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Monday 12th May 2008

Edinburgh Quay

Edinburgh Quay
Lowlands

Edinburgh Quay

Edinburgh," said the writer Robert Louis Stevenson "Is what Paris ought to be."

Paris has the Seine, Edinburgh has the Union Canal, and Edinburgh Quay brings alfresco waterside dining to the historic streets of Scotland’s capital.

Once unknown to all but the local waterway aficionados, Edinburgh Quay at Lochrin Basin is now an attractive place to meet friends, to eat, drink or take a canal-side stroll and watch the colourful boats.

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