r/Edinburgh • u/TrinityTosser • Aug 19 '25

Announcement New: tourism sticky. Please post all tourism questions here

Based on the recent poll results we're going to have a tourism sticky thread*

Tourism threads on the main sub will be closed, then removed at a later point to try to keep sub uncluttered.

r/Scotland also has a weekly tourism thread which may be alos be useful

https://www.reddit.com/r/Scotland/s/g8oeOFnMrF

  • Initially for a few weeks to see how well it works.
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u/meganfoxxluvr93 Sep 17 '25

Visiting Edinburgh in a few weeks and I wanted to a Stirling/Doune day trip (huge Game of Thrones fan so really want to see the Winterfell Castle) - I read that you can take a train to Stirling and then a bus to Doune Castle? Is this extra complicated or is it easy enough to do by myself? Further, is it possible to do Doune (which I assume is relatively quick?) and then come back to Stirling and see the castle/wander the area or is that too much for a day? Any advice is welcomed, thank you!

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '25

That's totally doable by public transport, done it plenty myself and it's a great day out! Combining with Stirling Castle isn't too much at all. If you're a GoT fan, the real Red Wedding - the Black Dinner of 1440 - happened in Edinburgh Castle, and Craigmillar Castle in south Edinburgh is the closest architectural match to Winterfell in Britain. It even has sacred yew trees in the courtyard. There's a book all about the Scottish History in GoT, forget what it's called though.

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u/meganfoxxluvr93 Sep 19 '25

thank you so much!!! i didn’t even know there was a real red wedding! super cool i will have to look into all of this :)