Days out
Edinburgh boasts some of Scotland’s top attractions.
Edinburgh’s major attractions
With paid admission
1. Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh
2. Edinburgh Zoo, Edinburgh
3. Edinburgh Bus Tours, Edinburgh
4. Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
5. Royal Yacht Britannia, Edinburgh
6. Deep Sea World, North Queensferry.
With free admission:
7. Royal Museum and Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
8. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
9. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
10. National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh (Located within
Edinburgh Castle).
Other attractions across Edinburgh City Region include
Paid admission:
- Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin
- Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick.
- Scotch Whisky Experience, Edinburgh
- Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow.
- Bass Rock (The Scottish Seabird Centre), North Berwick
- National Museum of Flight (The Concorde Experience), Drem (near
North Berwick)
- Tantallon Castle, near North Berwick
- Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
- Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk
- Stirling Castle, Stirling.
Free admission:
- Glentress Mountain Biking, Peebles.
Of course, Scotland is the home of golf. There are six public
courses in Edinburgh city, offering visitors an instant
introduction to golf in the city region (just book a tee-time, pay
and play). There are a further 19 links and parkland
golf courses in East
Lothian alone, including Muirfield which has
hosted 15 Open Championships.
