Tunis, Tunisia to Edinburgh, Scotland from $250

🌍 About edinburgh

Edinburgh is built on extinct volcanoes — Arthur's Seat is a 251m one you can climb in about 45 minutes from the centre for the best view in town, free. The Old Town's real character is in the closes: narrow stone alleys off the Royal Mile, some sealed underground (Mary King's Close runs tours through a 17th-century street buried beneath the City Chambers). Eat haggis, neeps and tatties — spiced sheep offal that's far better than it sounds. August is the Fringe, the world's largest arts festival, when the whole city turns into venues — but beds and fares get expensive and book out. May, June and September are warmer, lighter (near-midnight dusk in June) and calmer; winter is cold and dark, with Hogmanay the exception worth the crowds.