Mr & Mrs Smith

Book an artily presented three-course, two-bottle ‘Boozy Snoozy’ lunch (if only for the name) in the Bonham Hotel’s modern, pale wood and chocolate leather-chaired dining room (www.townhousecompany.com/thebonham). Try David Haetzman’s evening tasting menu for potted Scottish glories such as peat-smoked haddock stew and loch-fresh mussels at the Rutland Hotel. This sparsely spotlit modern restaurant has yellow leather chairs and light-catching strings of glass bubbles.
At Fishers in the City – a saffron-walled, wood-furnished restaurant on Thistle Street – seafood, game and poultry vie for your palate’s attention (+44 (0)131 225 5109; www.fishersbistros.co.uk).

People-watch over pre-dinner mint juleps at Tempus Bar on boutique-flanked George Street (www.eh2tempus.co.uk). Or mosey further along the street and grab a booth amid the glitterballs at the glamorous Tigerlily hotel bar. 

Eteaket on Frederick Street serves more than 40 loose-leaf varieties in assorted granny-pleasing floral china with vintage cake stands of freshly baked treats. Try a spectacular ‘flowering tea’ – a hand-sewn tea bag that unfurls its petals in hot water (www.eteaket.co.uk).

Find the shopping street to suit your style: Princes (trad), George (designer) or William (quirky/one-off). Play Google Earth from the top of the castle and try to spot the roof of your luxury townhouse, and earn culture points with a stroll through the Royal Botanic Garden on Inverneith Row or a tryst with Titian and Rubens at the National Gallery.