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Edinburgh Castle dominates the city of Edinburgh like no other castle in Scotland, and Edinburgh Castle is unequalled in the whole of the British Isles. Over one thousand years of history sit on top of the famous Edinburgh rock, and when you see Edinburgh Castle you will understand why over a million visitors a year visit Edinburgh Castle. When you come to Scotland and visit Edinburgh Castle you will see why the early inhabitants of the area we now call Edinburgh, made their first settlements here, in what is now the city of Edinburgh. People have always sought a safe refuge, and the volcanic rock that forms the base of Edinburgh Castle, has always afforded the ultimate safe and defensive position in Edinburgh. The City of Edinburgh grew outwards from the Castle rock, and the first houses in Edinburgh were built on the area in front of Edinburgh Castle, which is now known as the Lawnmarket, and then the house building continued down the High Street and The Cannongate towards the Royal Palace of Holyrood House. These streets collectively form a single street known as The Royal Mile. The Royal Mile acquired its name over the ages as Scottish and English kings, queens and royalty in general, have travelled to and fro between the Palace of Holyrood House and Edinburgh Castle - hence the name The Royal Mile. No visit to Edinburgh is complete without a visit to Edinburgh Castle, and once you have ventured up to the highest parts of Edinburgh Castle’s structure, you will be overwhelmed by the spectacular views of Edinburgh afforded from this Scottish "Castle of Castles". Edinburgh Castle is every schoolboy's dream of what a castle should look like and the Edinburgh Castle website endeavours to give the Edinburgh visitor an in-depth view of Edinburgh Castle and it's history from early times right up until the present day. The visitor to the Castle is awarded with magnificent panoramas in every direction when they visit the Castle. No matter whether you are on the lowest levels of the Castle, or the highest points, visitors are delighted by what can be seen. When you look to the north, on a clear day, you can see the mountains of The Kingdom of Fife in the distance and immediately below you are the world famous Princes Street Gardens. Princes Street is unique in that the shops along its length are only on the north side of the street, so from them you have an uninterrupted view of the Castle. Beyond Princes Street is George Street the most original of Edinburgh's Georgian New Town Streets - with shops along its length. Continuing to the north you have Queen Street which runs parallel to it. Beyond Queen Street the remaining New Town Preservation area is mostly residential, and the city can boast of having the most intact Georgian city in the whole of Europe, and has Unicef World Heritage Site status. Apart from information on Edinburgh Castle, we have included lots of general information about Edinburgh in the website. You will notice we have sections covering Edinburgh accommodation which include Edinburgh Hotels, Edinburgh Bed and Breakfasts, Edinburgh Guest Houses, Edinburgh Self-catering Flats and Edinburgh Apartments. Other sections include Edinburgh Cafes, Edinburgh Entertainment, Edinburgh Restaurants, Edinburgh Weddings, Edinburgh Festivals and of course Shopping in Edinburgh. On Edinburgh Pubs and Clubs Guide website you can also find lot of useful information on where to relax and have fun in Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Castle website has many photographs of
the various artefacts contained in Edinburgh Castle and
pertaining to the Castle and Edinburgh itself. We act
on what the Edinburgh Castle website visitors request,
and have added the Edinburgh Tattoo page complete with
the derivation of the word Tattoo as a result. We are
always interested in what our visitors would like to
see in Edinburgh, and in the pages of the Edinburgh Castle
website. We welcome requests from you whether your interest
is Edinburgh Castle or the City of Edinburgh, as we
want our website to reflect what people really want to
see and do when they visit Edinburgh. All photographs
of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Castle used in our website
are taken with state-of-the-art professional digital
cameras by our resident Edinburgh Castle biz photographer,
and we hope that his photos of Edinburgh and Edinburgh
Castle reflect the diverse aspects of Edinburgh Castle
and Edinburgh.
Click on any of the headings below to go directly to the relevant section. We find that the most requested search
on our website Edinburgh, is apert from the Castl is information
on Edinburgh hotels.
We are constantly being asked for Edinburgh hotels in the city
centre,.As the modern day business person has to keep in touch
with their business base, we receive requests for Edinburgh hotels
with direct Internet access, Edinburgh hotel operators have been
quick to address this need by providing hook-up points in their
hotel bedrooms, so that their hotel guests can conveniently and
quickly transfer data from the comfort of their own Edinburgh hotel
bedroom. Edinburgh hotel operators have also catered for their
business users by offering business meeting rooms with internet
connections and audio visual facilities. Most of the major international
hotel groups are represented in Edinburgh, and all the hotel groups
offer varying levels of facilities in their respective Edinburgh
hotels. As one of the oldest, and most luxurious, of Edinburgh hotels,
The Balmoral Hotel, Princes Streeti is0.8 miles from Edinburgh
Castle The George Hotel Edinburgh is centrally located in the heart
of Edinburgh's New Town, on George Street, Edinburgh, The George
Hotel, Edinburgh, is close to all of the main tourist attractions.
Edinburgh's world famous Princes Street, is just a minute's walk
away, and The Royal Mile, Edinburgh Castle, and The Palace of Holyrood
House, are also close at hand. The George Hotel is also ideally
situated for an enjoyable Edinburgh shopping trip. All the big
British "high
street" names are present on Edinburgh's Princes Street, while
next to The George Hotel, on George Street itself, you will find
the small up-market fashion outlets, that has earned George Street,
the reputation as the 'Bond Street of the North'.
In keeping with our message which appears on the
scrolling banner, along the top of the page, we aim with
the Edinburgh Castle website, to make the website the ultimate one-stop-shop
for Edinburgh. We want to save you time when you are surfing the
Internet loooking for Edinburgh information. People were slow in the beginning to use the Internet and,
so in effect become their own travel agent, but now partly with
the encouragement of various airlines, who offered an incentive of cheaper price
when making on-line bookings, people are booking more and more of
their holidays on-line. The expansion of the Internet has made
the world seem like a smaller place, and whether you are photography
buff in Manhattan, or an collector of Edinburgh Georgian antiques,
you will find many things to interest you in the Edinburgh
Castle site. Harvey Nichols Edinburgh shop is a good example of
how Edinburgh is adapting to the sophisticated tastes of Edinburgh's
residents and international tourist alike. Lot's of purveyors of
fine merchandise are moving to Edinburgh, and Edinburgh George
Street minutes away from Harvey Nichols shop, is the main street
in Edinburgh that these shops are choosing to set up on. The streets
that lead of George Street such as Frederick Street Edinburgh are
also popular with the upmarket shops and restaurants and bars such
as Rick's are enjoying great success.
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