I was actually in Edinburgh this last summer. However the only real advice i can offer you as a 16 year old is this: Try not to look like a tourist. It makes you a target for pickpockets and it also makes you a target for a lot of other things. If you can, attempt to blend in. I wouldn't reccomend pulling out a map except in somewhere like a shop or restaurant. If you really need to however, most people will gladly help you locate something or get somewhere.

Also, one last thing, Look to your left first before you cross the street not right.


hope I am of some help!