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The Royal Mile

From the Castle, the Royal Mile, made up of theLawnmarket, the High Street and the Canongate, runs down the spine of the castle rock to the Palace of Holyrood House. You can visit the Castle, home of the Tattoo, with its magnificent outlook over Princes Street and the whole panorama of the northern half of the City. Look into the narrow closes dropping steeply down on either side, imagine them teeming with human and animal life only a couple centuries ago!