Canongate Edinburgh

Royal Mile, Edinburgh , Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Traveler Rating 4.50
    4 reviews 7 travel blogs 21 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Religious site, Historic site, Ballet

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    5of 241 attractions in Edinburgh

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  • 1

    The Windy City

    61 photos

    ... to catch your eye, and some neat views through the little alleyways protruding from the main street... Just before it became Canongate I took a left to grab some sneaky photos of Princes St Way again... Then back down the Royal Mile it became ...

  • 2

    Hooray for Holyrood

    26 photos

    ... cold, sunny day in Edinburgh, my last, and I'm taking my time. After a last stop at a Turkish cafe on Canongate, I wander down toward Holyrood Palace and the Scottish Parliament.  The former is the official residence of the Queen when she visits ...

  • 3

    At Large

    ... just that. Thought we did rather well to catch the Number 35 bus home and get off at exactly the right stop. Farewell Dinner at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange. Really good. "Rod Stewart" was part of the entertainment. . . . Note the quote ...

  • 4

    A Day in Edinburgh

    11 photos

    ... at this stage known as Canongate) towards Holyrood Palace. As we went down, we noted a number of interesting things, particularly the Canongate church   (built at the end of the 17th century at the behest of James VII, James II of England), which ...

  • 5

    Auld Reekie

    2 photos

    ... deep and lasting impression upon him and for whom he wrote Ae Fond Kiss. We had lunch yesterday at Clarinda’s on Canongate Street.                Sir Walter Scott is probably ...

  • 6

    The Royal Mile

    16 photos

    ... weighing 330 lbs over 2 miles". It sits next to my favorite site (appropriately) and also the oldest building in Edinburgh, St. Margaret's Chapel. Interestingly, there was a baptism being performed in the tiny chapel that morning so we had to ...

  • 7

    Edinburgh and Glasgow

    ... times on its way up, from the Esplanade to Castlehill, The Lawnmarket, the High Street and Canongate. The Royal Mile ends at the dramatic Edinburgh Castle, whose royal apartments contain the Scottish crown jewels and the Stone of Destiny & Edinburgh's ...