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 streetnnPrinces Street is definitely pretty legendary and even if it has not 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 is actually a pretty lengthy street even if it does not seem it sometimes Walking down Princes Street during the Christmas period is the best as I am 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