OUR BEAUTIFUL CAPITAL
Glorious Edinburgh, the Athens of the North, filled with fine architecture, culture, bars, restaurants and plenty of shop till you drop opportunities. Castles and Palaces, museums and art galleries, gardens and beaches - Edinburgh has it all.
Dominated by Arthur's Seat, our extinct volcano, Edinburgh is a city to walk around; the historic closes of the Royal Mile between original tenement buildings which housed the poor at the bottom and the rich at the top, down through Princes Street to the classical architecture of the New Town. Enjoy the cosmopolitan ambience of Scotland's capital city.
The Edinburgh Minto Hotel is ideally placed for touring around the Borders, East Lothian and Midlothian. Rosslyn Chapel, the Scottish Seabird Centre and Dryburgh Abbey are only an hour away.
Edinburgh is a contemporary, cosmopolitan city with much to offer any visitor. Please see below some of the "must see" places:
• Arthur's Seat - For magnificent views across the Capital.
• Edinburgh Art Breaks - Visit the city of Edinburgh and paint your own picture!
• Gladstone's Land - A 17th century merchant's house in the Royal Mile, Edinburgh.
• Greyfriar's Churchyard - Famous for the National Covenant - and Greyfriar's Bobby.
• Museum of Scotland - Magnificent building housing many of Scotland's treasures.
• National Library of Scotland - the world's leading archive for books and manuscripts on Scotland.
• Ocean Terminal - and the Royal Yacht "Britannia".
• One O'Clock Gun - The story of the gun which fires from the battlements of Edinburgh Castle.
• Palace of Holyroodhouse - The Queen's official residence in Scotland.
• Parliament Buildings - Temporarily in Church of Scotland premises, above Princes Street.
• Princes Street - With the best shops in Edinburgh and beautiful gardens and a castle too.
• Ramsay Gardens - High above Princes Street, beside Edinburgh Castle.
• Royal Mile - Background to the buildings and people in Scotland's most historic street.
• St Giles Cathedral - The "High Kirk" of Edinburgh.
• Scott Monument - The sugar-icing monument to Sir Walter Scott and the "Floral Clock" below.
• Writer's Museum - Dedicated to Robert Burns, Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.