DK Travel : Scotland : Edinburgh : Best of the Rest

Edinburgh : Best of the Rest

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1. Open-Top Bus Tours

Cruise the city with guided commentary and a pigeon’s eye view.
2. Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Look Robert Burns, Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Queen Mother in the eye. Portraits through the ages, housed in a Gothic shrine.
3. Edinburgh Dungeon

Just when you thought you liked Edinburgh! The worst of the city’s past: murder, torture, punishment, disease and grave robbing.
4. Greyfriars Kirk

Historic church, best known for its statue (in the street) of “Greyfriars Bobby” (1858–72), a devoted terrier who lived by his master’s grave.
5. Dean Gallery

Opened in 1999, opposite the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, the gallery houses an art library and collection of works by Paolozzi. It also hosts temporary exhibitions.
6. Hopetoun House

This fine architectural gem, work of the industrious Robert Adam, is both a stately home and an art treasury (paintings by Canaletto, Rubens, Rembrandt, to name but a few).
7. Caledonian Brewery

Intriguing tour of Edinburgh’s famous brewery. Great copper vats and (smaller) samples.
8. Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World

A walk-through tropical forest with a myriad of free-flying butterflies and friendly crawlies.
9. Scottish Mining Museum

Don your headlamp and join ex-miners on an enlightening underground tour.
10. Crystal Visitor Centre

Amid blazing furnaces, watch molten glass turn into crystal – good place to pick up a bargain.