DISCOVER EDINBURGH: Attractions & Culture

Edinburgh has been the capital of Scotland since 1437 and is the seat of the Scottish Parliament.

The city was one of the major centres of the enlightenment, led by the University of Edinburgh, gaining the nickname Athens of the North.

The Old Town and New Town districts of Edinburgh were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. There are over 4,500 listed buildings within its limits, including around 22,000 listed properties, the most of any city in Britain.

EDINBURGH: Discover Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace, Linlithgow Palace, Old Town of Edinburgh, The Royal Mile,

DISCOVER EDINBURGH: Attractions & Culture

Discover EDINBURGH
Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. It is situated on the east coast of the central lowlands, on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, on the North sea and, because of its rugged setting and vast collection of Medieval and Georgian Architecture, it is one of the most dramatic cities in Europe ...

Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland of Interest

Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh - Edinburgh Castle, an ancient stronghold on the Castle Rock in the centre of the city of Edinburgh, has been in use by assorted military forces since prehistoric times and only transferred from the Ministry of Defence recently. It lies at the top of the Royal Mile, the principal street of the Old Town ...

Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland of Interest

Holyrood Palace
Edinburgh - The Palace of Holyroodhouse, more commonly known as Holyrood Palace, originally founded as a monastery by David I of Scotland in 1128, has served as the principal residence of the Kings and Queens of Scotland since the 15th century. The Palace stands in Edinburgh at the bottom of the Royal Mile ...

Linlithgow Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland of Interest

Linlithgow Palace
near Edinburgh - The ruins of Linlithgow Palace are situated in the town of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, 15 miles west of Edinburgh. A royal manor existed on the site in the 12th Century. This was replaced by a fortification known as 'the Peel', built in the 14th Century by English forces under Edward I ...

The Old Town of Edinburgh
The Old Town of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has preserved its medieval plan and many Reformation-era buildings. One end is closed by the castle and the main artery, the Royal Mile, actually made up of four distinct streets, leads away from it, down to the now-ruined Holyrood Abbey ...

Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland of Interest

The Royal Mile
The Royal Mile is the popular name for the succession of streets which form the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of Edinburgh. As the name suggests, it stretches for a mile between the two foci of royal history in Scotland, from Edinburgh Castle at the top down to the Palace of Holyroodhouse ...