Edinburgh Castle

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Fast Track Entry to Edinburgh Castle:
Avoid queuing, buy Edinburgh Castle tickets online at no extra cost.

General and history

You can buy tickets for Edinburgh Castle online (for fast track entry).

Official Edinburgh Castle page
The official Edinburgh Castle page from Historic Scotland with opening time, entrance fees, etc.

Edinburgh Castle tour
Feature page on the 'Tour of the City of Edinburgh' section of the Department of Geography at the University of Edinburgh.

History of Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
Brief and well organised history of Edinburgh Castle from 850 BC to 1707 AD.

Edinburgh Castle history
Comprehensive history of Edinburgh Castle from Rampant Scotland.

One O'Clock Gun, Edinburgh Castle
Comprehensive history of the One O'Clock Gun from Rampant Scotland.

Edinburgh Castle virtual tour
Comprehensive feature page from Undiscovered Scotland. Includes pictures, history and descriptions of Edinburgh Castle.

Tour Planning - Scottish Castles and Edinburgh Castle
Travel planning services with daily itineraries for tourists wishing to visit Edinburgh Castle as part of a longer castle tour around Scotland and other parts of Britain.

Edinburgh Castle Wikipedia Page
A complete history of Edinburgh Castle from pre-historic to modern times.

Pictures and panoramas

Panorama of Edinburgh Castle
CamVista's 180 degrees panorama of the Castle and Edinburgh's Skyline.

Edinburgh Castle photos and scans
A huge collections of modern pictures of Edinburgh castle as well as old postcards, prints, engravings, aerial views.

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Beautiful Photos from Edinburgh

Picture of Victoria Terrace in the Old Town, Edinburgh. Photo #G3169

Photo of Edinburgh Castle seen from Johnston Terrace with the Union flag at half-mast and the Tattoo stands partially erected on the Esplanade. Photo #G3222

The Scottish Parliament building in Holyrood seen from Salisbury Crags with Calton Hill in the background. Photo #G3488

Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. There are hundreds of ways people write it and the most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', 'edingburgh', 'edinbrugh', 'edimburg', 'edinburugh', 'edingurgh', 'edinbrough', etc.

According to the Scottish Place Names dictionary, the name Edinburgh means 'Fort of the Rock Face'. The 'edin' part comes from Scottish Gaelic and means 'rock face', while 'burgh' comes from Old English meaning stronghold.

Some more obscure (and quite funny) ways of writing Edinburgh include: edinburough, edingburg, edinbourg, edinburh, edinurgh, edenburg, edinbough, edinbourough, edinbrgh, edingborough, edenburgh, edinberg, edinborgh, edinborugh, edinburge, edinburhg, edingbourgh, etc.

Edinburgh is spelt Edimburgo in Spanish and Italian and Édimbourg in French.

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