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It offers some of the best views of the city. The hill also houses several iconic monuments and buildings including the National Monument, the Dugald Stewart Monument, Nelson's Monument, the Old Royal High School, the Robert Burns Monument, the Political Martys' monument and the City Observatory.
Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the city.
It is unmistakable with its Athenian acropolis poking above the skyline.
Lying just to the south of Edinburgh City Centre, The Meadows is one of the city's best-loved public parks!
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READ MOREGranton's very own secret garden is hidden away and was once attached to the now demolished Granton Castle.
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READ MOREInverleith Park is in the heart of Edinburgh, right next to the Royal Botanic Gardens, just to the north of the New Town & Stockbridge.
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READ MOREDiscover 300 years of Scottish history through the magnificent and carefully conserved neo-Palladian villa that is Newhailes House and Gardens!
READ MOREThis park is dedicated to sport, and home to the Jack Kane Centre, which provides a range of sporting and leisure facilities.
READ MOREWhen you step inside Lauriston Castle, you see it just as it was in 1926, when it was left to the nation by the last private owner, Mrs Reid.
READ MOREThe Park offers beautiful woodland and riverside walks, play area, picnic areas with seating and a barbecue facility.
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