Destination: BRITAIN
Sights * Calton Hill * Edinburgh Castle * Georgian House * Holyrood Park * Museum of Scotland and Royal Museum of Scotland * National Gallery of Scotland * Palace of Holyroodhouse * Royal Botanic Garden * St. Giles' Cathedral	National Gallery of Scotland The National Gallery is a large, 19th-century neoclassic building with a good selection from all periods, including the splendid Trinity Altarpiece, by Hugo van der Goes, and the seductive Venus Anadyomene, by Titian. Most of the major names in 17th-century European art are represented; there are some fine landscapes by Claude Lorrain and Nicholas Poussin's Seven Sacraments is on view. There is a powerful work by Frederick Edwin Church, Niagara Falls from the American Side. Scottish painting is well represented by Gavin Hamilton and Allan Ramsay. Look for Edinburgh Castle and the Nor' Loch, by Alexander Nasmyth, for some idea of what Old Edinburgh looked like before the Nor' Loch was drained and replaced by Princes Street Gardens. Sir Henry Raeburn's The Rev. Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch and Sir George Harvey's The Curlers are wonderfully lively and very typical Scottish narrative works. Address: The Mound Phone: 0131 624 6200 Open: Daily 10-5 (also Thu. 5-7) Bus: 13 Admission: Free; special exhibitions less than £2 Info: Free shuttle bus between the five National Galleries of Scotland	COUNTRY Britain REGION CITIES London Edinburgh   Things To Know   Sights   Essential Info   Features Oxford York MAPS World Europe TRAVEL BOOK