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What to see in Edinburgh on foot

50 sights worth the detour, all walkable, all offline.

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Edinburgh is a city made for walking. This self-guided guide maps 50 of its sights worth the detour — landmarks, historic sites, museums and galleries, parks and gardens and public art — the places locals point to and the tour buses skip, close enough to string into a single day on foot. Download the Edinburgh pack in Voyage GO before you go and the whole route works offline: no roaming, no dead battery from a live map. Every monument, viewpoint and park you pass quietly fills your travel passport.

Landmarks5

  1. 1Camera Obscura & World of IllusionsCamera Obscura & World of Illusions is a tourist attraction located in Outlook Tower on the Castlehill section of the Royal Mile close to Edinburgh Castle.
  2. 2West Bow Well
  3. 3The Scotch Whisky ExperienceThe Scotch Whisky Experience is a visitor attraction themed around Scotch whisky in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  4. 4The Edinburgh DungeonThe Edinburgh Dungeon is an underground tourist attraction in Edinburgh's city centre, on Market Street, which uses live actor shows and interactive rides to show various historical events from Scottish history in a scary fun style, with audience interaction and special effects, theatrical sets and performance.
  5. 5Wentworth ElmUlmus × hollandica 'Wentworthii Pendula', commonly known as the Wentworth Elm or Wentworth Weeping Elm, is a cultivar with a distinctive weeping habit that appears to have been introduced to cultivation towards the end of the 19th century.

Historic Sites34

  1. 6Greyfriars BobbyGreyfriars Bobby was a Skye Terrier or Dandie Dinmont Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for reportedly spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until his death.
  2. 7Brassfounders ColumnThe Brass Founders' Pillar, also known as the Brassfounders Column, is a monumental column in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  3. 8Mons MegMons Meg is a medieval bombard in the collection of the Royal Armouries, on loan to Historic Environment Scotland and located at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.
  4. 9Portuguese Cannon
  5. 10Dr Thomas Chalmers Statue
  6. 11George IV statue
  7. 12Scottish Norwegian Training Areas Memorial
  8. 13Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial
  9. 14War Memorial
  10. 15David Hume Memorial
  11. 16Masons' Pillars
  12. 17Black Watch Memorial
  13. 18David Livingstone MemorialThe statue of David Livingstone in East Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, is an 1876 work by Amelia Robertson Hill.
  14. 19Witches' WellThe Witches' Well is a monument to accused witches burned at the stake in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the only one of its kind in the city.
  15. 20Georgian HouseThe Georgian House is an 18th-century townhouse situated at No.
  16. 21Dean Ramsay Memorial
  17. 22Fifth Duke of Buccleuch Memorial
  18. 23John Knox Memorial
  19. 24Charles II of England
  20. 25William Chambers Statue
  21. 26William Pitt Statue
  22. 27W.H. Playfair Statue
  23. 28Gladstone's LandGladstone's Land is a surviving 17th-century tenement house situated in the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.
  24. 29McEwan Lantern Pillar
  25. 3072nd Highlanders Memorial
  26. 31Frederick, Duke of York Statue
  27. 32Scottish Horse Memorial
  28. 33Colonel Mackenzie Statue
  29. 3478th Highlanders Memorial
  30. 35Swedish RunestoneThe Swedish Runestone, designated U 1173 in the Rundata catalogue, is an 11th-century Swedish Viking Age runestone which was located in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, below Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, within a fenced enclosure adjacent to Ramsay Garden.
  31. 36Tron Square Clock
  32. 37Melville's MonumentThe Melville Monument is a large column in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh constructed between 1821 and 1827 as a memorial to Scottish statesman Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville.
  33. 38The Jellicoe Express -- 1917 - 2017The Highland Railway (HR) was one of the two smallest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping, operating north of Perth railway station in Scotland and serving the farthest north of Britain.
  34. 39Edinburgh CastleEdinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Museums & Galleries6

  1. 40Talbot Rice GalleryTalbot Rice Gallery is the public art gallery of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and part of Edinburgh College of Art.
  2. 41Museum of ChildhoodThe Museum of Childhood is a museum that houses a collection of children's toys and playthings, situated on the Royal Mile, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  3. 42Writers' MuseumThe Writers’ Museum, housed within Lady Stair's House in Edinburgh, presents the lives of three of the foremost Scottish writers: Robert Burns, Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.
  4. 43Museum on the MoundThe Museum on the Mound is a museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, that focuses on money, coinage and economics.
  5. 44Anatomical Museum
  6. 45The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards MuseumThe Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum is a regimental museum displaying the collections of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and its predecessor regiments.

Parks & Gardens1

  1. 46George Square GardensGeorge Square is a city square in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Public Art4

  1. 47Heart of MidlothianThe Heart of Midlothian is a heart-shaped mosaic, formed of coloured granite setts, located outside St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.
  2. 48The Genius of Architecture crowning the Theory and Practice of Art
  3. 49Earl Haig
  4. 50Sherlock Holmes

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