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At last – the essential guide to Edinburgh. Read on to get the low-down on Death By Chocolate (with a fishy twist...) in Scotland's capital and the insiders' tips on how to eat like royalty. Just make sure you've left enough time to climb the city's 350 million year-old volcano (don't worry, it's extinct) and check out the £1 million in cash on show in the Museum on the Mound; all in all, if you're after rich rewards, Edinburgh is the place to come.

Let's face it, we've all fancied the life of a feudal laird at times. And what's not to want? Lording it over enormous stately homes in the countryside wearing nothing but kilt and sporran, getting ripped on whisky, supping on stuffed sheep's stomach and shooting small, defenceless animals...