Top Attractions in Edinburgh

Discover the best places to visit in Edinburgh. Explore 50 museums, historic sites, landmarks, and hidden gems curated from OpenStreetMap and enriched with Wikipedia descriptions.

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Swedish Runestone

The Swedish Runestone, designated U 1173 in the Rundata catalogue, is an 11th-century Swedish Viking Age runestone which was located in Princes Street ...

1.1 km from center
Cathedral
St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral (RC)

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, also known as St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church in Edinburgh, Sco ...

0.3 km from center
Castle
Merchiston Tower

Merchiston Tower, also known as Merchiston Castle, was probably built by Alexander Napier, the 2nd Laird of Merchiston, around 1454. It serves as the ...

2.7 km from center
Museum
Talbot Rice Gallery

Talbot Rice Gallery is the public art gallery of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and part of Edinburgh College of Art. The building has three ...

0.7 km from center
Museum
Museum of Childhood

The Museum of Childhood is a museum that houses a collection of children's toys and playthings, situated on the Royal Mile, in Edinburgh, Scotland. It ...

0.4 km from center
Museum
Writers' Museum

The Writers’ Museum, housed within Lady Stair's House in Edinburgh, presents the lives of three of the foremost Scottish writers: Robert Burns, Walt ...

0.5 km from center
Museum
Museum on the Mound

The Museum on the Mound (styled MUS£UM ON THE MOUND) is a museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, that focuses on money, coinage and economics.

0.5 km from center
Museum
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum is a regimental museum displaying the collections of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and its predecessor regiment ...

1.0 km from center
Historic
City Observatory

The City Observatory was an astronomical observatory on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is also known as the Calton Hill Observatory.

0.4 km from center
Museum
Dynamic Earth

Dynamic Earth (originally known as Our Dynamic Earth) is a not-for-profit visitor attraction and science centre in Edinburgh, and is Scotland's larges ...

0.9 km from center
Castle
Liberton Tower

Liberton Tower is a four-storey, square-plan tower house in the Edinburgh suburb of Liberton, on the east side of the Braid Hills.

4.4 km from center
Museum
National War Museum

The National War Museum is a museum dedicated to warfare, which is located inside Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. Opened in 1933 in a convert ...

1.0 km from center
Historic
St Margaret's Chapel

St Margaret's Chapel, in Edinburgh Castle, is the oldest surviving building in Edinburgh, Scotland. An example of Romanesque architecture, it is a cat ...

0.9 km from center
Museum
St Cecilia's Hall

St Cecilia's Hall is a small concert hall and museum in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. It is on the corner of Niddry Street a ...

0.5 km from center
Museum
The People's Story Museum

The People's Story Museum is located in the historic Canongate Tolbooth, and features collections that narrate the story of the working-class people o ...

0.6 km from center
Castle
Craiglockhart Castle

Craiglockhart Castle is a ruined tower house in the Craiglockhart district of Edinburgh, Scotland.

4.9 km from center
Museum
The Royal Scots Regimental Museum

The Museum of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) and the Royal Regiment of Scotland is a regimental museum displaying the collections of the Royal S ...

0.9 km from center
Museum
National Museum of Scotland

The National Museum of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Taigh-tasgaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba) in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a museum of Scottish history and cul ...

0.7 km from center
Historic
Martello Tower, Leith Docks

The Tally Toor is the local name for a Martello tower in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is one of Scotland's three Martello towers, the other two bein ...

3.9 km from center
Monument
Melville's Monument

The Melville Monument is a large column in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh constructed between 1821 and 1827 as a memorial to Scottish statesman Henry Dun ...

0.3 km from center
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