Isla’s Guidebook - Culture
CULTURE
Art, Cinema, theatre
15 minutes walk from the centre, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is in 2 buildings - Modern Art 1 & 2. Great Art collection & Gallery cafes.
1010 locals recommend
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
75 Belford Rd15 minutes walk from the centre, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is in 2 buildings - Modern Art 1 & 2. Great Art collection & Gallery cafes.
Worth a visit for the collection, the cafe, and the decorative Neo Gothic architecture & interior.
523 locals recommend
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
1 Queen StWorth a visit for the collection, the cafe, and the decorative Neo Gothic architecture & interior.
City Art Centre
2 Market StScotland’s foremost theatre company dedicated to new work. Popular bar-restaurant in the basement.
87 locals recommend
Traverse Theatre
10 Cambridge StScotland’s foremost theatre company dedicated to new work. Popular bar-restaurant in the basement.
Festival Theatre
13-29 Nicolson StGreat venue. Contemporary dance, opera, live music.
King's Theatre
2 Leven StNational Museum of Scotland
National Galleries of Scotland
The MoundGallery and Tapestry Studio in the impressive setting of a former Victorian Bathhouse. World renowned centre for contemporary art, craft & design.
39 locals recommend
Dovecot Studios
10 Infirmary StGallery and Tapestry Studio in the impressive setting of a former Victorian Bathhouse. World renowned centre for contemporary art, craft & design.
Summerhall
A vibrant cultural centre in the heart of Edinburgh.
Open May-September this Sculpture Park & haven for art lovers is well worth the 40 minute drive west from the centre. Artists featured include Anthony Gormley & Anish Kapoor.
107 locals recommend
Jupiter Artland
Open May-September this Sculpture Park & haven for art lovers is well worth the 40 minute drive west from the centre. Artists featured include Anthony Gormley & Anish Kapoor.
Set in the Pentland Hills this 7 acre garden featured 270 artworks that explore the link between art, sculpture & poetry.
17 locals recommend
Little Sparta - the garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay
Set in the Pentland Hills this 7 acre garden featured 270 artworks that explore the link between art, sculpture & poetry.
Historic collections. Free entry if taking a Medical History Blood & Guts walking tour through Edinburgh’s Old Town. Relax & recover in Cafe 1505.
114 locals recommend
Surgeons' Hall Museums
Nicolson StreetHistoric collections. Free entry if taking a Medical History Blood & Guts walking tour through Edinburgh’s Old Town. Relax & recover in Cafe 1505.