Edinburgh Castle - The Iconic Scottish Tourist Attraction

View of the Castle Esplanade by night with a military band marking in formation lit up by coloured lights

The Edinburgh Tattoo through a Kaleidoscope

2 August 2019

Events

View of the west defences and hospital of Edinburgh Castle from Princes Gardens, Ross fountain in the foreground (with seagull) Edinburgh Castle

From Fortress to Tourist Attraction

28 June 2019

Heritage and Archaeology

A man and a women browse a table laden with cakes and other treats

Luscious lemon cake

25 April 2019

Recipe

A soldier preparing to fire the One O'Clock gun at Edinburgh Castle

What did Charles Piazzi Smyth do for us?

18 April 2019

Castle Highlights

Women at Edinburgh Castle

7 March 2019

Stories from the castle

tomatoes, basil, red peppers and onion

What’s for dinner? It’s a soup-prise!

15 February 2019

Recipe

Saoirse Ronan as Mary Queen of Scots in the 2019 cinema production. She is wearing blue period costume and is firing a pistol.

Edinburgh Castle and Mary Queen of Scots: 5 Fascinating Facts

18 January 2019

Scottish History

Edinburgh Castle portcullis gate

Meet some of Edinburgh Castle’s most unusual visitors

28 December 2018

Scottish History

A table laid for Christmas lunch

Christmas Lunches!

7 December 2018

Christmas

A lady gazing up at the displays at Edinburgh Castle's new exhibition

Fight for the Castle

23 November 2018

Exhibition

Photo of a ceramic remembrance poppy from the the "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" at the Tower of London in 2014

A Curator’s Guide to The Poppy

8 November 2018

Exhibition

family tree painted on the wall of the Mary Room with a bust of Mary Queen of Scots in the background

Proud Mary

29 October 2018

Castle Highlights

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