{"id":11527,"date":"2024-08-15T06:09:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T06:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/?post_type=attraction&#038;p=11527"},"modified":"2026-05-17T10:16:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T10:16:47","slug":"the-royal-mile","status":"publish","type":"attraction","link":"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/the-royal-mile\/","title":{"rendered":"The Royal Mile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting from <a href=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/edinburgh-castle\/\"><strong>Edinburgh Castle<\/strong><\/a> the Royal Mile descends through the old town, from Castle Hill east towards Holyrood Palace. Strolling along the Old Town cobbled streets you will encounter <a href=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/st-giles-cathedral\/\"><strong>St. Giles<\/strong>&#8216; <strong>Cathedral<\/strong><\/a>, the Parliament Square<strong>, <\/strong>the 17<sup>e<\/sup> century Parliament House, the John Knox House and museum, and many more 17<sup>e<\/sup> century buildings.<\/p>\n<p>At the lower end of the Royal Mile, you will find the 13<sup>e<\/sup> century Augustinian Abbey of Holyrood, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/holyrood-palace\/\"><strong>Holyrood Palace<\/strong><\/a>, and to the southeast the Holyrood Park, home to the Salisbury Crags and Arthur\u2019s Seat.<\/p>\n<p>From the Edinburgh Castle you can also go down south on Victoria Street to the vibrant Medieval Grass Market.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting from Edinburgh Castle the Royal Mile descends through the old town, from Castle Hill east towards Holyrood Palace. 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