Things to do in Edinburgh, no research required

Arthur’s Seat first. Everyone climbs the extinct volcano eventually, so get it done on a clear morning rather than on the one day it rains sideways. The Chocolatarium covers that rainy afternoon anyway with a hands-on chocolate session. Union of Genius is a soup specialist in a shopfront you’d walk straight past without the pin, which is precisely the kind of stop this map exists for. Hey Palu handles the evening cocktail. Underneath the headline picks sit the galleries, the museums and the bars, so the Old Town’s closes and courtyards turn into a route instead of a mystery, festival crowds or not.