Days Out

Dundee Farmers' Markets

Dundee Farmers' Market is held on the 3rd Saturday of each month,from 9am until 4pm at High Street in Dundee City Centre.

The popular market, organised by Dundee City Council, attracts producers from all over Tayside provides a showcase for a wide range of locally...

Sensation Dundee

• Greenmarket
• Dundee DD1 1QB
• Tel: 01382 228800

Sensation Dundee is new, exciting, different and unique - a Science Centre all about the senses. It's hands on fun for everyone with dozens of specially designed interactive experiments which bring science to life.

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The Old Steeple

• Dundee Parish Church (St. Mary's)
• Nethergate
• Dundee DD1 4DG

The Tower of St Mary's, better known as the Old Steeple, dates back to the 1480s. At nearly 50 metres tall, it is one of Scotlands highest surviving medieval church towers.

The Old Steeple in the photograph, was

Discovery Point

• Discovery Point
• Discovery Quay
• Dundee DD1 4XA

Royal Research Ship Discovery at Discovery Point

An all-weather, multi-award-winning five-star visitor attraction. There's plenty to see for all of the family and plenty to do for the young and old, come rain or shine.

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Broughty Castle

• Castle Approach
• Broughty Ferry
• Dundee DD5 2TF
• Tel: 01382 436916

Sitting imposingly at the mouth of the Tay, Broughty Castle was built in 1496 on the rocky headland. It has faced many sieges and battles. These have left their scars - marks made

The Frigate Unicorn

• Victoria Dock
• Dundee DD1 3JA
• Tel: 01382 200900

His Majesty's Frigate 'Unicorn', was built for the Royal Navy in Chatham dockyard in 1824. Fast and powerful, this warship was one of the most successful and charismatic ship designs of the age.

Unicorn's construction,

The Mills Observatory

• Glamis Road
• Balgay Park
• Dundee DD2 2UB
• Tel 01382 435967

The Mills Observatory houses Britain's only large telescope for public use, built in Victorian times. There are also smaller telescopes and binoculars for the public to try out and a display area on

Dundee Law

The 572-foot peak is argued by some to be Dundee's most distinctive landmark and is an enduring attraction for visitors and locals. Having been formed by a long extinct volcano around 400 million years ago the 'Law' was central to Dundee's defences for thousands of...