaryhistory, and this walk takes you to the places where many of Edinburgh's mostfamous writers lived and worked, including Sir Walter Scott, Sir Arthur ConanDoyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, J. K. Rowling and Ian Rankin.
• Dark Side Walk.  It is impossible to escape the fact thatEdinburgh has had more than its fair share of devious and murderous charactersover the centuries. This walk takes in the sites where they operated, anddetails many of their activities, including the numerous ghostly stories thathave flourished around the city.
• Water of Leith Walk.  As an antidote to the hustle and bustleof the city centre, this walk takes you through the nearby tranquil Water ofLeith, including the picturesque and historic Dean Village.
• Arthur's Seat Walk.  Looming large over the city, this walktakes you to the summit of Arthur's Seat (and back), for a vigorous walk andstunning views over the city.
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Getting the best out of a smartphone camera isalso looked at, so you can take the best photos possible, feel confident usingyour smartphone camera, and concentrate all your attention on the photosubjects.