If you're a history lover, then are few better cities to visit than Edinburgh.
Pre-pandemic, tourists flocked to the capital from all over the world - many simply to enjoy the city's abundance of historic architecture.
And who can blame them, for contained within a mile's radius of Edinburgh Castle is the story of the city hewn from stone and stretching back at least 900 years.
From the 12th century St Margaret's Chapel, Medieval multi-storeys such as Gladstone's Land, to the Castle itself, Edinburgh is positively teeming with ancient architecture.
We take a look at 7 of the oldest buildings in the city.
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