Tourism is always dinamic, it always evolves and makes new trends in our lives. It is something that connects people with nature. It is a way to learn about our world, how to protect it and keep it healthy. Cultural tourism is a type of tourism that makes us conscious about the world and its cultural heritage. It should be protected and respected so future generations will still be able to see the history we used to learn about. Literary tourism is one of the sub-genres of cultural tourism. The capital of Scotland, Edinburgh, is famous for this type of tourism, as the first literature Creative City in Europe. Literary tourism is a tourism in which tourists go to visit places they have read in books. There are a lot of writers in this world and even more, readers who are interested in places that they have read in their favourite books. That is how this type of tourism was created. Almost every reader dreams of going to places from the book they have read so they can imagine how it was for the character or even the writer who was inspired by his surroundings. Many authors have been inspired by its own country and surroundings, which readers later on read about and many of them want to visit it. It does not take much to go to visit a place that is described in the book, it is quite similar to going on an adventure, that is also why this type of tourism is so interesting and exciting. It is a good way of getting to know the world and culture from other countries. This paper will cover cultural and literary tourism, Scotland and its capital Edinburgh, some popular authors that lived there, places to visit in Edinburgh that are connected with books and Scottish literature, and in the end, there will be a survey about Edinburgh and places to visit there.