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Despite being voted the best city in Britain by the Observer Travel Awards<\/a>, Edinburgh seems to be a mysteriously intriguing place. What better way to coax a city out from behind its walls is to, as Ian Rankin discovers, take a walk and\u00a0get lost, or better yet, go get some drinks.<\/p>\n

This pleasant saunter of an article<\/a> visits the depths of the city. Rankin attempts to describe it by saying, \u201cthe Scottish capital is bursting with stories, but sometimes you have to tease them out . . . or get lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n

His cultural beer stroll starts with some friendly banter at the \u201cOx,\u201d<\/a> then with some unplanned detours through a few history lessons stumbles into Kay\u2019s Bar<\/a>. Before finishing up his walk at Edinburgh\u2019s famous Canny Man\u2019s<\/a>, he passes a modern statue of Sherlock Homes (not to mention the pint downed at Conan Doyle<\/a>\u2019s Bar), and visits a museum <\/a>displaying a wallet made out of serial killer William Burke\u2019s<\/a> skin.<\/p>\n

Yes, a wallet of skin and Sherlock Holmes in the same walk. Let\u2019s just say, today, he got lucky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite being voted the best city in Britain by the Observer Travel Awards, Edinburgh seems to be a mysteriously intriguing place. What better way to coax a city out from behind its walls is to, as Ian Rankin discovers, take a walk and\u00a0get lost, or better yet, go get some drinks. This pleasant saunter of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,2562,2573],"tags":[581,721],"yoast_head":"\n