Calton Hill

After a grueling day of hiking around the Salisbury Craig in Holyrood Park I decided to make the best of this beautiful sunny day and go up to Calton Hill. Sitting above Princes Street, it was built in the 18th century to connect the New Town with the Old Town. In the era of Enlightenment it's purpose was to highlight Edinburgh, to make it the "Athens of the North". The hill is home to the the Old Royal Highschool which was proposed to be the parliament in the 70s, there is also a conservatory, and not to mention a collection of statues.