Fun Things to do in Edinburgh, Scotland (Podcast)

Hear about pleasurable things to do in Edinburgh, Scotland as the Amateur Traveler talks to Dan from the Zipping All-around the Environment podcast about his recent trip to the capital of Scotland.

In remedy to the issue of why someone should really go to Edinburgh, Dan states, “The background. If you like a tiny whiskey, if you like, just greenery, it is just a superb spot to go. The people are superb English-speaking, so it is uncomplicated for a good deal of folks to solid their web 1st. So all people things encompass why you’d want to go to Scotland.”

Dan commences us on the rather touristy Royal Mile that runs from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace. Certainly, it has a good deal of whiskey and vacationer outlets but it also has a ton of heritage. We quit at an aged merchant’s house turned museum at Gladstone’s Land.

We hear about a deacon by working day and robber by evening who may well have motivated the creation of the “Strange Scenario of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and a trustworthy Scot terrier revered in the town.

We master about Scottish background at the Countrywide Museum of Scotland and the Museum of Edinburgh. Stop by St Giles Cathedral which will change 900 many years outdated in 2024. It was founded by King David the 1st.

We study about some of Edinburgh’s famed residents who have monuments in the metropolis like Adam Smith the father of economics, John Knox the founder of the Scottish Presbyterian church, and Robert Burns the poet.

At the finish of the Royal Mile, you will uncover the contemporary Scottish Parliament Setting up and Holyrood Palace the residence of Scottish royal historical past.

On the following working day, Dan takes us up to Edinburgh Castle. If you come in August you could try and get tickets for the Royal Edinburgh Army Tattoo an yearly general performance of international navy bands. You could expend a great element of the day just at the castle if you went to all the diverse museums. There are museums for different regiments, a museum for prisoners of war who have been held in the castle, as perfectly as the National War Museum. 

See the huge Mons Meg canon or plug your ears if you are there when they fireplace off the modern day canon that is the 1 o’clock gun. The castle also has a palace in it and a chapel that dates again to King David 1st from 1130.

When you arrive down from the castle, take a stroll in the Princes Road Gardens. But when are prepared for a different hike with a perspective, Dan talks about hikes to Salisbury Crags and Arthur’s Seat
 or the monuments on Calton Hill like the Nelson Monument and the National Monument. Talking of monuments you can climb the 287 steps to the top of the Scott Monument focused to author Sir Walter Scott.

Dan suggests working day excursions to Glasgow or St Andrews from Edinburgh and also suggests a journey to see the Stirling Castle and the monument to William Wallace of Braveheart and the Battle of Stirling Bridge fame.

There is significantly extra to see in Scotland, but the lovely town of Edinburgh is a terrific introduction to Scotland.

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Show Notes

Edinburgh
Royal Mile
Edinburgh Castle
The Royal Edinburgh Military services Tattoo
Gladstone’s Land
Deacon Brodies Tavern
Greyfriars Bobby
Nationwide Museum of Scotland
St Giles Cathedral
Mercat Cross
The Devil’s Advocate
John Knox
Canongate Kirk
Museum of Edinburgh
Scottish Parliament Developing
Holyrood Palace
Robert the Bruce
Official Edinburgh Castle Web page
Mons Meg
A single o’clock Gun
National War Museum
Regimental Museums
The Fantastic Corridor – Edinburgh Castle
The Royal Palace – Edinburgh Castle
Prisons of War – Edinburgh Castle
St Margaret’s Chapel – Edinburgh Castle
Princes Avenue Gardens
Holyrood Park
Arthur’s Seat
Calton Hill
Nelson Monument
The Lookout (restaurant)
Scott Monument
Stirling
The Countrywide Wallace Monument
Stirling Castle

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