3 days in Edinburgh. Day 3. Arthur's Seat

On third day we decided to walk up Arthur's Seat following this route.
Arthur's Seat is one of the must-do's in the Edinburgh. There are numerous different options for hikes and walks and several different ways to reach the peak, all of varying degrees of difficulty.
There are two parts to Arthurs Seat, The Crags and Arthurs Seat. The easiest and simplest ascent is from the East, where a grassy slope rises above Dunsapie Loch, a small artificial loch located between Dunsapie Hill and Arthur's Seat.

We choose not very easy path via Salisbury Crags known as Radical Road. Salisbury Crags are huge cliffs well over 150 feet high, they are a part of the original volcano landscape but then shaped by glaciers at a later stage. The Radical Road runs the full length of the crags and is very popular among bike riders and joggers.

This is the view from Calton Hill to Salisbury Crags in the evening

In any event, I highly recommend any sort of walk around Salisbury Crags, Holyrood Park and Arthur's Seat during visit to Edinburgh! Take a picnic, take a camera, take a waterproof (the Scottish weather is very unpredictable!). It's not another "tourist" spot, it's a taste of urban adventuring.

We returned to the apartments for a rest at 1 pm, and at 2 pm we went to the 'Real Mary King's Close'.
It is a very sobering and upsetting place for fans of "romantic medieval charm" like me.
Imagine this street in 1645, with hundreds of plague victims jammed in. Imagine if you can, the raw sewage seeping down the steps of the city exuding not floral scent. The tenements tower up to the sky, narrow streets receive no sunlight... Of course, the plague was frequent guest in these neighborhoods.
The Government of Edinburgh decided in 1645 to quarantine all 'The black death' victims into Mary Kings Close. They were bricked up and left to die inside the Close. 
The official version says that the inhabitants of the quarter was relocated, but the gossips and common sense tell us that is impossible to stop the epidemic by relocation .
After a 25 years the new buildings were built over Mary King's Close and this horror story was buried for hundreds years...
Mary King's Close was re-opened to the public about 10 years ago. And nowadays we may see what life was like in the city of Edinburgh centuries ago...  In the evening we sat on the terrace with bottled beer and chatted about it until it got dark...

On the next day we went to the trip to Isle of Skye.

You can read more about trip to Edinburgh here:
Men's day trip to Edinburgh (Only photos)
Useful links for visiting Scotland
First time to Scotland. Trip details
3 days in Edinburgh. Day 1. Royal Mile
3 days in Edinburgh. Day 2. Calton Hill and Britannia
Where to eat and drink in Edinburgh 
  
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