Edinburgh Castle
Tourist Information
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Tourist Information Click on the links below to see more information. |
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Edinburgh Castle There is a magnificent panorama from the battlements of the city and the surrounding terrain. |
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| Arthur's Seat is to the east of the Castle, it is a large hill which resembles a crouching lion. Arthur's Seat, situated within Holyrood Park is an extinct volcano - the largest of a number which gave this region its shape. |  |
Carton Hill offers a view over Edinburgh. |
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Golf at Gullane offers championship quality links courses with dramatic views across the Firth of Forth to Edinburgh and Fife. The Courses do not have names but simply numbers which reflect their age. |
| Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh's main thoroughfare, has been described as one of the most beautiful streets in the world. Its fame springs, of course, not primarily from its architecture but from the street's incomparable setting. It is as fine a boulevard as will be encountered anywhere. |  |
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Holyrood, a royal residence which has been the scene of so many dramatic episodes in Scotland's story, was founded by James IV in 1498. |
| You may also find these links of interest. Pentland Hills Visit Scotland | |
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