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Edinburgh by ALVA visits

Edinburgh Visit Scale

A visual ranking of Edinburgh city attractions in the ALVA 2025 visitor figures table. Objects are scaled by ALVA 2025 reported visits. The filter is Edinburgh city attractions in the ALVA member table, so this is an ALVA-scope ranking rather than every attraction in the city.

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National Galleries Scotland: Modern

Modern art gallery facade

Modern closes the list with a quieter art-campus profile west of the centre, lower in count but visually strong.

Modern art gallery facade — Rank #10: National Galleries Scotland: Modern Related:Van Gogh Private Tour Rijksmuseum Photoshoot

Old Town tenement facade — Rank #9: Gladstone's Land Related:Filigree Jewellery Workshop London Travel Photography

Red sandstone portrait gallery — Rank #8: National Galleries Scotland: Portrait Related:Tower + Westminster Highlights London Night Photography

Royal palace facade — Rank #7: Palace of Holyroodhouse Related:British Museum + National Gallery Private British Museum Tour

Zoo entrance habitat — Rank #6: Edinburgh Zoo Related:Eiffel Tower Drawing Paris Watercolor Workshop

Castle barracks museum — Rank #5: National War Museum Related:Rembrandt Paint Workshop Amsterdam Photo Walk

Botanic glasshouse — Rank #4: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Related:Van Gogh Private Tour Rijksmuseum Photoshoot

Neoclassical gallery portico — Rank #3: National Galleries Scotland: National Related:Filigree Jewellery Workshop London Travel Photography

Rocktop fortress — Rank #2: Edinburgh Castle Related:Tower + Westminster Highlights London Night Photography

Victorian museum facade — Rank #1: National Museum of Scotland Related:British Museum + National Gallery Private British Museum Tour

#10

National Galleries Scotland: Modern

287,243 visitors

#9

Gladstone's Land

316,559 visitors

#8

National Galleries Scotland: Portrait

343,483 visitors

#7

Palace of Holyroodhouse

455,501 visitors

#6

Edinburgh Zoo

648,809 visitors

#5

National War Museum

830,699 visitors

#4

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

978,080 visitors

#3

National Galleries Scotland: National

2,004,777 visitors

#2

Edinburgh Castle

2,044,963 visitors

#1

National Museum of Scotland

2,318,305 visitors

Source: ALVA 2025