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Edinburgh Castle Is One EDINBURGH, CAPITAL of SCOTLAND EVENTS in of Scotland’S Most Popular EDINBURGH Tourist Attractions CONTACTS Edinburgh Castle is one EDINBURGH, CAPITAL OF SCOTLAND EVENTS IN of Scotland’s most popular EDINBURGH tourist attractions. It is renowned for its stunning architecture The Foreign & Commonwealth Office dominates the city from and lively festivals. Here the past blends January December King Charles Street, London SW1A 2 AH high up on the volcanic www.fco.gov.uk Castle Rock which rises seamlessly with the present to create one Burns Night Edinburgh’s Capital Christmas Details of these and other Edinburgh 133 metres above the sea. of Europe’s most appealing cities. Celebrate the work of Scotland’s great Featuring festive events, traditional events can be found on VisitScotland Board © Edinburgh & Lothians Tourist Edinburgh is situated in the heart of the 23 Ravelston Terrace, Edinburgh EH4 3TP poet, Robert Burns on 25 January at markets and the fun of Edinburgh’s www.eventful-edinburgh.com Lothians on the southern shore of the venues around the city. Winter Wonderland. National booking and information line (from outside UK): +44 (0) 1506 832 121 Firth of Forth, where the River Forth www.visitscotland.com flows into the North Sea. The city April December/January Below: Fireworks light up the night sky above the Balmoral Hotel. Edinburgh lives up to its reputation extends over seven hills, the best known Edinburgh and Lothians Tourist Board Edinburgh Science Festival Hogmanay as the Festival City with a programme of exciting and most dramatic being Castle Hill, Lectures, exhibitions and hands-on One of the world’s best New Year events throughout the year. 4 Rothesay Terrace, Edinburgh EH3 7RY Calton Hill and Arthur’s Seat. With a One of the most stunning activities for all ages. At the Assembly celebrations with carnivals, Bottom: The Edinburgh Military Tattoo, performed www.edinburgh.org views of Edinburgh and the population of over 460,000, Edinburgh against the magnificent backdrop of Edinburgh Rooms, Botanic Gardens, Royal processions, music and fireworks. waters of the Firth of Forth is a relatively small city and this is where Castle, is perhaps the city’s most spectacular Museum and other venues across City of Edinburgh Council can be enjoyed from Calton event and attracts visitors from all over the world. its beauty lies. Local residents, office the city. www.sciencefestival.co.uk City Chambers, High Street, Hill. The Stewart Monument IN- CITY (left) is dedicated to the workers and tourists alike mingle in the Edinburgh EH1 1YJ EDINBURGH Easter Parade Tel: +44 (0) 131 200 2000 18th century philosopher, city’s compact centre filling Edinburgh Featuring over 4,000 performers Board © Edinburgh & Lothians Tourist Dugald Stewart and is Fax: +44 (0)131 469 3010 a reproduction of the with life by day and night. from around the world. City centre. www.edinburgh.gov.uk Lysicrates monument in Athens. Edinburgh has been Scotland’s capital May The Scottish Parliament Edinburgh EH99 1SP for over 500 years. Legend says that the Scotland’s International Children’s Tel: +44 (0) 131 348 5000 Picts, an ancient North British tribe, Festival www.scottish.parliament.uk © Edinburgh & Lothians Tourist Board © Edinburgh & Lothians Tourist built a fortress on the volcanic castle Britain’s biggest performing arts rock in the 5th century. They called it Scottish Executive festival for children and young people. St Andrew’s House ‘Din Eidyn’ in Gaelic. Other sources International Festival of the Sea Edinburgh EH1 3DG believe that the city is named after Events and displays of all things Tel: +44 (0) 131 556 8400 Edwin, King of Northumbria, who Fax: +44 (0) 131 244 8240 nautical in Leith. Edinburgh Castle was the conquered the Lothians in 638 AD. www.scotland.gov.uk www.festivalofthesea.co.uk city’s first recorded building Little is recorded about Edinburgh until in the 11th century. The National Museums of Scotland buildings forming today’s the reign of Malcolm III (1058–1093), June Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF castle are far newer, who built a fortress on the site of the The Edinburgh Marathon Tel: +44 (0) 131 247 4422 dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries. present castle. His wife, Margaret, later Holyrood Park. Fax: +44 (0) 131 247 4308 www.nms.ac.uk Board © Edinburgh & Lothians Tourist to become St Margaret, built a chapel within the walls. This chapel is the July/August oldest building in Edinburgh today. Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival INcity Edinburgh is produced by the Foreign & Edinburgh then grew into an important At concert halls, pubs, streets and Commonwealth Office for distribution through British Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates. trading centre and was granted a Royal parks around the city. Charter by Robert the Bruce in 1329. © Crown copyright. The text may be freely reproduced outside the UK with or without acknowledgement, August Board © Edinburgh & Lothians Tourist except for sale or advertising purposes. EDINBURGH IS TWO CITIES IN ONE The Edinburgh Military Tattoo Published by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. — the Old Town dominated by the Military spectacle on the Castle Designed by Staziker Jones. imposing castle on its towering volcanic Esplanade. Printed by Abba Litho Sales. Edinburgh’s Old Town rock, and the Georgian (1714–1830) Edinburgh International Festival Fringe May 2003 is packed with medieval Order No: 2073 buildings. It was New Town below, with its grand squares Venues all over the city. Fringe Sunday, overcrowding here in and wide avenues. Both have been the ‘high-rise’ tenement on The Meadows, attracts nearly designated as World Heritage Sites Front cover: The National Museum of Scotland buildings that led to the 200,000 people. www.edfringe.com building of the New (© National Museums of Scotland). by UNESCO. Edinburgh International Festival Town to the north. Music, theatre, dance and visual arts Back cover: Old College, a well-known symbol of the The Georgian New Town, The medieval buildings and narrow for every taste. www.eif.co.uk University of Edinburgh, was designed by Robert Adam with its many elegant in 1789 and completed by William Playfair in 1834. alleyways of the Old Town reflect a city International Film Festival buildings, contains some (© University of Edinburgh). of the UK’s finest squares steeped in history. Edinburgh Castle, Featuring the best in cinema from and streets. Its layout, the nation’s most famous landmark, Pictures courtesy of Edinburgh & Lothians Tourist based on a grid, was established and new directors. houses the Scottish Crown Jewels Board by Harvey Wood, Douglas Corrance and the idea of the architect, Book Festival James Craig who won a Marius Alexander. and the Stone of Destiny, Scotland’s With readings from well-known authors, Left: Board Right: © Edinburgh & Lothians Tourist Board © Edinburgh & Lothians Tourist competition to plan the first New Town in 1763. coronation throne which was held by lectures and book-themed events. the English for 700 years and only returned in 1997. The view down the Royal The Royal Mile, the city’s oldest street, Dundas House, today As Europe’s sixth biggest fund The ornate exterior EDINBURGH IS RENOWNED for The Museum of Scotland The story of Scotland and its people Mile, the backbone of the the principal office of the of McEwan Hall at the was designed by Benson Old Town. The distinctive starts at the castle and runs down the Royal Bank of Scotland management centre, Edinburgh’s University of Edinburgh. encouraging academic excellence. + Forsyth. The stunning from the earliest times to the present crown-shaped steeple of hill to the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Group, was built by Sir links with the financial sector are as The hall was built for Students from over 120 countries galleries take visitors on day is superbly told at the Museum of St Giles Cathedral can Lawrence Dundas of Kerse graduation ceremonies, a journey through be seen on the right. Museums, galleries, cafés and shops line in 1772. It was described longstanding as the city itself. © University of Edinburgh concerts and other are welcomed to the city every year, Scotland’s history, from Scotland. Over 10,000 artefacts have this cobbled thoroughfare and the nearby then by the Edinburgh The Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS public occasions with contributing greatly to the international its geological beginnings been brought together in this new © Edinburgh & Lothians Tourist Board © Edinburgh & Lothians Tourist chronicler, Arnot, as (Halifax/Bank of Scotland), the country’s funds from Sir William nature of the academic community. to the 20th century. museum. State-of-the-art technology ‘closes’(backyards) and ‘wynds’ (alleys). "incomparably the McEwan, founder of a Perhaps the greatest of Edinburgh’s many handsomest house leading clearing banks, manage a well-known Edinburgh Edinburgh has over 51,000 students at The darker events of is used to great effect at Our Dynamic churches can be found along the Royal we ever saw." turnover of £6.3 billion from the city. brewing company. its three universities — the University Scotland’s past can be Earth to explore the evolution of the discovered at the Edinburgh Mile. St Giles Cathedral, parts of which Many businesses choose to locate their of Edinburgh, Napier University and Dungeon, one of the city’s planet. For the more macabre, the date back to the 12th century, is the Scottish, UK and European headquarters Heriot Watt University. Over 40 per favourite attractions. Edinburgh Dungeon offers an insight focal point of the established Church in Scotland’s capital. cent of the undergraduates at these into the city’s grisly history, including of Scotland and is easily recognised Edinburgh has a universities study science, engineering the story of Burke and Hare, the Edinburgh is easy to reach longstanding reputation by its crown-shaped steeple. thanks to its excellent Impressive transport links make for encouraging academic or health.
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