Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
1
Our Dynamic Earth
A white marquee pitched beneath Salisbury Crags marks this interactive, multimedia jour-
ney of discovery through the earth's history from the Big Bang to the present day. Hugely
popular with kids of all ages, it's a slick extravaganza of whiz-bang special effects and 3D
movies cleverly designed to fire up young minds with curiosity about all things geological
and environmental.
(
www.dynamicearth.co.uk
; Holyrood Rd; adult/child £11.50/7.50; 10am-6pm
daily Jul & Aug, to 5.30pm Apr-Jun, Sep & Oct, 10am-5pm Wed-Sun Nov-Mar, last admission 90min
before closing; ;
EXHIBITION
35, 36)
2
Arthur's Seat
LANDMARK
The rocky peak of Arthur's Seat (251m), carved by ice sheets from the deeply eroded
stump of a long-extinct volcano, is a distinctive feature of Edinburgh's skyline. The view
from the summit is worth the hike, extending from the Forth Bridges in the west to the dis-
tant conical hill of North Berwick Law in the east, with the Ochil Hills and the Highlands
on the northwestern horizon.
(Holyrood Park)
3
Duddingston Parish Church
CHURCH
This medieval church is one of the oldest buildings in Edinburgh, with a 12th-century
Romanesque doorway and some interesting medieval relics at the kirkyard gate: the Joug, a
metal collar that was used, like the stocks, to tether criminals and sinners, and the Loupin-
On Stane, a stone step to help gouty and corpulent parishioners get onto their horses.
(
www.duddingstonkirk.co.uk
; Old Church Lane;
church 1-4pm Thu & 2-4pm Sun Aug only, kirk-
yard dawn-dusk;
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