Edinburgh Walking Tours - these can include a visit to the building, description of the exterior and key buildings in the Old Town / Edinburgh:
Contact Isabelle Lomholt on 01620 825722 / 07952 149814
Architecture:
Visit and try to understand the Enric Miralles legacy:
Contact on 0131 348 5000 or 0845 278 1999
Tour cost: £5
Time: 1 hour
Max. group size: 20
Current at time of writing: please check with operators
Debating Chamber access depends on parliamentary business:
www.scottish.parliament.uk/visitor/holyrood-visit-details.htm
email: sp.info@scottish.parliament.uk
All year Tue-Thu: 9am-7pm
building : photo © Adrian Welch 2006 taken with lumix camera
Access on non-business days (normally Mon-Fri + weekdays when Parliament is in recess):
Apr - Oct 10am to 6pm
Nov - Mar 10am to 4pm
Weekends:
All year 10am to 4pm
MSP Foyer View © Adrian Welch
Scottish Parliament Building Tours:
Contact on 0131 348 5000
AWARD-WINNING HOLYROOD VISITOR CENTRE MOVES TO MAKE WAY FOR LANDSCAPING
The Old Scottish Parliament Visitor Centre
Today, Friday November 1st, will be the last chance for people to go around the Holyrood visitor centre in its current location. The temporary accommodation on site is too close to allow work on the landscaping at Holyrood to begin. The centre will re-open in the Tun in mid-December.
Eric Kinsey, of the Parliament’s Holyrood Project Team, said:
“The Visitors Centre has been open for just over two years, and there has been an extraordinary level of interest from home and abroad. We’ve counted 72,725 visitors through our doors over that time, and we expect a busy day on Friday ahead of this temporary closure.
“Our new centre in the Tun will offer a condensed version of the material currently on show including the film covering the history of the Holyrood project, as well as, latest images from around the site.
“The visitors’ book provides a fascinating record of the views of all our visitors, including school parties, architects, members of the public and visitors from abroad. Each gives their individual perspective on the building. It’s hugely encouraging for us that so far the positive opinions seem to outweigh the negative by more than five to one.”
Scottish Parliament Architecture - Building PR 01.11.02
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