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Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Portraiture & cafe with stained-glass (l; £)

I always love bumping into this lovely old lady in Edinburgh

Maybe due to its location away from much of the New Town hubbub, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery is all too often overlooked, yet its eclectic exhibitions rarely disappoint. The imposing Gothic building itself (a former shrine), with it's ornate central vestiuble, is certainly worth a look.

Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Portraiture is obviously the main theme here, but it's often the way the back-story of the paintings and photos is told that sets the place apart. This helps provide an insight into the lives and times of many great Scots. Particularly imposing portraits here include Robert Burns and Bonnie Prince Charlie.

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Art

Cafes

Eat & Drink New Town

New Town Cafes & Pubs

New Town Sights

New Town-In-A-Day

Neo-Classical Georgian refinement

Text © Christian Williams

Images by dun_deagh, Edinburgh Blog, Steve Hodgson