Possible activities during DebConf2007 include:
- Climb Arthur's Seat
- Trip to the beach, e.g. to North Berwick (by train or bus)
- Trip to Holyrood House (could arrange group, apparently they're helpful/friendly)
- Trip to the Castle (overrun with other tourists, but worth seeing)
For smaller groups:
- Go shopping
- Go to the some of the free art galleries
- Walk along the Water of Leith to the modern art galleries
- Walk along the Water of Leith to the Shore
- Go to the Fruitmarket Gallery / City Art Gallery
- Go to some of the free museums
Free attractions in central Edinburgh include:
- Calton Hill
City Art Centre http://www.cac.org.uk/venues/cac.htm
Dean Gallery http://www.natgalscot.ac.uk/index.asp?centre=html/2-galleries/2-indGalleryFS.asp?gallery=3-a
Holyrood Park http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/ranger_service/rs_about_our_parks.htm
Museum of Childhood http://www.cac.org.uk/venues/museum_childhood.htm
Museum of Edinburgh http://www.cac.org.uk/venues/museumEd.htm
Museum of Scotland http://www.nms.ac.uk/scotland/home/index.asp
National Gallery of Scotland http://www.natgalscot.ac.uk/index.asp?centre=html/2-galleries/2-indGalleryFS.asp?gallery=1-a
- Princes Street Gardens
Royal Botanic Garden http://www.rbge.org.uk/
Royal Museum http://www.nms.ac.uk/royal/home/index.asp
Royal Scottish Academy http://www.natgalscot.ac.uk/index.asp?centre=html/2-galleries/2-indGalleryFS.asp?gallery=7-a
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art http://www.natgalscot.ac.uk/index.asp?centre=html/2-galleries/2-indGalleryFS.asp?gallery=4-a
Scottish National Portrait Gallery http://www.natgalscot.ac.uk/index.asp?centre=html/2-galleries/2-indGalleryFS.asp?gallery=2-a
Scottish Parliament http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/visitingHolyrood/index.htm
St Giles' Cathedral http://www.stgilescathedral.org.uk/
Talbot Rice Gallery http://www.trg.ed.ac.uk/
The People's Story (museum) http://www.cac.org.uk/venues/peoples_story.htm
The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (World Heritage Site) http://www.ewht.org.uk/
Writer's Museum http://www.cac.org.uk/venues/writers_museum.htm
Attractions with an entrance charge include:
Edinburgh Castle http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/index/properties/properties_sites_detail.htm?propertyID=PL_121
Edinburgh zoo http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/
The Palace of Holyrood House http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page559.asp
The Royal Yacht Britannia http://www.royalyachtbritannia.co.uk/
The Scott Monument http://www.cac.org.uk/venues/scott.htm
Our Dynamic Earth (museum) http://www.dynamicearth.co.uk/
Rosslyn Chapel http://www.rosslynchapel.org.uk/
Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre http://www.whisky-heritage.co.uk/