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Events in Edinburgh
2 events a year move hotel prices in Edinburgh, and this is what they do to them. Where to stay, how long each district is from the venue, and how to get here.
What is on
| Dates | Event | Type | Booking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2–4 Jul 2027 | Tour de France Grand Départ | Cycling | Closing |
| 29 Dec 2027 – 1 Jan 2028 | Edinburgh's Hogmanayexpected | Festival | Open |
The weeks the city fills
29 Dec 2027 – 1 Jan 2028
Edinburgh's Hogmanay
Worst: Hogmanay at ×3. Cheapest: Torchlight procession at ×1.8.
2–4 Jul 2027
Tour de France Grand Départ
Worst: Stage one at ×2.6. Cheapest: Stage three at ×1.5.
Against what the same hotel costs four weeks earlier — our estimate, not a live rate. Outside these weeks Edinburgh prices like any other month.
Getting here
| Airport | Code | To the city |
|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | EDI | 30 min |
| Glasgow | GLA | 75 min |
Trains: Edinburgh Waverley.
Where to stay for Hogmanay
Princes Street| District | To the venue | Price | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Town | 10 min walk | $$$$ | Inside the street-party cordon; you walk home, which on 31 December is everything |
| New Town | 10 min walk | $$$$ | The other side of Princes Street, with the Gardens and the fireworks overhead |
| Stockbridge & Canonmills | 25 min walk | $$$ | Twenty-five minutes downhill, residential, and a third cheaper |
| Leith | 30 min tram | $$$ | The port end of the tram; good food, late trams, better value |
| Haymarket & the west end | 20 min walk | $$$ | Hotels by the second station, outside the cordon but walkable |
Where to stay for Grand Départ
Edinburgh Castle| District | To the venue | Price | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Town | 10 min walk | $$$$ | The castle, the Royal Mile and the start line; you walk out of the door into it |
| New Town | 15 min walk | $$$$ | Georgian streets below the castle, next to Waverley and the trains south |
| Leith | 25 min tram | $$$ | The port end of the tram line; better value, and dinner without a queue |
| Haymarket & the west end | 20 min walk | $$$ | Hotels around the second station, useful if you are following the race south |
| Glasgow | 80 min train | $$ | Fifty minutes by train, and a city that will not sell out for a bike race |
More on Hogmanay: which days to go and when to book. See also festivals and sport finals.