Capital nets top UK city to visit gong

EDINBURGH has been voted the top UK city to visit in a prestigious travel awards list.

The Capital scooped top spot in the Conde Nast Readers' Travel Awards 2010, going one better than its runner-up prize last year. The city swept the board with high scores in many categories, particularly for aesthetics/architecture and user-friendliness. It amassed a total haul of 91.56 points from a maximum of 100.

Council Leader, Cllr Jenny Dawe, said: "This result is great news for the city and confirms what we all know: Edinburgh is a great place in which to visit, invest, live, work and study.

"The city truly has the best of everything; historic buildings and great atmosphere, a vibrant leisure and retail offering, abundant green space, outstanding schools and universities - the list goes on.

"Little wonder, then, that people continue to think of Edinburgh as a must-visit location."