Edinburgh is teeming with historical and cultural attractions. The city is centred around the Old Town with the Castle, the Royal Mile and Holyrood Palace, to the South and Princes Street with the Georgian New Town to the North. It is an easy city to navigate and ideal for walking with lots of parks and green spaces. There are wonderful galleries, theatres and music and first rate cuisine. The city is bounded by the Firth of Forth with the iconic bridges and lots of beautiful beaches and the Pentland Hills which boast fabulous view, great walking and the largest dry ski slope in Europe. Edinburgh forms an ideal base for exploring Scotland with excellent transport links. It is around 15 minutes drive to the airport with internal and international connections and Edinburgh has train and bus connections to all other areas of the UK.