Castle and Gardens Pin

A view of West Princes Street Gardens with Edinburgh Castle in the background taken from the pedestrian walkway which runs parallel with Princes Street. Edinburgh Castle dominates the city of Edinburgh like no other castle in Scotland, and Edinburgh Castle is unequalled in the whole of the British Isles. Over one thousand years of history sit on top of the famous Edinburgh rock Princes Street Gardens at the heart of Edinburgh's City Centre were once a lake called Nor' Loch. The Loch, which had been the trash dump of Edinburgh for centuries was drained in order to improve access from the New Town to the Old Town. Later, the Nor' Loch was transformed into the beautiful Princes Street Gardens we see today. BEST VIEWED LARGER