Edinburgh has been the birthplace of all Harry Potter's famous novels, so the Scottish capital is popular with lovers of the world of magic and excitement.

Room 552

Tourists must have the courage to reach Harry Potter's closed room, where they must climb the stairs leading to Edinburgh's most famous hotel, Balmoral. Tourists watch some men in traditional Scottish clothing at the hotel entrance, and then pass from the entrance hall to the lobby, where fans of Harry Potter novels stand and ask about the possibility of visiting Room 552 today or days, as long as the room is not busy. New traditional orders in the hotel «Balmoral».

The receptionist, dressed in appropriate uniforms, will take the tourists to the elevator until they reach the door of room 552, which is decorated with a shiny copper sign, marked "c. The JK Rowling Suite opens the door for tourists to see a luxuriously furnished and luxuriously furnished hotel suite.

The special feature of this hotel suite is the presence of a white statue of the Greek god Hermes, placed inside a display window, and on the back of the head of the statue is a handwritten note. Because writing is somewhat pale, it is difficult to interpret. K. Rowling completed writing Harry Potter and the Sanctuaries of Death in this room (552) on January 11, 2007 ». The cost of the night in this hotel suite is about £ 1,000.

12 years old

It is now 12 years since the last Harry Potter book was published, but interest in Edinburgh has not diminished as the city where the famous series took place, where adults who read novels during adolescence want to get to know the city. Often there is a family with a Harry Potter fan who takes the whole family to visit Edinburgh, but the Scottish capital offers tourists a great opportunity to get to know the Old Town and enjoy the original cafes and shops.

The Balmoral Hotel is truly worth a visit as it has been rising since 1902 above Central Station. The Clock Tower of Edinburgh is one of Edinburgh's top attractions. Princess Street, where this hotel is located, is a shopping street. The president is in the city. The Waterstone bookstore is located in Building 128 on Princess Street, which Rowling visited in 1997 when the first book of the Harry Potter series appeared.

Potter Trail

The multi-storey store is still luxuriously equipped, and has a section for Harry Potter enthusiasts with many accessories, as well as tourist offices organize many Harry Potter tours inside the city every day without exception, and the «Potter Trail» is the most famous of these tours.

The tour guide, Gemma, takes her 40-person tour group to the city center's Gravehravis Kickyard. The real tomb, Thomas Riddle, where Lord Voldemort's enemy, Harry Potter was named after Thomas Riddle, died in 1806 at the age of 72. No one expected his tomb to become a tourist attraction in about 200 years.

The Elephant House Cafe

Tourists head from the cemetery to the cafes where Rowling sat down and wrote the Harry Potter series. The Elephant House is famous for witnessing the birth of Harry Potter.

But these statements are not true, given the opening of the cafe in 1996 after the first book appeared a year, and according to the British writer, the actual birth of the Harry Potter series was at «Nicolson's Cafe».