Places to Visit in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Palace of Holyrood House
The historic capital city of Edinburgh is situated north of the Border region and sandwiched between East Lothian, Mid Lothian and West Lothian on the south coast of the Firth of Forth.
Edinburgh has a thriving tourist industry and is famous for the majestic Edinburgh Castle which gazes over this old city, then there is Palace of Holyrood House, The Queen's Gallery (the Queen's official residence in Scotland), the ever popular Edinburgh Festival which takes place each year between August and September and Edinburgh University - the fourth oldest university in Scotland.
There are myriad of historic attractions and heritage sites inlcuding The National War Museum, The Royal Museum and The Museum of Scotland all of which are under the umbrella of The National Museums of Scotland. Then there is Dalmeny House and Hopetoun House - both on the outskirts of Edinburgh at South Queensferry.
A trip to Scotland would be incomplete without a visit to this splendid historic city.
Places to Visit in Edinburgh
National Museums of Scotland
Blackness
Blackness Castle
Cockburnspath
Dunglass Collegiate Church
Direlton
Dirleton Castle & Gardens
East Linton
Hailes Castle
Preston Mill
East Lothian
Amisfield Mains
Beanston
Edinburgh
Craigmillar Castle
Edinburgh Castle
Georgian House
The National Trust for Scotland
Gladstone's Land
National War Museum
Edinburgh
Palace of Holyrood House
Granton
National Museums Collection Centre
Gullane
Greywalls
Haddington
Lennoxlove
(Private celebrations in Haddington)
Linlithgow
Linlithgow Palace
Longniddry
Gosford House
Gosford House
Longniddry (near)
Harelaw Farmhouse
Mid Lothian
Arniston House
Pathhead
Crichton Castle
South Queensferry
Dalmeny House
Hopetoun House
Winchburgh (near)
Niddry Castle
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