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Good tablet in the shop at the main gate too.

Queen Mother's memorial is spectacularly kitsch - walk into the little stone hut and look up. You'll wonder why anybody thought that was a good idea...]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13765 Arthur's Seat, Holyrood park and Hutton's section http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13746
The views are amazing. Sturdy shoes are a must.

While there make sure you go on a pilgrimage to Hutton's section, the place where one of the great heroes of the enlightenment, geologist James Hutton, deduced in the 18th century that the world must in fact be millions of years old: "there is no vestige of a beginning nor prospect of an end".]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13746 The beaches of East Lothian http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12980 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12980 Portobello beach http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7976 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7976 Scott's Deli http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7961 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7961 The Meadows http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7960 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7960 Holyrood Park http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7900 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7900 Dean Gallery http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4405
Not quite so lively is the Dean Cemetery, located at the side of the gallery. But it’s still wonderful to stroll through the trees and read the names of forgotten scholars and captains of industry on mossy mausoleums and gravestones.

Old and new melted into one another. Dali might have liked it.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4405 Lauriston Castle and Gardens http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7990
There is also a restaurant at the back of Lauriston Park called Lauriston Farm, which is run by Brewer's Fayre, so the meals are pretty low priced and the quality is OK, though the menu is a bit mainstream. Pub is quite child friendly, and has a nice beer garden and huge parking space.

It is also situated near the famous seaside promenade by Cramond, and near the community golf course. Lots of sheep and cows in the fields, too.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7990 Dunbar's Close, Canongate http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7972 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/7972