Love is in the air for St Valentine’s Day 2012 and there are various events taking place as well as romantic opportunities in the city.

For those who want to make a public declaration of their love in the city there will be the opportunity to send Valentines messages to the Big Screen in Festival Square with BT. The ‘loving lines’ can be emailed with location to livesites@bt.com or Tweet them with the hash tag #loveisallaround and location or text starting with LOVE to 83310.

If you are looking for a your loved one to jump in to your arms why not treat your partner to a Ghosts and Ghouls tour of the city for a light-hearted trip in to Edinburgh’s dark past.

Or perhaps a more conventional outing to the cinema would be more appropriate for your relationship. The Filmhouse on Lothian Road is screening the 1942 hit Casablanca featuring Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart at 3.15pm and 6pm.

For a different perspective on February 14th why not take advantage of the late opening hours of Camera Obscura which shows a variety of views of the city while exploring it’s history.

The Balmoral Bar in the iconic Edinburgh hotel will host a special cocktail experience which will include bitesize appetizers as well as four fruity drinks. Booking is essential and will cost £60 for two with each person having the chance to win an all expenses paid trip to London. Bookings can be taken up to 23:00 and can be made by calling 0131 556 2414 or by emailing thebalmoralbar.balmoral@roccofortehotels.com