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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
City Observatory
The City Observatory was an astronomical observatory on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is also known as the Calton Hill Observatory.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Craiglockhart Castle
Craiglockhart Castle is a ruined tower house in the Craiglockhart district of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
No attractions in this category
Try selecting a different category filter.