Edinburgh – everything is going to be alright
We visit Edinburgh quite often – but usually outside the festival season. The crowds are just too much! Our last visit was on a cold day at the end of October. We started at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, which is just as interesting outside as in.
From there, we walked part of the way back into town along the Water of Leith. At Dean Village, it seemed someone had been creating more modern art in the river.
We admired some of the building details and the view from Dean Bridge before continuing into the city centre.
Our next stop was at the National Portrait Gallery, where an art class was going on.
From there, we cut across Princes Street to the Royal Mile and continued down towards Holyrood, spotting more interesting details on the way.
We decided to climb Salisbury Crags – at least, as far as felt comfortable in city shoes.
We got great views of the Scottish Parliament, the Castle, Calton Hill and Holyrood Palace.
By this time, the light was fading and it was getting much colder so we walked back into the centre to meet a friend for beer and food.
I’m linking this post to Jo’s Monday Walks. This week she’s taking a sunset stroll in the Algarve so, if Edinburgh has made you feel chilly, head over there for a warm-up.
The Glasgow Gallivanter 
What great photos of Edinburgh! It’s a long time since I’ve been there and it was good to see and read about places in the city I hadn’t been to.
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Thank you! Glad you liked them.
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Fascinating and interesting walk, very well captured… 🙂
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Thank you, Drake!
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I’ve only ever spent one day in Edinburgh when my son was based at Faslane. I went to the National Gallery and up towards the castle, a beautiful city that I’d like to see more of!
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Indeed, there’s so much more to see!
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Beautiful.
I visited Edimburgh only once, and I really hope one day I’ll go back. More than once 😉
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Thank you! I hope you can visit again too.
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I 💖 Edinburgh. I was only there for a brief time before my camera days so I had no snaps of my time there….but now I do. I didn’t make it to the National Gallery so I missed the gorgeous interiors you show here…but I did recently see the traveling show from the National Gallery of Scotland here in Australia. ‘Twas grand. And your images make me hope to spend mor time traveling Scotland ….someday
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Some day! Edinburgh is a beautiful city.
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This is next on my list,to go into Edinburgh once a month as we now live near a station where it’s easy to get the train. You make it all sound so interesting.
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Great idea! We only manage 2 or 3 times a year, but should go more often.
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Lovely views. We toured Edinburgh Castle when we were there. So many interesting things to see!
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There are! My favourite royal castle is still Stirling though.
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We saw the outside of Stirling, but not the inside. That would be a stop for next time.
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Hi Anabel,
We enjoyed Edinburgh very much when we were there in 2013, and we need to com eback as our time there was way too short.
Have a wonderful time,
Pit
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Certainly you do – there is so much there!
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What a wonderful walk – so much of this doesn’t even look like it took place in the city!
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Salisbury Crags and Arthur’s Seat (an extinct volcano) are right in the city. It’s quite something!
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I love the slogan on the Scottish museum: Everything is Going to be Alright! It sounds so hopeful in this time when the world is so unsettled. Thank you for taking us along on your walk, Anabel. I love your views of Edinburgh. I’d really love to get to Scotland one of these days! 🙂
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I hope you get here! Scotland has wonderful history and scenery.
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I hope so too! I hope I live long enough to see all the parts of the world I haven’t yet seen!! Too many places and not enough time. 🙂
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Love that you focused on the details, and then took us to those lovely views from on high.
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Thanks – there’s so much to see in Edinburgh, not just the obvious stuff.
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Lovely Edinburrah! And, with the WordPress snowflakes floating about, it’s perfect.
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Perfect pronunciation! 😉
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Thank you einen schönen Nachmittag lieber Gruß und Umarmung Gislinde
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You have exposed the limits of my school German 😕 I had to look up Umarmung but it’s obvious when you know!
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I’m glad you had a fun and busy day out in Edinburgh! I used to live just around the corner from the modern art gallery. I didn’t take many photographs of the city when I was living there but I was inspired to take this one of ‘Everything is Going to be Alright’: https://www.flickr.com/photos/karenthorburn/5488314285/ This always brought a smile to my face on my walk to and from the office!
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That’s stunning! It looks even better in the dark.
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Thank you! It always brightened up a cold dark Edinburgh night!
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I enjoyed coming on this walk with you this morning. I’m back there at the weekend in fact.
Funnily enough, I nearly wrote up another Water of Leith walk from October when I met the guy doing that art in the water. I will get it up soon.
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Oh, that will be interesting!
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I don’t know why, but I *really* like the look of the neon sign for the gallery on the old Grecian pillars. It looks like a beautiful harmony of warring periods and mentalities. Just super cool. 🙂
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Yes, I love it too. There seems to be several artists producing neon word sculptures at the moment, but location is all – I wasn’t so struck when I saw one on a gallery wall. They need to be outside somewhere spectacular.
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Superb selection. I ought to do a parallel one of the best eateries you passed 🙂
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Too many to count, probably!
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Lovely photos of a city I’ve never visited. It has some gorgeous architecture.
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Thank you – it does!
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Lovely details! Edinburgh is one of my favourite cities and I do love the galleries. Do you know who did the “Everything is going to be alright” work? It reminds me of something similar I saw at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, which said “everything is connected”. I’m wondering — same artist? Series? Cheers, Su.
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It’s Martin Creed, see http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art399888
There’s another neon sculpture in the gallery saying There will be no miracles here. That’s by Nathan Coley, and I looked up the Yorkshire one which is by Peter Liversedge. So it’s obviously a common technique!
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Love all the details. I have never been to Edinburgh other than driving through/around to the Forth Bridge, I really must remedy that. I think I’d prefer to visit in warmer climes, though not when the festival is on as I detest crowds. May might be a nice time.
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Oh well, you wouldn’t be able to do that at the moment! Yes, May is often a good month up here, and slightly less tourist-ridden. August is definitely better avoided if you don’t like crowds.
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I have to admit to a rather immature aversion to Edinburgh, preferring the less refined streets and generally more raucous (in my opinion) Glasgow. But yes, I do feel I’m depriving myself of some excellent cultural and architectural attractions. Definitely on my list for some photos, but only when I’ve got plenty time! Great shots of the views.
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Oh I totally agree, Glasgow’s miles better 🙂 ! You’re not the only one playing with 80s slogans…..
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I still have stickers and a button and the t-shirt that says Glasgow’s miles better! Loved that slogan 🙂
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Me too! Long time ago though – 1980s.
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Two places I’ve not been in Edinburgh, Anabel- the National and the Portrait galleries. The latter looks superb. I’ve been meaning to walk in the Water of Leith area for the longest time. Don’t suppose I can persuade Jude to come up this far (before she makes it to Cornwall permanently 🙂 ). Thanks a lot for the link.
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Oh, they are both excellent! We walked from the city all the way down to Leith along the river once, but it was too cold this time.
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We’d love to go back to Edinburgh…beautiful city!
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I’m sure you will some day!
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