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Edinburgh

Step off the ship. The city gets one chance to make its case.

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I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,

and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

— John Masefield · Sea-Fever · 1902

South Queensferry is the deep-water cruise terminal for Edinburgh, opened in 2022 and now the standard call for most ocean cruise lines. It sits beneath the three Forth bridges, about 25 minutes by shuttle from Edinburgh's Old Town. From here, the Royal Mile, Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, and the volcanic outcrop of Arthur's Seat are all walkable from the city drop-off. Stirling Castle and the Outlander locations are an hour west.