Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Museums & Galleries
National Museum of Scotland (
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)
Museum of Edinburgh (
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)
Getting There
Bus
Lothian Buses No 35 runs along the lower part of the Royal Mile from George IV Bridge
to the Palace of Holyroodhouse; No 36 links Princes St to the Scottish Parliament via St Mary's
St and Holyrood Rd. Buses 23, 27, 41 and 42 run along the Mound and George IV Bridge, giving
access to the Royal Mile and Grassmarket (via Victoria St or Candlemaker Row).
The Sights in a Day
Be at
Edinburgh Castle
(
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)
for opening time, and plan on spending
two hours exploring its many attractions before heading downhill along the
Royal Mile, stopping off as the fancy takes you at the
Scotch Whisky Experience
(
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here
)
, the
Camera Obscura
(
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)
and
Gladstone's Land
(
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)
. This
will put you in easy reach of
Porto & Fi
(
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)
for lunch.
Continue down the Royal Mile, taking a quick look at
St Giles Cathedral
(
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)
and
John Knox House
(
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)
before taking a tour of either
Real Mary King's Close
(
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)
or the
National Museum of Scotland
(
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). Get your photo taken beside the statue of
Greyfriars Bobby
(
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) and then take
a stroll around Greyfriars Kirkyard, before heading down to the Grassmarket for a drink,
and a look at the shops in atmospheric Victoria St (pictured left).
Book a late dinner at either
Ondine
(
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)
,
Witchery by the Castle
(
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)
or
Wedgewood
(
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)
, and join a
ghost tour
(
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) of
Greyfriars Kirkyard to work up an appetite. Or dine around 7pm then head to
Sandy
Bell's
(
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)
for some live Scottish folk music.
For a local's day in the Old Town,
Click here
.
