Enjoyable Issues to do in Edinburgh, Scotland (Podcast)

August 22, 2023

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Hear about enjoyable issues to do in Edinburgh, Scotland because the Newbie Traveler talks to Dan from the Zipping Across the World podcast about his current journey to the capital of Scotland.

In reply to the query of why somebody ought to go to Edinburgh, Dan says, “The historical past. When you like just a little whiskey, when you like, simply greenery, it’s only a fantastic place to go. The individuals are fantastic English-speaking, so it’s simple for lots of people to solid their internet first. So all these issues embody why you’d wish to go to Scotland.”

Dan begins us on the fairly touristy Royal Mile that runs from Edinburgh Citadel to Holyrood Palace. Sure, it has plenty of whiskey and vacationer outlets but it surely additionally has plenty of historical past. We cease at an outdated service provider’s home turned museum at Gladstone’s Land.

We hear a few deacon by day and robber by evening who could have influenced the creation of the “Unusual Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and a devoted Scot terrier revered within the metropolis.

We study Scottish historical past on the Nationwide Museum of Scotland and the Museum of Edinburgh. Go to St Giles Cathedral which can flip 900 years outdated in 2024. It was based by King David the first.

We study a few of Edinburgh’s well-known residents who’ve monuments within the metropolis like Adam Smith the daddy of economics, John Knox the founding father of the Scottish Presbyterian church, and Robert Burns the poet.

On the finish of the Royal Mile, you’ll discover the fashionable Scottish Parliament Constructing and Holyrood Palace the house of Scottish royal historical past.

On the following day, Dan takes us as much as Edinburgh Citadel. When you are available August you may attempt to get tickets for the Royal Edinburgh Navy Tattoo an annual efficiency of worldwide army bands. You may spend a part of the day simply on the citadel when you went to all of the totally different museums. There are museums for varied regiments, a museum for prisoners of struggle who have been held within the citadel, in addition to the Nationwide Conflict Museum.

See the large Mons Meg canon or plug your ears in case you are there after they fireplace off the fashionable canon that’s the 1 o’clock gun. The citadel additionally has a palace in it and a chapel that dates again to King David 1st from 1130.

While you come down from the citadel, take a stroll within the Princes Road Gardens. However when are prepared for an additional hike with a view, Dan talks about hikes to Salisbury Crags and Arthur’s Seat
or the monuments on Calton Hill just like the Nelson Monument and the Nationwide Monument. Talking of monuments you possibly can climb the 287 steps to the highest of the Scott Monument devoted to writer Sir Walter Scott.

Dan recommends day journeys to Glasgow or St Andrews from Edinburgh and likewise recommends a visit to see the Stirling Citadel and the monument to William Wallace of Braveheart and the Battle of Stirling Bridge fame.

There’s rather more to see in Scotland, however the stunning metropolis of Edinburgh is a superb introduction to Scotland.

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