Festivals \\ \\ x26 Fairways: August in Edinburgh

The Edinburgh International Festival, the Scottish capital Edinburgh live within a band of colors and sounds, each August and attracts visitors from around the world to the city, a wealth of varied entertainment experience.

The Edinburgh Festival is actually a name for the many smaller festivals are held around the city during the month, with a range of theater, opera, music, comedy and art of the capital. As expected, Edinburgh can be a very busy and sometimes noisy city during the festival month so what better way to escape the maddening crowds head for the fairways of a golf Edinburgh?

In fact, many people who visit the festival, do it on a short break and wave combine, if the two activities, golf in the morning and then off into town to a show and / or grab a bite to eat . Moreover, many performances of the festival will end late in the evening and, in some cases, even the wee hours of the morning, so there is enough time to do both.

Stroll through the fields or along the Royal Mile, where many shows take place around, gargoyles and magic acts, jugglers and mimes and street musicians play all the attention, while many clubs to increase their hours in the morning.

If you're one of those people looking for the festival to combine with the fairways of a golf break in Edinburgh, there are many options to choose from. If, after the sumptuous elegance in a very high level in golf away from the busy center of the Marriot Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club should be high on your list. This four star hotel has two golf courses on its lands - Lessons from the East and West - is in play host to the Solheim Cup in 2002. Dalmahoy has also established the Scottish and Scottish PGA Seniors Open and provides a fair system, so long to test golfers. Dalmahoy is also a short bus or taxi from the international airport and Waverley train station, while a regular bus service to the door of the estate runs every fifteen minutes, which connects Edinburgh with nearby Livingston.

For those who want to stay close to the action of the party, but the tread went looking for such courses Golf Tours Edinburgh Craigmillar Park Golf Club, Braid Hills and Kings Acre Golf Club under the list of his itinerary.

One of the best advantages of combining a golf break in Edinburgh with a visit to the festival is the guarantee of accommodation such as hotels, guest houses and bed and breakfasts in and around the city quickly to fill the party and continue the time set aside whole month, which means the bed space is scarce. But with a break from golf that you can be sure you have somewhere to rest your head on the end of the day.

So if you plan a visit to the capital of Scotland for the festival, why not combine a break from golf to some of the best courses in town to play, and taking in some of the best independent entertainment wherever you are in the world.