Day-time in Edinburgh
Magic & Mystery
Scotland is known for its mysterious quality. Nowhere is this more potent than in the City of Edinburgh. Most recently, J K Rowling (an ex-resident of Edinburgh) found her inspiration here for the Harry Potter novels – castle ramparts, ghostly tales and the mysterious network of “closes” in the Old Town were surely the inspiration for Dragon-Ally!
Edinburgh has been home to creepy characters for centuries – from the witches who were thrown from the Castle into the Norloch (now Princes Street Gardens) to Jekyll and Hyde (creations of Edinburgh writer Robert Louis Stevenson) and Burke and Hare, famous Edinburgh body snatchers or grave robbers. The ghost tours taking place among the dark closes of the Old Town will send shivers up your spine.