Edinburgh Festival
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The Edinburgh Festival (www.eif.co.uk) is the largest arts festival in the world, three weeks of music, opera, dance and theatre in a fantastic array of locations across the city. Actually, it’s two festivals in one, because the so-called Edinburgh Fringe (www.edfringe.com), which goes on simultaneously, attracts at least as many people, and specializes in less highbrow, more experimental stuff – the events that get all the publicity basically. There’s no better thing to do than spend a week or so up there, wandering around town and soaking up as much culture as you can stomach.

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Where?
Edinburgh, Scotland

When?
August

How Long?
3 weeks
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