Visit South Portobello Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in South Portobello

  

South Portobello Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about South Portobello

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You can visit South Portobello places with Walkfo South Portobello to hear history at South Portobello’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo South Portobello has 128 places to visit in our interactive South Portobello map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout South Portobello, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at South Portobello places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to South Portobello & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 128 audio facts unique to South Portobello places in an interactive South Portobello map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit South Portobello Places Map
128 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo South Portobello tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in South Portobello

  

Best South Portobello places to visit

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South Portobello has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied South Portobello’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo South Portobello’s information audio spots:

Golfers Land The Golfers Land is a site on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland dating to around 1681. The site gets its name from the town house of John Paterson, said to have been the teammate of the Duke of Albany in what is often regarded as the first international golf contest.

The Canongate The Canongate is the main eastern section of Edinburgh’s Old Town. It began when David I of Scotland authorised Holyrood Abbey to found a burgh separate from Edinburgh between the Abbey and Edinburgh. The burgh gained its name from the route the canons took to Edinburgh. In 1636 the adjacent city of Edinburgh bought the feudal superiority of the canongate.

Newhailes House Newhailes House is a Palladian style country house which stands in 80 acres of parkland in East Lothian, Scotland. Originally named Whitehills, it is a Category A listed building which is now occupied by the National Trust for Scotland.

Portobello Swim Centre Edinburgh’s only authentic and publicly available turkish bath, one of three remaining in Scotland. The salt water baths were completed in 1901. It has been given Category A listed building status by Historic Environment Scotland.

Edinburgh Geographical Institute Edinburgh Geographical Institute was founded as a map publisher by famed Scottish geographer and cartographer John George Bartholomew in 1888. The Institute was established in 1888 as a publisher of maps and maps.

Portobello Open Air Pool Portobello Open Air Pool was opened on 30 May 1936 at a cost of £90,000. The pool was opened at the cost of a total of £80,000 at the time.

An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745 An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745 is an oil painting by the Anglo-Swiss artist David Morier (c.1705-1780) It depicts a scene during the 1746 Battle of Culloden.

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