edinburgh

[day nurse]

I am going to Edinburgh for 2 night stay soon any ideas for things to see and do thanks

[jammiedodger]

The castle? the zoo?

[CheekyChops]

The Royal Yacht Britannia (a couple of miles away)
Edinburgh Dungeons
Holyrood Palace
Dynamic Earth
You can take a Ghost Walk
The Edinburgh Vaults
Real Mary King's Close
Museum of Scotland
National Gallery of Scotland

And that's not mentioning all the pubs, restaurants and shops!

I've been twice now and still haven't seen half of what I would like to.

[DarthPhilius]

Camera Obscura
Elephant Cafe (i thinks thats it-the one J K Rowling wrote at)

i didnt like Dynamic Earth, wouldnt recommend it

[vehelpfulguy]

Just walk the royal mile.

One end is the castle, the other Holyrood House. This is the older "historic" Edinburgh.

In between are all sorts of interesting buildings, shops, pubs and so on (plus the Scottish parliament).

It could easily take you a day. Start the castle end, then it is downhill all the way.

Here is a great picture of the "mile" with the castle in foreground, and Holyrood House in the distance.

http://www.architecture.ed.ac.uk/assets/Ed1/ca stle_royalmile.jpg

Here is a web site about the mile:

http://www.edinburgh-royalmile.com/

[vehelpfulguy]

As a follow on from my last append, the royal mile is in the "old town" but because it was built on a hill it could not expand.

So they decided to build a "new town" just to the north of the old town.

The area was built in the mid 1700s, is full of lovely old buildings and is well worth a visit.

This page give you some background, and the map shows how New Town was designed in a grid plan (Queen st, George St and of course Princes St which is full of shops)

http://www.aboutscotland.co.uk/edin/newtown.ht ml

In fact New Town may be very smart now but originally it was built on a swamp, where all the sewage from the old town was dumped.

It was said you could smell it for miles.

[vehelpfulguy]

Here is a bit more about the New Town area

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Town,_Edinbur gh

A world heritage site !!! I didnt know that.