Edinburgh Farmer's Market

A weekly city institution, the Farmer's Market sets up shop every Saturday in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle. Most vendors are specialists who sell what they grow, which can be anything from ostrich meat to organic beer, chutneys to cheese, and porridge to royalty-pleasing pies. Whatever you're in the Market for, an afternoon spent browsing here is considerably more enjoyable, rewarding and surprising than languishing in the self-service queue at Tesco.