“We are proud to be an Official Travel Trade partner for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and over 10,000 clients have been with us to this wonderful event and breathtaking City! Always a sell-out event, book your package now to avoid disappointment!”
Glory Days Ltd have just launched our new dedicated Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Travel Packages website.
Everyone loves a good fireworks display, and where better to see one than in Edinburgh………..and not just any old display, but the World’s largest annual Fireworks Concert! That is some accolade, and one that Edinburgh lives up to and is proud of. Each year, to celebrate the end of the International Festival, the City hosts a spectacular fireworks display to mark a sensational end to what has been a great month. Set from Edinburgh Castle as a stunning backdrop it is an event not to be missed. With the concert to take place this weekend it has inspired us to take a look at some of the best fireworks displays around the world
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-19438742
For details of this year’s end of Festival fireworks concert click here: http://www.eif.co.uk/virginmoneyfireworks#.U_syImOOqBg
Sydney’s New Years Eve Fireworks
Sydney really knows how to do fireworks in style! Possibly one of the largest and most spectacular New Year’s Eve firework displays, it really does make for a great start to the New Year
Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night (5th November)
Remember, remember the 5th of November. The rhyme never forgotten once told. The day of a series of fireworks across the country, the UK celebrates this to commemorate the day Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, had a foiled attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Most places around the country have displays and it is a lovely
Bastille Day (Paris, France)
Bastille Day is the French National Day, celebrated on July 14th each year and concluding with a spectacular fireworks display. With the Eiffel Tower as a backdrop it really does offer an iconic display.
Independence Day (America – Macy’s 4th July fireworks spectacular)
http://www.nyconthecheap.com/2014/07/best-viewing-spots-brooklyn-macys-fourth-july-2014-fireworks/
Not to be outdone by competition around the globe, it is inevitable that America would feature in a round up of the top displays around the world. Known for all things supersized, the 4th July firework displays, and Macy’s in particular, follow suit and will not disappoint!
With all this to inspire you, head to Edinburgh this Sunday for 9pm and witness for yourself one of the world’s best firework displays
Great news for all Edinburgh Hogmanay revellers for 2014/15. The big announcement for this year is that Lily Allen will headline at the Concert in the Gardens. It is fantastic news for all of our clients who have booked for this year, and it promises to be a great event as ever.
Bring in the bells Scottish style and join us for the party of all parties!
Click here to read more from the Edinburgh News website
The news broke today that Panda Tian Tian is expecting a cub! The giant Panda, is displaying signs of pregnancy and all tests have suggested so.
If the news is confirmed this will be the first ever giant Panda to be born in the UK!
Read more about the news on the BBC article below
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28755460
Visitors to next years Edinburgh Festival may have another attraction to visit at the Edinburgh Zoo.
The Edinburgh Festival is now in full swing, the streets are vibrantly full of exciting sights and sounds. The main spectacle of the festival is of course the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
The procession features military personal and acts from all over the world. Gillian and Jess from our Edinburgh office attended on Saturday night, the photo’s don’t do justice to how thoroughly they enjoyed the experience.
The Tattoo runs throughout the month of august and ends each night with a glittering display of fireworks that lights up the Edinburgh night skyline and can be viewed across the city.
If you haven’t had the chance to take in the Royal Edinburgh Military you really should!
For all our clients arriving in Edinburgh from now – did you know you can catch the tram from Edinburgh Airport to the City? This is the ideal transport for city hotels. If you are staying at our York Place Apartments or Rodney Street Apartments you can get off at the York Pl stop just a five minute walk from the York Place apartments and a 15 minute walk from Rodney Street Apartments
As Edinburgh Trams start with magnificent attendances on day 1 (31 May 2014) we look at it from differing views as we are residents of Edinburgh and have therefore endured all the difficulties of the development period, but as a business we are delighted that the trams finish in the City Centre at York Place where our luxury apartments are located making it a great service and experience for all our clients arriving at the Airport.
The article in the Evening News on 2 June 2014 seems to say whilst its been a difficult period for the City the trams really need to be embraced, which as a business we will do so wholeheartedly!
