Edinburgh
Edinburgh
+ Exploring Edinburgh
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* The Heart of Midlothian
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* Huntly House Museum
* John Knox's House
* Lady Stair's House, The Writers' Museum
* The Lawnmarket
* Leith
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* Morningside
* The Mound
* Murrayfield
* Museum of Childhood
* Parliament House
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* The People's Story museum
* Princes Street
* Princes Street Gardens
* Queen Street
* Register House
* Royal High School
* Royal Scottish Academy
* Royal scottish Observatory
* The Royal Yacht Britannia
* St Andrew Square
* St Giles Cathedral
* St Mary's episcopal Cathedral
* Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre
* The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Dean Gallery
* Scottish National Portrait Gallery
* The Scottish Parliament
* Stockbridge
* Swanston
* Talbot Rice Art Gallery
* The Tron Kirk
* The University of Edinburgh
* Victoria Street
* The Water of Leith
* Waterloo Place
* Waverley Market (princes mall)
Vicinity
+ Vicinity
Walk/Drive
Food&Drink
In The Know
Did You Know?
( Do not miss )
You'll have to brave some of Edinburgh's poorer housing schemes to reach Craigmillar Castle, one of Scotland's most impressive medieval remains, standing in fields on the southeast side of the city. The L-plan tower dates from the mid to late 15th century and stands in a courtyard surrounded by curtain walls complete with massive corner towers. The castle was a favourite with Mary, Queen of Scots, and one of the two barrel-vaulted chambers is known as Queen Mary's Room. She fled to Craigmillar, `wishing herself dead', after the murder of her secretary and favourite David Rizzio at Holyrood in 1566. Craigmillar later passed to the Gilmour family, who placed it in state care in 1946. Most children enjoy its empty spaces more than the packed precincts of Edinburgh's other, more famous castle.
Address: Craigmillar Castle Road
Phone: 0131 661 4445
Open: Apr-Sep, daily 9:30-6:30; Oct-Mar, Mon-Wed, Sat 9:30-4:30, Thu 9:30-1; Fri, Sun 2-4:30
Bus: 2, 14, 42
Admission: Moderate
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