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Part of the City of Edinburgh which is represented in this artefact is how many citizens manage to escape their usually hectic lifestyles and escape from the city within the city. Edinburgh offers many “green” spots where people can go and relax on a sunny summers day, or maybe even for a casual stroll around Edinburghs naturally beautiful landscape. The Princes Gardens; East and West, are a fantastic example of such a place within Edinburgh where people can go to relax and enjoy their surroundings without having to worry about their day to day lives; the area offers stunning floristry with architecture to match and with Princes street nearby visitors will never be short of shops to buy refreshments from.

The city also offers plenty of public parks like Princes Gardens for which to relax, play sport or take your children for a break in your daily activities.

offers plenty of public parks like Princes Gardens for which to relax, play sport or take your children for a break in your daily activities. Calton Hill offers an escape like no other within the city, with its panoramic views of the city, grassy slopes and good views of the Salisbury Crags and Arthurs Seat, it offers peace and quiet from the bustling cityscape but also offers wonderment for those who have not visited before. The Acropolis standing atop the hill is an unfinished monument that is a popular landmark that is open for the public to scramble up and down its giant steps, also on offer on the hill are two

Edinburgh's

green spots