This is the Palace at Holyrood House, which is located actually really close to where we're staying. It's main claim to fame is that Mary Queen of Scots used this as her palace of residence. It was also the place where QEII signed the paper that allowed Scotland to have its own Parliament (photos of that to follow!).

As you can see it started off as a small church (on the right) which eventually became an abbey. The palace then grew from the side. It's filled up with all sorts of old stuf including crown jewells, lockets of Mary's hair (!), thrones and other awesome and amazing old stuff I can't remember!

It's an amazing building and the tours there are cool - you get this little radio headset which gives you commentary as you walk around at your own pace. You just plug in the number that the guide tells you and the headset walks you through the palace, telling you stuff about the place and giving interesting (or boring) facts about Scottish history etc.