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Camera Obscura and World of Illusions

EH1 2ND Edinburgh, Great Britain (UK) (Scotland)
Address Castlehill
The Royal Mile 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ
Camera Obscura

Opening times
 July - August: Every day 09:00 - 21:00
September – October: Every day 09:30 -19:00
November – March: Every day 10:00 -18:00 (Closed 25th December)
April – June: Every day 09:30 -19:00

Admission
Status from 04/2017
 Adult: £15.00; Student & Senior: £13.00; Child (5 - 15 years): £11.00
Contact
Tel.:+44-131-226-37 09  Fax:+44-131-225-423  
Homepage
to Location / Directions
www.camera-obscura.co.uk
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Location / Directions
N55.948962° W3.195669°N55°56.93772' W3°11.74014'N55°56'56.2632" W3°11'44.4084"
Top of Royal Mile, just below Edinburgh Castle. Fine views of the city.

ON FOOT FROM TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE
Leave TIC onto Princes Street turning left. Turn left onto Waverley Bridge. At junction turn right to go up Market Street which will bring you to the Mound. Cross the road, go straight up via Mound Place and go up Ramsay Lane towards Edinburgh Castle. We are at the top of Ramsay Lane on the left hand side, opposite the Scotch Whisky Experience, next to Edinburgh Castle.

BY CAR
Follow signs for Edinburgh Castle. We are situated 40m from the entrance to the Castle on Castlehill at the top of the Royal Mile. For parking, the nearest long stay parking is in the 24 hour NCP car park on Castle Terrace at the bottom of Johnston Terrace.

BY RAIL
From Edinburgh Waverley, leave station via main exit onto Waverley Bridge turning left. At junction turn right to go up Market Street which will bring you to the Mound. Cross the road, go straight up via Mound Place and go up Ramsay Lane towards Edinburgh Castle. We are at the top of Ramsay Lane on the left hand side, opposite the Scotch Whisky Experience, next to the Castle.

BY BUS
From St Andrew Square Bus Station, cross Princes Street and go up the Mound. Turn right at Mound Place and go up Ramsay Lane towards Edinburgh Castle. We are at the top of Ramsay Lane on the left hand side, opposite the Scotch Whisky Experience.

There are regular Lothian buses 23/27/41//42/45/67 to Market Street and George IV Bridge, both very close to the attraction. When you get off the bus head for the Royal Mile, you will soon spot a distinctive white tower.
Description

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: 
The Outlook Tower with its six floors of interactive exhibitions, is still open to the public, making it the oldest purpose built attraction in the city, and one of the oldest in the United Kingdom.
Nowadays there are passing references to Maria Short and Patrick Geddes in the presentation on the top floor where the Camera Obscura is still in use to project a "virtual" tour of the city for visitors, and also on the rooftop terrace with its views of Edinburgh and telescopes.
The floors beneath the Camera Obscura hold the "World of Illusions", which offers interactive exhibits demonstrating aspects of optical illusions, light, colour.
There are also puzzles, a mirror maze, and a vortex tunnel.
Although the project is primarily a tourist attraction, it also serves as a learning centre about optical illusions, holograms, the origins of photography and about Edinburgh itself.
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