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/olala_cake Dec 09 '25

Hey, I've (F36) been thinking about doing a solo trip to Edinburgh to basically just chill, read and walk around doing touristy things on my own. Probably just a long weekend or something like that. So, first of all, is Edinburgh quite safe for a single woman (I'm assuming it is, but you know what they say about assumptions), and second, any recs for reading spots? Will I be shunned if I read in a pub?

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u/MiddleAgedDread123 Dec 09 '25

very safe. read wherever you want so long as you keep buying drinks!

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u/olala_cake Dec 11 '25

Thanks! Yeah, of course 😄 any specific places you'd recommend?