Edinburgh is a city rich in museums, art galleries and theaters. If you are really hungry vulture in search of culture, Edinburgh is the medium.
Masterpieces from the Renaissance to modern, elegant sculptures of impressive monuments, fascinating exhibits, antique cabinets full of whiskey and fabulous gardens craft theatrical productions, Edinburgh is the capital of art and culture throughout Scotland!
If you have an interest in art, National GalleryResorts and the Scottish National Galleries of Modern Art held in front of the screen for hours.
More than a passion for architecture? Try to go up or even Walter Scott Monument on Princes Street and get to know one of the greatest sons of Scotland.
could evoke more plants, trees and flowers as well as your imagination, take a relaxing stroll around the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, a mile north of downtown.
Learn more about the fascinating rootsScotland we know today in the Museum of Scotland, before a round barrel through your own small distillery in the Scotch Whisky Experience.
When the sun goes down, why not check out an exciting theatrical production and day out at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre Edinburgh Playhouse is not it?
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Just a mile north of downtown on Inverleith Row, the Royal Botanic Garden covers 70 acres of landscaped parkland.Whether you're a gardening or not, is the ideal place to relax.
The Royal Botanic Garden is 330 years and has an international reputation for plant science and education in the field of horticulture.
When you walk through the botanical, we meet a fascinating series of world-famous attractions. The Queen Mother Memorial Garden was opened in 2006 to commemorate the real popular. His garden is designed in a very creativeSo that is sent to all visitors, in a sense the effect queen mother to the nation to address the people.
The Royal Botanic Garden is the largest collection of Chinese plants outside China. For those who want to experience the landscape of the Scottish Highlands, the Scottish Heath Garden offers a small representation of the landscape of the Highlands.
The Rock Garden has won international recognition for its collection of over 5,000 alpine plants and165 meters long herbaceous border. In addition, the Royal Botanic Garden, a number of greenhouses. The Victorian Palm House and Temperate Windows on the World Greenhouses are very impressive. Windows on the World is home to about one percent of all known flowering plants and ferns Cyad. Try to count them all! Or pronounce their names!
It costs nothing to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh makes it more attractive for an afternoon in forceWalk. If you want to explore the greenhouses, there is a small fee. An adult is £ 4.50, is a grant of £ 3.50 and the price of a child (aged 5 to 16) is £ 1.20. There is also a family ticket for two adults and up to 4 children, which will cost £ 9.50.
Lothian Buses number 8, 23 and 27 all run from downtown to the East Gate on Inverleith Row. The gardens open at 10 clock throughout the year and close at 19:00 from April to September. In the monthsMarch and October, the closing time is 6 clock in the evening from November to February the gardens close to 04:00.
The Scotch Whisky Experience
Those who know all about the water of life and those who remain clueless something new about our national drink and a very important export Scotch Whisky Experience .... and have a run-of fun at the same time!
Located literally a stone's throw from Edinburgh Castle at the head of the Royal Mile, the Scotch WhiskyExperience is the place to know one of the most important aspects of Scottish culture.
If you're like me and know almost nothing about the distillation, which creates this delicious nectar, is doing a distillery only replica that will give you insight into the needs you!
Even Whisky connoisseurs will of the stories behind the discovery of these are excited at the drop of heaven!
Whisky experts are ready to educate you, answer your questions anddiscuss the fine points if you are already impressive to read!
The best thing about Scotch Whisky is the range of flavors, the intensity and character are available. Although I am not a stickler, there's a whiskey for you! The experts of whiskey by the Scotch Whisky Experience is available from the discovery of supporting the perfect single malt whiskey.
What's more - the Scotch Whisky Experience is proud to offer the largest Whisky collection in the world. This is aimpressive experience with nearly 3,500 different Scottish whiskey right before your eyes.
Scotch Whisky Experience is closed only on Christmas Day. From September to May, open 10 clock and close at 18:00 with the last tour beginning at 17:00. During the summer months of June, July and August when demand is particularly high, the doors are open from 9.30 abandoned clock with a 6:30, last tour at 5:30 clock.
There are three different tours offered, each with its ownCharacteristics. E 'la-Tour d'Argent, the Giro d'Oro and the Collection Tour As expected, prices vary for each tour. There are also prizes for large groups. I should check the admission to the official site to find the rates that apply to your situation.
And to answer the all important question .... Yes, you have a DRAM (glass of whiskey) on the tour!
The Museum of Scotland
A short walk along George IV Bridge byThe Royal Mile leading to the National Museum of Scotland to take striking sandstone facade Moray.
