Things To Do in Linlithgow

On the margins of South Queensferry, amid beautifully landscaped grounds, Hopetoun House is one of Scotland's best examples of palatial Georgian architecture, with original design work by Sir William Bruce in 1699. It was enlarged as well as substantially redesigned in 1721 by no…

In the 15th and 16th centuries, this was one of the favorite residences of Scotland's royal Stuarts. It was the first building to be called a palace in the country. Today, it is one of Scotland's most poignant ruins, but visitors can still get an idea of how grand the place once was.…

In no small part thanks to Dan Brown's blockbuster novel, The Da Vinci Code, and the Hollywood film, the elaborately carved Rosslyn Chapel is firmly on the trail of those who seek to retrace the historic and mythical path of the Knights Templar. The chapel was founded in 1446 by Sir…

Next to Linlithgow Palace stands the medieval kirk of St. Michael, site of worship for many a Scottish monarch after its consecration in 1242. The biggest pre-Reformation parish church in Scotland, it was mostly constructed in the 15th century. In St. Catherine's Aisle, just before…