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Seen from air, Edinburgh slips gracefully away from the Pentland hills, flowing round the outcrops of Castle Rock, Arthur's Seat and Calton Hill and on to Leith and the Firth of Forth. It is only on the ground that you get the full impact of the city's wide panoramas and hidden delights. The organic Old Town, built up over centuries, rises high over long-hidden folds in the ground, and digs deep into theĀ hillside. The regimented curves of the New Town, invented and built as a whole, provide the classic sense of a planned city. Although even here, earthly delights lie hidden beneath its severe facade.
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