Grassmarket and Victoria Street
Guide
Photo: Kim Traynor · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeSightAllow 30–60 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A broad cobbled square right under the castle rock, lined with pubs and cafés, and the curving Victoria Street climbing out of it past rows of brightly painted shopfronts.
A brief history
It was the town's livestock market for centuries and also its place of public hangings; a small memorial marks where the gallows stood.
Tips
- Best time
- Morning for photos of Victoria Street, evening for the pubs
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 30–60 min
- Free days
- Always free
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Good to know
- Area
- The Old Town: The castle, the Royal Mile, its closes, the Grassmarket and the big museums; lively at night, with many hostels.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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