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Visitor Attractions

The Edinburgh Pass will help you See More and Save More. It's sightseeing made easy! There are over 30 top attractions in the Pass, so whether you're into history, haunted tours, culture, nature or full on fun, the Edinburgh Pass is a must have for a city break in Edinburgh.

Why not visit one of the Tourist Information Centres at Edinburgh Airport and 3 Princes Street where they can help you book tours and make the most of using your Edinburgh Pass!

BUT - you can buy your tickest on line and with special rates for children and with passes for 1, 2 or 3 days it's great value. See more here >> Edinburgh Pass.


John Knox House (pictured top right and in the Edinburgh Pass) is Edinburgh's oldest Royal Mile mansion- the home of Mary, Queen of Scots Catholic goldsmith and the final resting place of Scotland's controversial religious icon.

Our Dynamic Earth, another in the Pass - you will have the Mother Earth of all adventures as you travel back to explore our planet's past, embrace our planet's present and predict our planet's future. Child Pass not valid here.

Just a minute or two from Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, The Camera Obscura Show is the essential Edinburgh tour. This Victorian Eye in the Sky has fascinated visitors for 150 years. Also enjoy spectacular 360° rooftop panoramas and three floors of mind boggling hands-on illusions.

Have a great day out at Edinburgh Zoo, just 10 minutes west of the city centre. Set in 82 acres of breathtaking parkland, and home to over 1, 000 rare and beautiful animals - many of them endangered in the wild - the zoo is open every day of the year! Don't miss the daily penguin parade,

There are a number of 'walks' in the city centre - some a bit spooky, some historical and factual and some, well, just a little special.

There's the award winning The Cadies & Witchery Tours - Murder & Mystery Tour. Your guide is Adam Lyal (deceased), highwayman, who was executed in Edinburgh's Grassmarket on 27th March 1811. Mr Lyal will lead you through the dark courtyards and eerie alleyways of Old Town Edinburgh, telling tales of witchcraft, plague, torture and bodysnatching. Adam Lyal (deceased) will blend history with humour and facts with fables while "jumper-ooters" provide guaranteed ghastly appearances!

Another is Mercat Tours - Secrets of the Royal Mile. Edinburgh's Royal Mile is a treasure-chest of historic gems just waiting to be opened. Be enthralled as your historian guide takes you back through the centuries and away from well-trodden paths to reveal the secrets of Edinburgh's past

 

John Knox House on The Royal Mile Scott Monument on Princes St Gardens - you can go up inside Our Dynamic Earth, The Scottish Parliament and Holyrood House