If you thought the trams were the only major changes happening in Edinburgh, you were wrong. One of Edinburgh’s most popular shopping malls, St James Center, has just been nominated for a complete renovation, estimated to top a cool £850 million!
The St James Centre at the east end of Edinburgh city centre was completed in 1973, but was almost immediately condemned as an “eyesore” by critics and the public alike. The new St James Quarter site will be developed by TIAA Henderson Real Estate who own it, along with the council and The Scottish Government.
So what does this mean for the Centre, and more importantly, Edinburgh as a whole?
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: “Today’s announcement will transform this area of the capital, creating thousands of jobs and boosting the Scottish economy. Surrounding areas such as Leith Street, Little King Street and Picardy Place are set for major facelifts including creation of a public transport interchange which would entice more tourists and shoppers to the City. It is estimated Edinburgh will become of of the top 5 UK shopping destinations, rivaling Glasgow.
Boasting 42,500 square metres of shopping space over three levels, the development will also include premium office space, an apart-hotel, a theatre and 138 flats with stunning views of the Cityscape. Many new and popular shops are set to join in, among the anticipated arrivals are: Abercrombie and Fitch, Banana Republic, Kenneth Cole, Nike, Muji, J Crew, Ted Baker, Tom Ford, Sephora, True Religion and 7 for All Mankind. The John Lewis building will remain untouched despite construction work which is due to start next year, running until 2021.
Extended car parking space is set to be added also. With 1800 bays, the new multi-level facility would have space for three times as many cars as the current St James Centre car parks, in a move designed to conveniently accommodate the vast increase in shoppers expected to be drawn to the new shopping and leisure district.
Construction work is expected to start in 2015.
There is so much to see and do in Edinburgh just now, it’s jam packed with exciting events! Here are just a few lined up for April:
Until Sunday 20th = Mammoths of the Ice Age at the national Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street
Monday 21st – Saturday 26th = Fame the Musical playing at the Edinburgh Playhouse
Sunday 27th = Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s Chamber Series 13:14 – Baroque Fireworks at Dovecot Studios, Infirmary Street
Until April 27th = Field of light at St Andrews Square, beautiful light based work by British artist Bruce Munro
This is just the start of an action packed summer in Edinburgh. Lighter nights, longer days, time to enjoy a trip to Edinburgh!
Did you know the history behind our Luxury York Place Apartments? They lie at the heart of a unique and magnificent World Heritage Site – Edinburgh, a site recognized by UNESCO as having outstanding universal value. Number 20 York Place is listed by Historic Scotland as a category A building, and who describe it as:
‘Part of the Edinburgh New Town A Group, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain’
Until 1811 the house was numbered as 10 York Place, North Side. In 1811, when it was decided to begin the practice of applying odd and even numbers to the opposite sides of streets, the house became renumbered as 20. As one of the largest three storey classical houses in the block (with 4 bays of windows), the property became, in its early decades, the Edinburgh townhouse of several wealthy landowing families with country estates in other parts of Scotland.
Some of the residents include:
In 1858 the house ceases to be a private residence, and for the next three decades the house operates a a private school known as Hunter’s School of English. The school was headed by John M Hunter, teacher of English, who lived nearby at 25 Albany Street
In 1889, the Governors of the George Heriot’s Trust converted the premises into offices for the trust.The original 1890 and 1905 plans of the Trust’s adaptations of the interior to offices are held today by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
George Heriot’s School was founded as a result of a bequest from George Heriot, jeweller and goldsmith to King James VI. After the accession in 1603 of James to the English throne, Heriot moved to London, where he resided as Jeweller and Goldsmith at the Court of St James. Heriot died childless and bequeathed £23,625 for the purpose of founding in his native city a hospital for the upbringing and education of poor fatherless children who were the sons of Edinburgh ‘freeman’.
In the late 1930’s the trust continued at number 20 but sub-let some of the offices to the offices to the Scottish Travel Association, which was renamed in the 1950’s as the Scottish Tourist Board
Did you know as well that a little East of York Place, at 11 Picardy Place was the birthplace of Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle, the writer of the Sherlock Holmes detective stories.
Facts researched by Edinburgh World Heritage.
