Google rating 4.9 (4,973)
The Dasses, Edinburgh EH8 8AZ, UK
Landmark
Arthur's Seat is the extinct volcano at the heart of Holyrood Park, rising about 251 metres just east of…
Things to do in Edinburgh
Sights, landmarks and things to do in Edinburgh. 32 places, page 1 of 2.
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Photo from Google Maps · Bram Adwz
Google rating 4.8 (60,521)
Chambers St, Edinburgh EH1 1JF, UK
AttractionThe National Museum of Scotland on Chambers Street is free to enter and covers Scottish history, world…
Google rating 4.7 (3,121)
Edinburgh Old Town, Edinburgh EH1 2QQ, UK
LandmarkThe Greyfriars Bobby statue is a small bronze terrier on a granite drinking fountain at the top of…
Photo from Google Maps · Greyfriars Kirkyard
Google rating 4.7 (2,208)
Greyfriars Place, Edinburgh EH1 2QQ, UK
AttractionGreyfriars Kirkyard is the Old Town graveyard laid out in 1562 beside Greyfriars Kirk, where the National…
Photo from Google Maps · Silvia Vasconcelos
Google rating 4.7 (17,613)
The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL, UK
AttractionThe Scottish National Gallery sits on The Mound between the Old and New Towns, with its main entrance in…
Photo from Google Maps · Scott McCall
Google rating 4.7 (3,234)
Calton Hill, Edinburgh EH7 5AA, UK
LandmarkThe National Monument on Calton Hill is Edinburgh's unfinished Parthenon: twelve stone columns raised in the…
Photo from Google Maps · Steven
Google rating 4.7 (516)
University of, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK
LandmarkOld College is the University of Edinburgh's grandest historic building, begun to Robert Adam's design in…
Photo from Google Maps · Perttu Auramo
Google rating 4.7 (25,278)
Edinburgh EH3 5NZ, UK
AttractionAround 70 acres of gardens at Inverleith, about a mile north of Edinburgh's centre, with free entry to the…
Google rating 4.7 (26,020)
Edinburgh EH1 1QS, UK
AttractionThe Royal Mile is the spine of Edinburgh's Old Town, running almost exactly a mile downhill from Edinburgh…
Google rating 4.7 (8,116)
E. Princes St Gardens, Edinburgh EH2 2EJ, UK
LandmarkThe Scott Monument is the blackened Gothic spire in East Princes Street Gardens, built in memory of the…
Photo from Google Maps · Summerhall
Google rating 4.7 (858)
1, Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1PL, UK
AttractionSummerhall is a sprawling arts centre on the edge of the Meadows, in the buildings that housed the Royal…
Photo from Google Maps · Bush
Google rating 4.7 (11,701)
354 Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NE, UK
AttractionThe Scotch Whisky Experience is a whisky visitor attraction on Castlehill, just below Edinburgh Castle.
Photo from Google Maps · Rebekka Voigt
Google rating 4.6 (16,232)
549 Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2ND, UK
AttractionA Category A-listed tower on Castlehill, a few steps from Edinburgh Castle, where a Victorian camera obscura…
Photo from Google Maps · Dina Hrastović
Google rating 4.6 (1,187)
Queensferry Rd, Edinburgh EH3 7UA, UK
LandmarkDean Bridge is the tall stone bridge that carries Queensferry Road over the Water of Leith gorge on the edge…
Google rating 4.6 (110,727)
Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NG, UK
AttractionEdinburgh Castle sits on the volcanic rock at the top of the Royal Mile and holds some of Scotland's most…
Photo from Google Maps · Sara Masera
Google rating 4.6 (23,739)
Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8DX, UK
AttractionThe Palace of Holyroodhouse is the monarch's official residence in Scotland, standing at the bottom of the…
Photo from Google Maps · Luis Diaz
Google rating 4.6 (118)
Calton Hill, Edinburgh EH1 3BJ, UK
LandmarkThe Playfair Monument is a compact Greek Doric memorial on Calton Hill, raised in 1825–26 by friends of the…
Google rating 4.6 (13,583)
High St, Edinburgh EH1 1RE, UK
AttractionSt Giles' Cathedral is the High Kirk of Edinburgh, standing midway along the Royal Mile with its crown spire…
Photo from Google Maps · Camilla Karlsson
Google rating 4.6 (20,243)
2 Warriston's Cl, Edinburgh EH1 1PG, UK
AttractionThe Real Mary King's Close takes you below the Royal Mile into Edinburgh's only preserved 17th-century street.
Photo from Google Maps · Brian
Google rating 4.5 (153)
Parliament Sqr, High St, Edinburgh EH1 1RE, UK
AttractionUnderground City of the Dead is an evening ghost tour run by City of the Dead Tours that takes small groups…
Photo from Google Maps · Odosa Okoro
Google rating 4.5 (6,860)
31 Market St, Edinburgh EH1 1DF, UK
AttractionThe Edinburgh Dungeon on Market Street retells the city's grimmest stories through live actors and…
Photo from Google Maps · Matt Pointon
Google rating 4.4 (2,287)
Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh EH8 8AS, UK
AttractionDynamic Earth is Edinburgh's science centre and planetarium, beside the Scottish Parliament at the foot of…
Photo from Google Maps · Geri Michalari
Google rating 4.4 (8,592)
130 Dundee St, Edinburgh EH11 1AF, UK
AttractionFountain Park is an indoor leisure complex on Dundee Street in Fountainbridge, a short walk from Haymarket.
Photo from Google Maps · Scott Carrick
Google rating 4.4 (1,037)
Horse Wynd, Edinburgh EH99 1SP, UK
AttractionThe Scottish Parliament Building at Holyrood is the working home of Scotland's parliament and one of the…