Top 10 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.
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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.
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3. Edinburgh Dungeon
Just when you thought you liked Edinburgh! The worst of the city’s past: murder, torture, punishment, disease and grave robbing.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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7. Caledonian Brewery
Intriguing tour of Edinburgh’s famous brewery. Great copper vats and (smaller) samples.
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8. Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World
A walk-through tropical forest with a myriad of free-flying butterflies and friendly crawlies.
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9. Scottish Mining Museum
Don your headlamp and join ex-miners on an enlightening underground tour.
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10. Crystal Visitor Centre
Amid blazing furnaces, watch molten glass turn into crystal – good place to pick up a bargain.
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