Best Observatory in Edinburgh

Royal Observatory Edinburgh Visitor Centre
Blackford Hill
Tours of Victorian astronomical facility
+44 131 668 8100



Crawford Collection of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh
Royal Observatory Edinburgh Visitor Centre, Blackford Hill Rise
+44 131 668 8395



The UK Astronomy Technology Centre
Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill
+44 131 668 8100



Observatory House
City Observatory, Collective
+44 131 556 1264



Camera Obscura & World of Illusions
Castlehill
Tower with interactive optical illusions
+44 131 226 3709



Royal Observatory
Bus stop


Dugald Stewart Monument
Calton Hill
Iconic memorial to Scottish philosopher
+44 131 510 7555



National Monument of Scotland
Calton Hill
Iconic hilltop Napoleonic Wars memorial



Netflix After Life Bench
City Observatory, Collective



Dynamic Earth
Holyrood Rd
Futuristic science & nature attraction
+44 131 550 7800



Collective
City Observatory, 38 Calton Hill
+44 131 556 1264



Playfair Monument
Calton Hill
Neoclassical monument to a mathematician



The Higgs Centre for Innovation
Royal Observatory Edinburgh Blackford Hill
+44 131 668 8290



Museum of Childhood
42 High St
+44 131 529 4142



Nelson Monument
32 Calton Hill
Memorial tower with a viewing platform
+44 131 556 2716



Hermitage of Braid
Countryside Ranger Service, 69 Hermitage of Braid
Park with a 1700s estate home & gardens



Hermitage of Braid and Blackford Hill Local Nature Reserve
Hermitage of Braid
Hillside nature reserve with pathways
+44 131 529 2401



The Writers' Museum
Lawnmarket, Lady Stair's Cl
+44 131 529 4901



Scott Monument
E. Princes St Gardens
Iconic, Gothic Sir Walter Scott memorial
+44 131 529 4068



Museum of Edinburgh
142-146 Canongate
City's history in a 16th-century house
+44 131 529 4143