text: Princes Street gets quite a bit of stick for being an unattractive mish mash of shopping outlets, however, I think that pales into significance really when you weigh it up with the fact you have a view of Edinburgh Castle and Princes Street Gardens while you shop. There will also soon (perhaps using the word soon is tempting fate slightly) be the scene of the much awaited, and equally whinged about Edinburgh trams whizzing up and down the street.\n\nPrinces Street is definitely pretty legendary, and even if it hasn't got the classy good looks of its neighbour, George Street, it does give you all the High Street retail options you would hope to find on one stretch of road. I always underestimate how long it takes to get from one end of Princes Street to the other, as it's actually a pretty lengthy street, even if it doesn't seem it sometimes. Walking down Princes Street during the Christmas period is the best, as I'm a massive fairly light and Christmas decor aficionado, so absolutely love gazing like some sort of festive elf at all the pretty lights streamed over Princes Street Gardens.