If you are a Harry Potter fan, you should keep these places in your travel bucket list if you are in Edinburgh.
The Elephant House Café
J.K. Rowling was a struggling single parent when she wrote parts of the first book in this pretty café’s back room, bringing Harry to life while looking out of the window at the lovely view of Edinburgh Castle.
Greyfriars Kirkyard
This ancient churchyard beside the Elephant House was a popular haunt of J.K. Rowling. It’s been in use since the 16th century and is filled with atmospheric gravestones, some of which inspired the names of Harry Potter characters
“Diagon Alley” (Victoria Street and Candlemaker Row)
Victoria Street is a colourful, historical, and beautiful split-level cobbled road not far from the Elephant House, and it’s thought to have been the inspiration for the fictional Diagon Alley, along with the adjacent Candlemaker Row.
The Writers’ Museum
It primarily pays tribute to historic Edinburgh-based writers Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, and Robert Louis Stevenson, but it also hosts exhibits about J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter as well. This amazing, witchy old building celebrates the fact that Edinburgh became the first UNESCO City of Literature in 2004.
George Heriot’s School
Built in 1628, this prestigious, castle-like school is said to be the inspiration for Hogwarts, and the Hogwarts house system as well.
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