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  1. Arthur's Seat and the Salisbury Crags
  
  Extinct volcano
  
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  Holyrood
  
  Nile Expert Tip: Arthur's seat is one of the highest of Edinburgh's seven hills and makes for a good walk for photo opportunities...
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  2. Cycle Scotland
  
  Best bike tour in Edinburgh
  
  Biking
  
  Old Town
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  3. Holyrood Park
  
  A natural wilderness in the city
  
  Picnics, Parks & Gardens
  
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  4. Calton Hill
  
  The folly on the hill
  
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  5. Bruntsfield Links Short Hole Golf Course
  
  Golf fun for all the family and it's free!
  
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  Bruntsfield/Morningside
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  6. Forth Rail Bridge
  
  Engineering Feat
  
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  Lothian
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  7. Leith Docks
  
  A Charming waterfront locale, home to the Ocean Terminal shopping mall and the Royal Yacht Britannia.
  
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  Leith
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  8. Falconry Scotland
  
  Enjoy the raptors
  
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  Outside the City
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  9. St. Bernard's Well
  
  Located in the beautiful and Romanesque/neo-classical Stockbridge neighborhood of Edinburgh, St. Bernard's Well is much acclaimed for its purported healing powers.
  
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  10. Scottish Cycle Safaris
  
  Cycling tours throughout Scotland
  
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  Bruntsfield/Morningside
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Need to get your blood pumping? Skip the museums and castles and break a sweat in Edinburgh's natural landscape and great outdoors instead.

Take hike up Arthur's Seat, the highest point in Edinburgh (about 251 meters high. Arthur's Seat and the neighboring Salisbury Crags were formed by an extinct volcano and carved out by moving glaciers. These hills, lochs (lakes) and cliffs make up Holyrood Park and offer somewhat easy walking trails.

If you are looking for more aerobic exercise in the form of an organized tour, hire a bike from Cycle Scotland in the Old Town and explore the highlands & islands of Scotland, discover the famous Whisky Trail, visit historic castles and sacred sites or Scotland's west coast wilderness with the wind rushing through your hair.

For a romantic stroll, wander the deep, luscious valley surrounding St. Bernard's Well, a round Roman-style temple whose legendary and "miraculous" mineral waters are purported to have cured various ailments including arthritis, back aches and blindness.

Itching for a round of golf? Bruntsfield Links Short Hole Golf Course is free to use and one of the oldest golfing links in the country, having staged the game for over hundreds of years.

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