Destination: City of Edinburgh Council
There won’t be any bonus councils in Destination: City of Edinburgh Council. Of all of the councils, Edinburgh has the most Google Map images. That was a little shocking since I had really only considered Edinburgh Castle, the Royal Mile, and Dean’s Village area.
We will start by looking at the outskirts and then move into the heart of Edinburgh. Get comfortable and let’s start exploring our City of Edinburgh Council destination!
Queensferry, South Queensferry, or “The Ferry”
Continuing Down Edinburgh from Queensferry
I was surprised with how much our destination: City of Edinburgh Council contains. Quite a bit of that is outside the actual city center. I am going to leave the city center for last.
Newliston visitor information is on the Historic Houses website. Many of the historic places to visit are through National Trust for Scotland (US membership), Historic Environment Scotland, or Historic Houses.
The rest are privately owned with visitor information on their website.
Remember from the UK Travel Tips that nearly everything needs to be booked well in advance. This includes NTfS and HES sites, even if you have member passes. I have been booking things AS SOON AS the dates are available. June is a busy time to visit Scotland. I’m a curious person, so I check back and most of our booking times are full soon after they have been opened for reservations.
The Southwest corner of Destination: City of edinburgh council
Coming Around to Edinburgh City center
Back to Queensferry and Over to Cramond
Granton
Corstorphine Hill and Edinburgh Zoo
Dean Village
Into the Heart of our Destination: City of Edinburg
- Circus Lane *View
- Stockbridge Market – Farmer’s Market
- The Scottish Gallery
- National Galleries of Scotland: Portrait *Fav Features
- St. Andrew Square (The bit of green) *Tour
- Paddington in Scotland *St. Andrew Square *Map
- Scott Monument
- The Georgian House (NTfS)
- Princes Street
- National Galleries of Scotland
- The Writer’s Museum
- Edinburgh Castle *HES
- Stone of Scone *New location
- Edinburgh Farmers Market *Map
- Grassmarket
- Armstrongs
- The Vennel Viewpoint Edinburgh Castle *Map
Edinburgh Castle Grounds
Right Outside Edinburgh Castle
Greyfriars Kirkyard to St. Giles Cathedral
- Dovecot Studios
- Greyfriars Kirk
- Greyfriars Kirk Museum
- Greyfriars Kirkyard Cemetery
- Greyfriars Covenanters’ Prison
- National Museum of Scotland *Tour
- Old College, The University of Edinburgh
- Blackwell’s Bookshop-across the street from Old College on South Bridge *Facebook
- The Edinburgh Dungeon *Tour
- Fruitmarket Gallery
- City Art Centre
- Cockburn Street *Tour
- The Devil’s Advocate *Review & Fringe Tour
- Edinburgh City Chambers
- The Real May King’s Close
- Advocate’s Close
- The Lost Close
- Exploring the Closes
Around Calton Hill
Starting just beyond the gray dot in the upper left corner:
On the Map:
- Dugald Stewart Monument *Visit
- Nelson Monument
- National Monument of Scotland *Tour
- Old Calton Cemetery (bottom left corner) Monument to the Scottish Parliament
- Jacob’s Ladder *Climb!
- Old Royal High School
- Burn Monument
- US Consulate
- Scottish Free French House
- New Calton Burial Ground
- White Horse Close (bottom right corner) *Tour
The Royal Mile
Holyrood
- Holyrood Abbey *Tour
- Palace of Holyroodhouse (I’ve been told that it is expensive for what you get to see.) *History
- The King’s Gallery
- The Café at the Palace
- Holyrood Park Information Centre
Finishing Destination: City of Edinburgh Council
Edinburgh wasn’t on our itinerary in 2020. In fact, it wasn’t initially on the itinerary for this trip. However, we managed to squeak in a day for Edinburgh. I realize that you can’t see even close to what Edinburgh has to offer in one day, as you can see from all of the information in this post! This has definitely been a bit of an information overload. Although this is one of those times where I am grateful for whatever I’ll get to see and do, but I’m also making a list of things that I want to do the next time I get to visit Edinburgh.
The idea of this travel blog began as a way to share pictures and my trip with family and friends. I started it by organizing where I’ll be traveling in Scotland. It is now also a bit of a virtual tour through areas where I will be on this trip. So many places, so little time! This blog has me thinking about future travel in Scotland and places that I think friends would enjoy. So I have included all of that information. It is my deepest hope that it helps someone else plan a trip to this amazing country.
A special thanks to Pixabay photographers: Kilibri5 for Edinburgh Castle, Peggychoucair for Castle Edinburgh, tangentbeta for Edinburgh Arthur’s Seat, PublicDomainPictures for Bobby Edinburgh, eduardovieiraphoto for Dean Village Village, The Hub Royal Mile, Victoria Street and Saint Giles St Giles, Nikon D750 for Monument Scott, Socttiealan for Palace Holyrood Palace, IG: hawaiianbarbee for Forth Bridge Edinburgh, WolfBlur for John Knox House Royal Mile, shilmar for The Nelson Monument Edinburgh
