Edinburgh, Scotland, UK summary

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Edinburgh, Scotland UK highlights can be seen in three days. On day One: Royal Mile and Castle; Day Two: New Town, National Museum of History and shopping; Day Three: to the Royal Yacht Britannia at Leith waterfront, then the National Gallery of Art and free time.
The best place to begin is a few blocks in front of Edinburgh Castle, high above the city where Edinburgh was first settled. It’s a lovely downhill walk from here along what is called the Royal Mile which is anchored at one end by the Castle and at the other end by Holyroodhouse Palace, one of the queen’s summer homes in Scotland. This route has one of the most concentrated collections of historic sights in Europe, along with attractive little shops and many tempting restaurants and pubs. Several former homes on the Royal Mile are open as museums, giving you a vivid idea of what domestic life was like four hundred years ago.
Edinburgh’s Old Town has retained many of its original buildings and the 18th century New Town is also well-preserved, both still functioning as a great examples of healthy urban neighborhoods. This large number of authentic buildings presents you with a rare chance to experience genuine historic settings that have been beautifully preserved, unlike so many destinations that got modernized. and then attempt to re-create an “authentic reproduction” of the past. Edinburgh is the real thing.

[lorddaver]

As a Scot, and a native of Edinburgh, I hope you won't mind a little constructive criticism!

You begin by saying - "Fish and Chips has been standard meal in England for hundreds of years..." ENGLAND??? Edinburgh, as the title says, is in Scotland, and Scotland is not part of England (and never has been). Both England and Scotland (along with Wales and Northern Ireland) are part of the United Kingdom.

And fish and chips has not been around for "hundreds of years". It first appeared in Lancashire, in the North of England, in the early 1860s, spreading fairly quickly around the rest of England, Scotland and Wales...

Pronunciation is another issue. It's "Edinburrah" not Edinborro. "Cockburn" is actually pronounced "Coburn" (the "c" and "k" in the middle of the word are silent).

"Princes Gardens" don't exist. "Princes Street Gardens" do.

Please accept these comments in the helpful spirit in which they were intended!

[williamallan]

left Edinburgh  1967, was good to see on google maps, old memories of places I lived

[majaweimer]

I love Scotland, I was born there but I have lived in Poland for eight years.

[nadrabi]

I am Indian but your city very beautiful I like it

[fraser_mr]

haven't been to edinbrugh castle yet