Gladstone's Land

The National Trust for Scotland is hosting a dog show at Newhailes House in Musselburgh this summer. (Photo credit: Mike Wilkinson)

National Trust for Scotland to host summer events in Edinburgh and the Lothians

After opening to the public for the first time last month following a £1.5m restoration, the National Trust for Scotland’s Gladstone’s Land at the top of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile is introducing its first ever interactive historical food tour next week (Wednesday June 9).

Food for thought as Gladstone’s Land launches first historical food tour

Catriona Peattie and Rachael Tumbarello enjoy an elderflower and lemon curd cone at the newly-reopened Gladstone's Land.

Edinburgh's oldest shop reopens with new coffee shop and ice cream parlour

Gladstone's Land, on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, dates back more than 500 years. Picture: Allan Forbes

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Gladstone's Land painted in 1855 by Henry Gibson Duguid (1805 - 1860). The building housed a tavern, an upmarket shop and a number of expensive apartments. It is now run by the National Trust for Scotland. PIC: National Galleries of Scotland.

Workmen uncover oyster shell wall in 17th Century Edinburgh shop

The home of the new ice cream parlour and cafe on the Royal Mile has been trading as a shop going back as far as 1501.

Oldest shop in Edinburgh to be turned into ice cream parlour

Scent specialist Clara Weale (right) is working at Gladstone's Land, a 17th Century tenement on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, to fill the property with the smells of the day and offer visitors a fully immersive experience. PIC: NTS/Contributed.

How the pong of 17th Century Edinburgh is taking visitors on a trip through time

The containers on the Royal Mile. Pic: Ian Georgeson

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Gladstones Lands first floor rooms, which have until now been open to the ­public, are set to become self-catering apartments

David Hamill: Please visit Gladstone's Land while you still can

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