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Grassmarket
An old market square below the castle, lined with pubs, reached down the colorful curving Victoria Street.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2JRDirections
- Getting There
- Down Victoria Street from the Royal Mile.
Why Go
Livestock markets and public hangings once drew crowds to the square. Today its pubs and terraces are busy into the night, under the cliff of the castle rock.
Victoria Street, curving down from the Royal Mile, is a row of painted shopfronts.
Nearby in Edinburgh
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