During this year I shall be posting photographs from places around the UK, many of which have not been published before. Where I have previously blogged about a location I will provide a link to the post, though you won’t be able to comment on it as I restrict comments to six months.
E is for Edinburgh
The capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh lies on the east coast just north of the Border country with England on the Firth of Forth. Renowned for its heritage, culture, and festivals it is a compact city with a medieval Old Town and elegant Georgian ‘New Town’.
Edinburgh castle looms over the city and from there you have fantastic 360 degree views.
Arthur’s Seat is an ancient volcano which is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh and you can find several monuments on Calton Hill – Nelson Monument (built in memory of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson) and The National Monument of Scotland (inspired by the Parthenon of Athens) which has never been completed.
The city is full of things to do with historic places to visit, galleries, museums, restaurants, pubs, a Botanic Garden, the famous Princes Street Gardens, the unusual Hortus Custodiorum (Archivists’ Garden) shops and theatres. Definitely a city that you could easily spend a week and not be bored.
TRAVEL WORDS 
I’ve only visited in the area around the castle but what a wonderful place that is! Had some amazing hot chocolate there years ago, our younger daughter ordered a bespoke kilt there on my last visit and it took about 6 month to arrive, and I found a bookstore selling all the wonderful UK children’s/young adult books that I loved but had no way of getting home. 🙂
Yes the area around the castle is very interesting and the National Museum of Scotland is a great place to visit too.
Looks wonderful. We’ve never been to Edinburgh.
So many places, we can’t do them all.
Ah, somewhere very familiar! Somewhere i prefer to visit out of season these days – my tolerance for crowds has decreased vastly and not just because of covid.
We are not fond of crowd either which makes it difficult to go anywhere during the summer months.
Oh I love Edinburgh! I think I could happily wander these streets and admire the architecture for weeks at a time 🙂
It is a city I could happily live in.
Excellent photos of Edinburgh I know there is a lot of History and Castles in that city.
This is such a great post with many amazing photos from one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I can’t wait to go back to it. Thanks for sharing and inspiring 🙌 Aiva xx