"Split your sides at the Edinburgh Festival, fill your boots at the Caf Royal Circle Bar, and live it up on the Royal Yacht Britannia - the Edinburgh Encounter guide gives you twice the city in half the time. This pared-down number is ideal for quick trips - it's less accommodation, more neighbourhood highlights and the best local knowledge. Features: full-colour pull-out map and detailed neighbourhood maps; interviews with locals reveal Edinburgh's secrets; a resident's guide to the up-and-coming canal quarter of Tollcross; and, itineraries to squeeze the most out of a short trip."--Publisher.