Calton Hill
On Easter Sunday we climbed to the top of Calton Hill to get some great views of Scotland's capital city as the sun was starting to set in the west. It was a beautiful spring evening and there were plenty of people enjoying the warm sunshine and the views. Calton Hill is a hill in central Edinburgh, just to the east of the New Town and is included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. It offers some of the best views of the city. The hill also houses several iconic monuments and buildings including the National Monument, the Dugald Stewart Monument, Nelson's Monument, the Old Royal High School, the Robert Burns Monument, the Political Martyrs' monument and the City Observatory. Looking from the top of the Hill there is a great view straight down Princes' Street, the main shopping area of Edinburgh. As it was a Sunday the traffic was pretty light but usually this area is choked with traffic and people. The Dugald Stewart Monument, b...