Advocate's Close
High Street, The High Street, Edinburgh, EH1, United Kingdom
Of the ninety-odd closes that survive along the Royal Mile, Advocate's Close offers perhaps the most perfect Edinburgh moment: a narrow medieval lane plunging steeply from the High Street, framing the Scott Monument and the New Town rooftops at its base like a painting.
Edinburgh Castle
Castlehill, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH1 2NG, United Kingdom
There's a tiny chapel hiding inside one of Europe's most besieged fortresses, and it's been standing since around 1130 — making it the oldest surviving building in Edinburgh.
Royal Mile
The Royal Mile, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
This street isn't actually a mile long — it's a mile and 107 yards, which happens to be exactly one Scots mile, a measurement that hasn't been used since the eighteenth century.
The Real Mary King's Close
2 Warriston's Close, High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1PG
Beneath the Royal Mile, a seventeenth-century street is frozen in time.
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