VisitScotland’s Edinburgh Military Tattoo packages guarantee great deals on city centre accommodation and everything you need to make your Edinburgh festival break an unforgettable one.

This summer don’t miss the haunting sound of the massed pipes and drums of the 63rd Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo which will take place from the 3 - 25 August against the magnificent backdrop of Edinburgh Castle. Combining brilliant music and military theatre with a matchless setting, it is a real must see which should be everyone’s bucket list.

• This year's Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo will feature a range of superb international performers with the centrepiece of the evening being the spine-tingling sights and sounds of the world-famous massed pipes and drums, the finest display anyone can witness anywhere in the world.
• It will also celebrate the Year of Creative Scotland and Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
• The full list of performers is yet to be revealed but 2012’s highlights include a performance from one of the world’s most sensational percussion groups - Switzerland’s Top Secret Drum Corps - remarkable drills from the Norwegian Armed Forces and talented pipe bands from Australia and New Zealand.
• Every night the Military Tattoo ends on a poignant note as the haunting Lone Piper is performed from high up on the castle ramparts.
• With over a thousand performers already lined up, the 2012 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is likely to be another sell-out show.