The Lothian countryside provides a beautiful rural setting for historic homes and castles and discover Rosslyn chapel associated with Dan Brown’s best seller The Da Vinci Code. East Lothian is the ancient home of golf and provides some of the best parkland and links courses in the world. Walkers and cyclists can explore the miles of coastline to the east and the Pentland Hills on the edge of the city of Edinburgh offer the most spectacular views.
Edinburgh presents a spectacular cityscape as a first impression, then delivers an unrivalled cultural choice. Walk the Royal Mile, the historic linked streets running through the Old town of Edinburgh, and you walk in the footsteps of some of the best-known figures in Scotland’s story, from Mary, Queen of Scots to Robert Louis Stevenson. A World Heritage Site and the setting for the world’s largest annual arts gathering – the Edinburgh International Festival – you will find places to visit with cultural and heritage themes, from the National Galleries of Scotland to the Royal Yacht Britannia.
Must see and do
- Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh
- Hopetoun House, South Queensferry
- Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
- Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick
- Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin
- Royal Yacht Britannia, Leith, Edinburgh
- Mercat Walking Tours, Edinburgh
- Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre, Edinburgh
- Museum of Flight, East Fortune
- Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow