Location: Broughton & Calton
Top Things to do in Broughton & Calton
The 10 Best Things to do in Broughton & Calton, Scotland
Edinburgh is Scotland’s capital city, renowned for its heritage, culture and festivals.
Take a long walk around the centre to explore the World Heritage Sites of the Old Town and New Town, as well as all the area’s museums and galleries. Then stop for a delicious meal made from fresh Scottish produce before heading out to take in one of Edinburgh’s many events — including the famous summer festivals of culture, or the Winter Festivals of music, light and ceilidhs.
Restaurants in Edinburgh
1. Heart of Scotland Tours
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5.0 based on 4,123 reviews
Small group tours in the Wee Red Bus. Our guided tours have been specially designed to give you maximum variety by including famous sights as well as hidden gems that many tourists never see. We look forward to welcoming you onto our famous Wee Red Buses to experience and enjoy the essential Scotland together.
2. The Scottish Photography Experience
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5.0 based on 1,017 reviews
NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR JULY 15 AND ONWARDS. The Scottish Photography Experience has constantly been rated as the number one photography tour on TripAdvisor for the last nine years. We have won the CorporateLiveWire Award: PHOTOGRAPHY TOUR COMPANY OF THE YEAR 2020. We offer 5 photography tours: Edinburgh Photography Tours; Edinburgh NightPhotography Tour; 4 Abbeys + A Chapel Photography Tour; The Scottish Photography Experience (custom photography tours of Scotland); Outlander Photography Tours. Full details for each tour we offer are on our web site. Each tour is hosted and led by James Christie, an Edinburgh based professional photographer with over 40 years industry experience and published in every major newspaper and magazine in the world. Learn new photographic skills on each tour. James will teach you how to get the very best from your camera and help you compose photographs that will stand the test of time. You will get an historical introduction at each site visited too!
3. Heartland Travel - Day Tours
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5.0 based on 353 reviews
Heartland Travel is a Edinburgh and Stirling based bus tour Company who provide small group tours of Scotland. If you are looking for things to do in Scotland, we can show you all of the best bits in one day. We are also able to provide bespoke tours which have potential to take you much further afield. For example, trips to the Islands – Skye, Mull, Iona, Lewis and Harris. The Scottish golf capital of St. Andrews is another of our popular tour destinations.
4. Scotia Fishing
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5.0 based on 187 reviews
Professionally guided fishing trips, fishing breaks & vacations in Scotland for Salmon, Trout, Grayling, Pike and various salt water species. Leave the organisation to us. Our guides will collect you from your accommodation in the morning and be ready with all the appropriate fishing equipment, safety equipment, fishing licenses, lunch & drinks. All you need to bring is a cap, sunglasses and suitable clothing. Photography can also be provided as part of your package! Scotia Fishing also provide fly casting lessons with Loop Tackle endorsed, SANA licensed and qualified Scottish Game Angling Instructor Callum Conner. Come and experience the best fishing in Scotland!
5. Edinburgh Run Tours
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5.0 based on 107 reviews
Love to run? Visiting Edinburgh? We love running and we love Edinburgh. So let us share this love with you by taking you on a tour through or around or stunning city on foot, combining some site seeing with the enjoyment of running at a pace that you set. Whether it's your first time visiting or you are a regular visitor to Edinburgh, you'll find that a running tour can not only keep you active during your trip, but allow you to see things from a different perspective. We know, as a runner, that you always take your trainers with you to squeeze in a quickie when you can, but you're not always sure about the best route to see the most of a city, this is where we come in. Rain, hail or shine...we head out in all conditions so please come prepared. Our PERSONALISED RUNNING TOURS are completely customisable to the time of day, distance and sights you want to see, from 3 to 30 miles! Any level of runners welcome, you set the pace, and we take time along the way for some photos too.
6. Calton Hill
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4.5 based on 9,229 reviews
Historic neighborhood lined with monuments dating back to the Enlightenment.
Reviewed By eamonnr2015 - Skerries, Ireland
Well worth the climb up to the top whether you go up Jacobs ladder or around by the Ai Road and then up, you can spend some time here taking in the views, well worth the hike up with historical interests here
7. Ingleby Gallery
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4.5 based on 11 reviews
Founded in 1998, Ingleby Gallery maintains an ambitious program of exhibitions and off-site projects by established and emerging artists. Over the past 20 years, it has secured a reputation as one of the country’s leading private galleries, renowned for the quality of its exhibitions and publications. The Gallery represents artists of international standing, whilst also introducing and supporting artists at earlier stages in their career. We are pleased to advise public, private and corporate clients about buying art, and in starting, building and maintaining collections. On May 12 of 2018 Ingleby celebrated its 20th birthday by opening a new gallery in a historic building in central Edinburgh. The Glasite Meeting House is a category A listed former place of worship of the small Scottish religious sect known as the Glasites, named after the Rev. John Glas who broke away from the Church of Scotland in 1732.
Reviewed By 227ianc - London, United Kingdom
Hidden down the streets of the New Town of Edinburgh is the former Meeting House of the Glasites a Scottish religious sect of followers of John Glas (1695-1773), who was removed from the Church of Scotland ministry in 1730 for his beliefs. The first Glasite church was founded in Dundee and the Edinburgh church was established in 1755, relocating to their architecturally simple building in Barony Street in the 1830's where they remained until the sect dissolved in 1989. The building is now owned by the Scottish Historic Buildings Trust and is occupied by the Ingleby Gallery after a sympathetic restoration which has a touch of contemporary colour. The current exhibition in the main meeting room space has synergies with the building as French artist Martine Hugonnier explores changes in art over time, in this case with sequential travel posters and with the restoration of paintings, but you can see a link with the subtle internal changes to the Glasite Meeting Room itself. Upstairs, in a gallery which has a real fire burning, is a selection from artists represented by the gallery. How many galleries do you know have a fire burning, even if the weather outside is ghastly?
8. St Paul's and St George's Church
9. The Lion King Playhouse Theatre
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4.5 based on 104 reviews
Reviewed By 106harrietf
Had lunch in the The Boards, Bistro - good food but the choice is not huge. Then on to the performance. From the ladies in the gift store who were so helpful, friendly and so patient, thank you. The woman who played Raffiki blew me away, she was incredible. The cast over all were fantastic I was blown away by you all. The singing in the cast was superb and so were the orchestra and percussion guys. Thank you for an amazing experience. It would be lovely if people who go to the theatre to see a one off show stop moaning about the seating, the Playhouse is an old building, built in 1929 and was initially a cinema. It seats just over 3000 people. Theatres are notoriously uncomfortable and hot. If you can't deal with a bit of heat and uncomfortable seating - don't go! It makes me cross when you were there to see the show and the artistry of the performers and musicians and with such an amazing performance, get over yourselves! Thank you to everyone at the Theatre. Thank you to an amazing cast and amazing musicians.
10. St Mary's RC Cathedral
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