Visiting Edinburgh Castle — Transcript

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1. 0:00hi I'm David a local Edinburgh tour
2. 0:02guide and author of The Edinburgh city
3. 0:04guide if you're new to my channel a very
4. 0:07warm welcome to the capital of Scotland
5. 0:09this is episode number eight in my
6. 0:11series showing you all my top 100 places
7. 0:14to visit in Edinburgh don't forget to
8. 0:17check out all my other videos and you
9. 0:18might like to buy and download my new
10. 0:20100 page Edinburgh city guide which is
11. 0:23crammed full of everything you need to
12. 0:24know to have an amazing time in
13. 0:26Edinburgh so on with today's very
14. 0:29special location Edinburgh Castle which
15. 0:32most people will want to visit when
16. 0:33they're in Edinburgh located at the top
17. 0:36of the royal mile it's staggering to
18. 0:38realize that not only has there been a
19. 0:40castle here since the 12th century but
20. 0:42it's also built on an extinct volcano
21. 0:46highlights include Scotland's crown
22. 0:47jewels the stone of Destiny the 12th
23. 0:50century St Margaret's Chapel the
24. 0:52regimental museums and the Royal Palace
25. 0:55if you're visiting Edinburgh for the
26. 0:57first time Edinburgh Castle will
27. 0:58probably be at the top of your list of
28. 1:00places to see I've lived in Edinburgh
29. 1:02for 50 years and still Marvel at this
30. 1:05huge imposing Castle perched high upon
31. 1:08an extinct volcanic plug in the city
32. 1:10center to know the history of the castle
33. 1:12and the precious artifacts contained
34. 1:14within is to know the story of Scotland
35. 1:17and this makes it a must visit place in
36. 1:19my eyes before we visit Edinburgh Castle
37. 1:22and I give you a we guided tour I
38. 1:24thought I'd just show you Edinburgh
39. 1:26airport and some of the options you have
40. 1:28particularly the tram into the city
41. 1:30center you can get the tram from just
42. 1:34outside the airport terminal and it's so
43. 1:37easy um you just pay for your tickets at
44. 1:40the machine before you get on the tram
45. 1:42and that's really important make sure
46. 1:44that you buy your tram ticket before you
47. 1:47get on otherwise you'll have to pay a
48. 1:49much higher price and it takes a little
49. 1:52while maybe 45 minutes to get into the
50. 1:54city center so it's dead easy um dead
51. 1:56easy there's luggage storage as well on
52. 1:58the trams so just come out of the
53. 2:00airport terminal straight onto the tram
54. 2:03buy a return from the vending machines
55. 2:05or ask the very friendly staff next to
56. 2:07the tram stop for help okay next stop
57. 2:10will be Edinburgh Castle and I really
58. 2:12hope that you enjoy my guide to today
59. 2:17thanks Edinburgh Castle is one of
60. 2:19Scotland's most iconic visitor
61. 2:20attractions and attracts over a million
62. 2:23visitors every year so book your tickets
63. 2:25early The Castle is located in the heart
64. 2:27of Edinburgh at the top of the royal
65. 2:29mile and sits quite spectacularly upon
66. 2:31an old volcanic Rocky Crag making it the
67. 2:34most dominating feature in the city
68. 2:36landscape the obvious strategic
69. 2:38advantage of this large Rock has been
70. 2:39utilized since the Iron Age with the
71. 2:42possibility of there having been an Iron
72. 2:43Age Hill Fort occupying the site being
73. 2:46built on a naturally occurring volcanic
74. 2:48rock gave Edinburgh Castle a powerful
75. 2:50defensive position with steep Cliffs on
76. 2:53three sides making it extremely
77. 2:55difficult to scale it was also protected
78. 2:57by a lock norlock which was drained
79. 3:00between 1813 to 1820 to make Prince
80. 3:02Street Gardens today Edinburgh Castle is
81. 3:05still only approachable from the East
82. 3:07bya the Royal Mile and the castle ESP
83. 3:08bonade edinborg Castle has a long
84. 3:11fascinating history and has been the
85. 3:12focal point for many battles and sieges
86. 3:15none more important than the Scottish
87. 3:17Wars of Independence when the castle
88. 3:19changed hands between the Scots and the
89. 3:20English on many occasions statues of
90. 3:23William Wallace and Robert the Bruce
91. 3:25were added to the castle gate house in
92. 3:27the late 1920s to commemorate their
93. 3:29import roles in Scottish history today
94. 3:32Edinburgh Castle is perhaps most famous
95. 3:34for its spectacular Royal Edinburgh
96. 3:36military tattoo which takes place on the
97. 3:38castle Esplanade every August the Sight
98. 3:41and Sound of mass pipes and drums is one
99. 3:43of the most uplifting and Rising
100. 3:45experiences any visitor to this
101. 3:47wonderful City can have book your
102. 3:50tickets for the tattoo early as they are
103. 3:52in strong demand something that often
104. 3:54gives visitors a big fright when
105. 3:56visiting the castle or indeed the city
106. 3:57center is the sound of a huge gun going
107. 4:00off from the castle ramparts even the
108. 4:03locals can jump at the sound of it if
109. 4:04they've not visited the city center for
110. 4:06a while don't be alarmed though the
111. 4:08daily 1:00 gun fires blanks and it's
112. 4:11just for ceremonial purposes the gun was
113. 4:14originally fired as a Time signal for
114. 4:16ships in the fth of fourth and the daily
115. 4:18tradition carries on to this day to get
116. 4:21the most from your visit take one of the
117. 4:22guided tours or an audio guide which is
118. 4:25available in a large number of languages
119. 4:28don't forget that the castle has a great
120. 4:29Break Cafe if your hunger or need a we
121. 4:40rest recuperate
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158. 10:45Edinburgh Castle is open all year round
159. 10:47except the 25th and 26th of December and
160. 10:50it's very easy to find at the top of the
161. 10:52royal mile there's an excellent
162. 10:54restaurant Cafe and Shop along with
163. 10:56brilliant tours I strongly recommend
164. 10:58buying tickets online in advance and you
165. 11:00also get a small online discount family
166. 11:03tickets are also available which can
167. 11:05save you money and under fives Go free
168. 11:07the audio tours are available in English
169. 11:09French German Spanish Italian Japanese
170. 11:12Russian and Mandarin and some other
171. 11:14languages too I really hope you find
172. 11:16this video enjoyable and useful don't
173. 11:18forget to subscribe for all my other
174. 11:20videos in the series and my new
175. 11:21Edinburgh city guide which I'll link to
176. 11:24in the description I offer a number of
177. 11:26special walking tours in Edinburgh which
178. 11:28are the perfect introduction to the city
179. 11:31to find out more visit my website ww.
180. 11:33adventuresin Scotland and I'll put a we
181. 11:36Link in the description thank you so
182. 11:38much for watching and I really hope to
183. 11:39be able to meet you personally and show
184. 11:41you around my beautiful home City all
185. 11:43the best bye for
186. 11:58now for