This modern building houses the Museum of Scotland and the Victorian building next door is the Royal Museum. Together they form the National Museum of Scotland, even if they have two separate entrances.
The National Museum opened its doors in 1998 with a focus on history, people and culture of Scotland. This museum, locals and tourists interested inalso because of the extensive collection of articles about Scotland's people, history and culture.
Flags that have been in the battle of Culloden, prehistoric jewelry, paintings and works by Scottish artists, fascinated by all visitors to the Museum of Scotland.
Those of you, to get a detailed picture of the origins of Scotland we know today feel very at home at the Museum of Scotland is looking for. The museum is open 7 days a week and 10:00 to 17:00Admission is free! So actually there is no excuse to stay away!
The Walter Scott Monument
This Victorian Gothic stone to the great Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, probably the most important and recognizable landmarks on Princes Street.
Sir Walter Scott was an author of great historic success at the turn of the 19th Century. His works were much admired in the British Isles, North America, Australia and Europe. Scott's most popular novelsinclude Ivanhoe, The Heart of Midlothian, Waverley and Rob Roy. Together with Robert Burns, Scottish writer Scott generally the most influential of all time.
After his death in 1832 a competition was held for a monument to his life and works that recall still relatively unknown, amateur architect George Meikle Kemp won design. In 1844, four years after the monument was built. Unfortunately, Mr. Kemp was not present for the opening of his masterpieceUnion Canal in the tragic drowning in an accident.
The Scott Monument was originally gold, but it has become almost black because of air quality, notoriously poor in Victorian Edinburgh. E 'possible, the Scott Monument in the way of 287 steps, although often climb the tower is closed for maintenance. If you can do to make your way to the top, you can enjoy the stunning views of Edinburgh Castle and the city center.
Situnder the tower between the four pillars is a marble statue of Sir Walter Scott, with a pen in his hand and his dog Maida beside him. During a visit to the Scott Monument, you may wonder what Sir Walter would have thought of Edinburgh in the 21st century, while looking at the Princes Street ...
The National Gallery Complex
The National Gallery complex includes the National Gallery of Scotland and Royal Scottish Academy Building. The buildings are located in an area of landbetween the two sides of Princes Street Gardens. The Royal Scottish Academy on Princes Street at the National Gallery is directly behind it.
Both neo-classical galleries in the 19th century by William Henry Playfair, a leading Scottish architects of the time developed. But in 1912 it was rebuilt by William Thomas Oldrieve.
In 2004, the "Weston Link, that allows the visitor concluded between the two tunnels are accessed through an undergroundConcourse.
The options for storage and study of the National Gallery are enormously impressive. The gallery has a collection of 30,000 graphic works from the Renaissance to the end of the nineteenth century.
The National Gallery and the Royal Scottish Academy's art collection includes works by Monet, Constable, Rembrandt, Botticelli, Da Vinci and Van Gogh In addition to these works by international artists, galleries have also Scotland's largest andmost important works of art on display.
Entry into the National Gallery Complex is free and can these incredible art works 7 days a week from 10:00 a 05:00 clock. Thursday ', the galleries are open until 07:00. In August, the gallery is open until 6:00 to accommodate the largest number of visitors. The galleries are only 25 and December 26. If up and over on 1 January will happen, the galleries are open 0:00 to 5:00 watch!
The ScottishNational Gallery of Modern Art
The Scottish Gallery of Modern Art moved to Edinburgh from Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden in Belford Road, in New Town in 1984.
The striking neoclassical building in 1825, with well-tended garden, which is now built the house of sculptures by Barbara Hepworth, Rachel Whiteread, Tony Cragg and Henry Moore among others.
Across the street is the Dean Gallery, named after thedistrict near Dean Village. This is the sister of the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art Gallery. Formerly a hospital, an orphan, has opened its doors to the Dean Gallery in 1999 to visit his sister gallery collection of Dada and Surrealism, as well as sculptures by Eduardo Paolozzi.
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art has an extensive collection of works by famous artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Lucien Freud, Andy Warhol and British leaderArtist Tracey Emin.
The galleries are in an idyllic location in the new city near Dean Village. You can walk on foot through the West End of Princes Street, Shandwick Place long before Palmerston Place. This road takes you on Belford Road and a bridge to take. Both galleries are on this road.
As with the National Gallery of Scotland, and admission is free. The galleries are only 25 and December 26. The opening hours are10.00 bis 17.00 clock. During the high season in August, the galleries open until 6:00. For those who want some masterpieces in order to start the new year, the galleries open from 12 am to 17:00 January 1st Clock!
