THREE NIGHTS · 75,000 PEOPLE · ONE CASTLE
The world's loudest new year
Edinburgh throws the planet's biggest New Year — the Torchlight Procession, the Street Party, fireworks off the Castle, and a whole city singing Auld Lang Syne. Tell me your dates and I'll lock the tickets and rooms in the right order.
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Four days, hour by hour
Which ticket you actually need
The bit that's actually Scottish
Which new year is yours?
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What to do with the daylight
Everything is a queue · here's the order
When to book what
By now
Street Party tickets
The Bells sells out first — lock these before anything else.
Sep–Oct
Old Town rooms
A bed inside the cordon books out months ahead.
Oct
Torchlight tickets
The Dec 29 procession is cheaper, but still caps out.
6–8 wks
Flights from India
Late-December fares climb fast; book by early November.
By now
Street Party tickets
The Bells sells out first — lock these before anything else.
Sep–Oct
Old Town rooms
A bed inside the cordon books out months ahead.
Oct
Torchlight tickets
The Dec 29 procession is cheaper, but still caps out.
6–8 wks
Flights from India
Late-December fares climb fast; book by early November.
Rooms and tickets move together. A bed inside the cordon with no Street Party ticket is a wasted trip; the reverse means a 2am walk to Leith. I hold both or neither.
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