The Edinburgh Castle: Everything you thought a castle was...

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Finlay jolted me out of my daze, signalling emphatically, “The volcanic mound that you see in the east is called Arthur’s Seat, Sir. Holyrood Palace, home of the Scottish Monarch, lies a mile further from here. As you know, the entire Old Town is visible from the castle!” ‘The Mile’ that Finlay implied is Edinburgh’s famed Royal Mile (more precisely, a mile and 107 yards from the access point of Edinburgh Castle to the gates of the Holyrood Palace), the city’s throbbing tourist hub. My guide off ered animatedly, “This lane is difficult to walk on during the annual Edinburgh Festival!” The renowned Edinburgh International Festival, initiated in 1947, represents an enthralling motley assortment of theatre, dance, music and opera spread over three weeks in August, with several artists performing on the stretch of the Royal Mile itself, entertaining passersby. Glancing at my itinerary, I was disconsolate on learning I would miss these capers by merely a day!

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2006, Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative