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A popular resort with good sands and is linked to Joppa in the east.
The name Portobello is derived from a Panamanian town of the same name and was given it by a sailor who served there in 1739 under Admiral Vernon.
Restalrig Church is an old building destroyed in 1560 but later restored.
The adjacent 15th century hexagonal Chapel of St Triduana who reputedly cured ailments of the eyes with water from a spring that bears her name.
Craigentinny House is a 16th century house with 19th century additions.
An eccentric owner of the house W H Miller is buried in a strange looking mausoleum off the Portobello road in 1849.
Sir Harry Lauder was born here in 1870.
Between 1846 and 1964 a railway station provided ready access for visitors to the resort, whose facilities came to include a large open air heated swimming pool (where the actor Sean Connery had once worked as a life guard) which made use of the power station's spare heat. It was closed in 1984.
There was also a lido (now demolished) and a permanent fun-fair which closed in 2007.
Two small amusement arcades remain (Fun City - Amusement Emporium) and (Tower Amusements).
In 1901 Portobello baths were opened on The
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