Some of the city's most quaint, curious and unusual shops are just around the corner in Victoria Street, and in the Grassmarket, while the Museum of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Museum are a minute's walk away in the opposite direction. The famous Royal Mile, whose ancient passageways, known as Closes and Wynds, will repay a day's exploration, also offers museums, tourist shops, exhibitions and historic buildings open to the public, and can be reached on foot in under five minutes, while Scotland's best known shopping thoroughfare, Princes Street, is no more than ten minutes distant.
Click here for a map of Edinburgh city centre showing the location of Candlemaker Row (© www.multimap.com).

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