For a dormant volcano, Arthur’s Seat is a conspicuously active place. Tri-athletes, runners and orienteers traverse its heaths and paths. Many are in training for events in the ever expanding calendar of urban sports, including the Edinburgh Marathon and the Rat Race.
Edinburgh city region attracts major, international sporting events and has hosted two Commonwealth Games, while Murrayfield Stadium welcomes capacity crowds of 67,500 for rugby internationals.
The range of leisure facilities is impressive: the world’s largest indoor climbing arena, over a hundred golf courses, all-seater football stadiums and much more. There’s an Olympic-size swimming pool, Britain’s longest artificial ski slope and plenty of indoor tennis courts.
Rattle down a switchback trail at Glentress Mountain Bike Centre, Scotland’s renowned mountain biking centre. Surf the swells and rollers of the East Lothian coastline. Dance a Gay Gordon and a Strip The Willow at a ceilidh (a traditional social dance) in a regency ballroom.
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