View across Edinburgh's skyline from Calton Hill.

Edinburgh

Edinburgh – a thousand years of history

It hosts the world's biggest arts festival, has a dramatic medieval castle on its main street; can draw on a literary tradition ranging from Burns and Stevenson to Rankin and Rowling; its restaurant scene has both variety and quality, and the Queen is in residence here every summer. Edinburgh also offers fantastic museums, galleries, pubs, interesting shops and some seriously classy hotels. Welcome to the capital of Scotland.

Top Highlights in Edinburgh

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Inside Camera Obscura
Museum
Created by the optician Maria Short in the 1850s

Camera Obscura is a system of mirrors that projects a periscope image of the city on to a...

 Edinburgh Castle
Attraction
A great national symbol in Scotland

Edinburgh Castle is a grand and glorious structure that sits atop an extinct volcano known...

 Holyroodhouse Palace - courtesy HSF
Attraction
Legends and myths of Mary Queen of Scots

Holyroodhouse Palace was built by James IV basically as a stopping off point for the Royals...

Mortonhall Golf Club
Health and Beauty
One of Scotland's best

Founded in 1892, Mortonhall Golf Club is the oldest club in Edinburgh, and one of the most...

Our Dynamic Earth
Entertainment
A prominent visitors attraction in the city

Our Dynamic Earth is located near the former home of Edinburgh-born James Hutton, the...

Dawyck Botanic Gardens, offshoot of the Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh
Attraction
World-renowned scientific centre for the study of plants, their...

The Royal Botanic Garden has delighted both plantlovers and those just out for a casual...

The Royal Mile with the Bank Hotel.
Attraction
The most famous street in Edinburgh

If you only get to see one thing in Edinburgh, the Royal Mile is it. This impressive street...

Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Art Gallery
The first purpose-built portrait gallery in the world

Sir Richard Rowand Anderson's impressive building originally housed the National Museum of...

The Museum of Edinburgh - Huntly House
Museum
Edinburgh over the last 2000 years

The Museum of Edinburgh traces the history of the capitol from prehistoric times to today.

The Royal Yacht Britannia
Attraction
Catching a great ship back in time

The Royal Yacht Britannia sit moored at the docks in Edinburgh after over 40 years of service...

The Scotch Whisky Experience.
Bar/Pub
A distillation of the facts

The Scotch Whisky Experience offers information as complicated as you want to make it.

Wee Red Bar
Bar/Pub
A wee, and a red bar with big tunes

The Wee Red Bar is pretty much just as the name suggests. It's red and you better believe it is...

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