Edinburgh
Edinburgh
+ Exploring Edinburgh
Sights
* Ann Street
* Assembly Hall
* Assembly Rooms
* Blackford Hill
* Braid Hills
* Calton Hill
* Camera Obscura
* Charlotte Square
* City Art Centre
* The Colonies
* Corstorphine
* Cowgate
* Craigmillar Castle
* Cramond
* Dean Village
* Duddingston
* Edinburgh Castle Museums
* Edinburgh Exchange
* Edinburgh's Festival Centre - The Hub
* Edinburgh Zoo
* George Street
* The Georgian House
* Gladstone's Land
* The Grassmarket
* Greyfriars Kirk
* Hanover Street
* The Heart of Midlothian
* Holyrood Abbey
* Holyrood Park
* Huntly House Museum
* John Knox's House
* Lady Stair's House, The Writers' Museum
* The Lawnmarket
* Leith
* The Meadows
* Mercat Cross
* Morningside
* The Mound
* Murrayfield
* Museum of Childhood
* Parliament House
* Parliament Square
* 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 )
In 1953 the ocean-going Royal Yacht Britannia was launched on Clydebank, built to the highest specifications of the day. She remained in service for over 40 years, travelling more than a million miles to every corner of the world on voyages that included 968 official and state visits, family holidays and royal honeymoons. For the Queen and her family Britannia was `home', a place to work, entertain and relax. Now fully restored and moored at Leith, Britannia still contains the fittings, furnishings, paintings and photographs from her working days. Tours start in the visitor centre, where exhibits and film tell the yacht's story. From here visitors follow a route round the yacht with an audio handset, whose soundtrack explains the different areas on show. These include the bridge, the Queen's bedroom and sitting room, the splendid dining room, the decks and the engine room.
Address: Ocean Drive, Leith
Phone: 0131 555 5566
Open: Apr-Oct, 10:30-6 (last tour 4:30); Nov-Mar, 10:30-4:30 (last tour 3:50)
Restaurant: Café in visitor centre (Inexpensive-Moderately priced)
Bus: 10, 16, 22, 88 or X50 direct from Waverley Bridge
Accessible: Excellent
Admission: Very expensive
Other: Leith
Practical: Booking strongly advised
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