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Palace of Holyroodhouse
The King's official home in Scotland, at the foot of the Royal Mile, with Mary, Queen of Scots's rooms and a ruined abbey.
- Open
- Most days; it closes when the royal family is in residence
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8DXDirections
- Getting There
- At the bottom of the Royal Mile, a 15-minute walk from Waverley station.
Why Go
Scotland's royal palace has state apartments still used by the monarch. The rooms of Mary, Queen of Scots, in the old tower, are where her secretary David Rizzio was murdered in 1566.
Behind it stand the roofless ruins of Holyrood Abbey, founded in 1128.
Nearby in Edinburgh
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