Hey everyone,

So I am planning a trip to UK come September. I was looking into flights and it seems like the cheapest fares involve flying into London or Manchester. Although I would love to take 3-5 weeks and experience a lot of different areas, I will only have at most 1 week tops. Therefore, I really just want to pick one place and experience it as much as possible; with this in mind, I was thinking of Edinburgh.

So my questions are:

Which airport do you feel is the most affordable?
Would you recommend flying into London and taking a cheap flight up to Scotland instead of flying in further north at the risk of spending more?
Is there somewhere else (other than Edinburgh) you would recommend that is culturally wealthy, has enough to do for a week worth of events, has a decent food scene, and is affordable?

I know "affordable" is a subjective word, open to interpretation depending on whom you're speaking with. Let me put it this way, my traveling buddy and I are 2 students, with not a whole lot of cash, but we're willing to splurge on this vacation to make it worthwhile.

Any comments/help you might want to suggest would be great. Thanks!

-James