▲ The lakeside trail offers views of an Iron Age hill fort (a defensive structure from around 800 BC), and during dry seasons, you can catch glimpses of the submerged ruins of the 14th-century St. Catherine's Church, where nature and historical traces intertwine.
▲ A heritage of Victorian-era waterworks from the 1820s, this was once Edinburgh's primary drinking water source. The stone masonry of the reservoir dam showcases the engineering ingenuity of the Industrial Revolution.
▲ An 18th-century neoclassical mansion that was a central gathering place during the Scottish Enlightenment – where philosophers like Adam Smith and historian David Hume exchanged ideas. The original Alexander Runciman murals housed here (now relocated to the National Gallery of Edinburgh) are treasures of Scottish art.
▲ 16th-century tower castle
▲ After the last owner, Mrs. Reid, passed away in 1926, the castle was preserved exactly as she had lived in it: Edwardian mahogany furniture, blue-and-white porcelain tea sets, a private library—as if the owner had just stepped away for a moment.
▲ Edinburgh's "urban backyard garden," a 19th-century seaside resort for Victorian nobility
▲ The beach is a natural "sunset viewing spot"
