TouchScreenTravels
Our Touch, your Travels…
This is a preview of the full content of our Edinburgh’s Best app.
Please consider downloading this app to support small independent publishing and because:
- All content is designed for mobile devices and works best there.
- Detailed in-app maps will help you find sites using your device’s GPS.
- The app works offline (one time upgrade required on Android versions).
The app will also allow you to:
- Add custom locations to the app map (your hotel…).
- Create your own list of favourites as you browse.
- Search the entire contents using a fast and simple text-search tool.
- Make one-click phone calls (on phones).
Scott Monument
Giant monument to a literary giant
Casting its florid Gothic shadows over Princes Street, the Walter Scott Monument is one of Edinburgh's premier landmarks and so a fitting tribute to one of Scotland's most influential writers.
It’s also great for extraordinary views of the central city and beyond, thanks to 287 steps that climb up its centre.
At 61m/200 ft high, it’s the tallest monument to any writer in the world and was commissioned after the death of Sir Walter Scott in 1832. It designed was by George Meikle Kemp; the statue of Sir Walter in its base by Sir John Steell.
Images by Brian CK, dun_deagh, surtr