Scotland Guide
Northeast Scotland
Discovery Point
Address: At the water's edge alongside the Tay Road Bridge
Opening time: April– Oct Mon– Sat 10am–6pm, Sun 11am–6pm; Nov– March Mon– Sat 10am–5pm, Sun 11am–5pm
Price: £6.95, joint ticket with Verdant Works £11.25
Website: www.rrs-discovery.co.uk
Just south of the city centre, the domed Discovery Point is an impressive development centring on the Royal Research Ship Discovery. Something of an icon for Dundee's renaissance, Discovery is a three-mast steam-assisted vessel built in Dundee in 1901 to take Captain Robert Falcon Scott on his polar expeditions. A combination of brute strength and elegance, she has been beautifully restored, with polished wood panels and brass trimmings giving scant indication of the privations suffered by the crew.