Cultural city Edinburgh with a famous castle, many museums and countless historic buildings
- Glasgow City: George Square, St.Mungo Cathedral - Firth of Forth Bridge - Stirling - Culross - New Lanark
Travel data
Date of the journey | 1994, 2001 |
Duration | 7 days |
Report online since | 02.11.2019 |
Updated | 02.11.2019 |
Edinburgh
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Landmark of the city: Edinburgh Castle, here from the south. |
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Geoffrey Kiltmaker: One of the traditional shops on the Royal Mile. |
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"The People's Story" is only one of countless museums. |
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A ghost tour always belongs to the compulsory program. |
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Historically important: Holyrood House. |
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In the White Hart at Grassmarket Robert Burns is supposed to have drunk a beer. |
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Landmark on Calton Hill: The Parthenon National Monument. |
Glasgow
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George Square is the center of the city. |
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Here is the national poet Robert Burns. He's the one who wrote the famous song: Should auld acquaintance be forgot. |
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But the largest point of interest is the Cathedral St.Mungo. |
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At its graveyard you find many famous names. |
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Typical street scene: It goes up and down. |
... and the surroundings
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A Wonder of Engineering: The bridge over the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh is over 100 years old. |
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With the Wallace Monument near Stirling the national hero William Wallace was honored. |
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... and this is Stirling Castle. |
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The small town Culross has many nice corners and old houses. |
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... and also an abbey. |
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With the mills and weaving mills of New Lanark, something was done early on for workers' rights. |
And what else was there
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Only on festive occasions kilt and bagpipe are unpacked. |
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Dangerous and aggressive it looks: The Highland Cattle, the Scottish national animal. It is completely harmless. |