Grassmarket & Victoria Street

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Old Town Edinburgh
Information from the Edinburgh Military Tattoo about the Grassmarket, Cowgate, Victoria Street and Candlemaker Row.

Grassmarket Area
Official website of this area of Edinburgh.

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Cowgate, Candlemaker Row Description of two historic streets linked from the Grassmarket.

Photos of the Grassmarket Photos of Edinburgh Old Town streets including the Grassmarket, Victoria Street, Cowgate and Candlemaker Row.

Grassmarket and Victoria Street on the web Links to other web pages related to the Grassmarket area of Edinburgh.

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Ghost walks in the Old Town Tourist information on day and evening ghost tours in Edinburgh's Old Town

Edinburgh attractions and sightseeing All of the best attractions in Edinburgh plus pictures and sightseeing tips.

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Beautiful Photos from Edinburgh

Photograph of the Ramsay Gardens and the Camera Obscura as taken from Princes Street. Photo #3648

View from St Cuthbert's Kirkyard, at the west end of Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh. Photo #3537

View along Princes Street and Princes Street Gardens from the Scott Monument with St Mary's Cathedral and the Caledonian Hotel at the end of Princes Street. Photo #3294

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.