2 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

This walking tour of Edinburgh is a great choice for first-time visitors who want to get their bearings of the city and learn more about its history. By exploring the city with a guide, you’ll be able to stop looking at a map and focus on enjoying the sites around you. Your guide will teach you about secret places locals love, as well as the Old Town’s most famous sites. Highlights include St. Giles’ Cathedral, the Mercat Cross, Edinburgh Castle, and much more.

The perfect overview tour for first-time visitors to Edinburgh
Visit many sites in the UNESCO-listed Old Town in one day
Exploring Edinburgh with a guide means you won’t get lost
A walking tour takes you to areas that can’t be accessed by car

What's Included

Professional guide

Gratuity

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

15 Jeffrey St, Edinburgh EH1 1DR, UK
Tour departs from inside "Hot Toddy" just off the Royal Mile. Speak to cafe/bar staff when you arrive to check-in. Cafe is open before tour, feel free to come early for food/drink to fuel up for the tour! Full address - Hot Toddy, 15-19 Jeffrey Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DR

End point

Edinburgh Old Town, Edinburgh, UK
The tour will end within a 5min walk of the Royal Mile.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
These tours run all the year round so please wear clothing that is appropriate for the Scottish climate and come in footwear that you are comfortable in for a two hour walking tour on the historic streets of Edinburgh.
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Please Note - Children, aged 15 and under, will not be able to join the tour unless accompanied by a responsible adult
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.9

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Definitely would recommend

Caoimhe_D, Jan 2025

Great tour, very entertaining and educational, lovely tour guide Julie! Not too long but we got to learn a lot about the city that you would not find anywhere else. Definitely worth doing!

Great tour with a friendly, knowledgeable guide

Phillipa_H, Jan 2025

Great tour with fascinating facts about Edinburgh. Length was just right. A friendly, knowledgeable guide, thank you for an introduction to this beautiful city

Highlight of our trip!

Claire_D, Jan 2025

We thoroughly enjoyed this walking tour! Our guide was a local and gave lots of history, insights, and stories of the Royal mile that you wouldn’t get just walking through on your own. I could have listened for another 2 hours. Euan also provided us with a PDF of his favorite spots for food, drinks, and things to do which we put to use through the remainder of our trip. Highly recommend this tour!

Fabulous!!!

Patricia_E, Jan 2025

Our tour guide was fabulous!! He made the history of Edinburgh's Old Town come alive. He's a wonderful storyteller, incredibly knowledgeable/insightful, and fun/funny. So far the tour has been the highlight of my trip to Scotland!!

Nice and fun tour of Edinburgh

Jordan_D, Jan 2025

We had a very fun 2 hours of walking around exploring Edinburgh. Ben did a great job in guiding the tour.

Excellent walking tour.

Paul_D, Jan 2025

Our tour guide, Roisin, was excellent. She was knowledgeable, informative and had a good sense of humour. We very much enjoyed our two hour walking tour with her.

Tour with Euan

ShreyasRavindra, Dec 2024

The old town tour was really nice and awesome and worth the money i paid. Walking tours sometimes end up being too boring and not covering the major places. This one however covered everything. Euan was entertaining and also gave enough information as we needed. His recommended places were also worth while.

Sabella

Megan_H, Dec 2024

Sabella was amazing. Extremely knowledgeable, engaging, and thought provoking. I highly recommend *****

Great experience!

Lauren_G, Dec 2024

Jule was a fantastic guide! Would recommend to anyone who is interested in learning more about the incredible buildings in Old Town.

Interesting overview of the Old Town's history.

Roz_G, Dec 2024

We really enjoyed this tour which gave us an overview of the history of Edinburgh's Old Town. Considering the amount of hills and steps there are, this was a gentle walk and not too taxing. Our guide Sabella was enthusiastic and knowledgeable and answered all our questions.

History and Tales.

William_H, Dec 2024

Fantastic tour. Ben, our guide, was very informative and entertaining. Took in the whole of the Royal Mile and centuries.

Beautiful old town of Edinburgh with passionate guide!

Aud_V, Dec 2024

Max was a humorous and passionate guide! He organized the tour in a way that covered the Scottish reformation, Modern folklore (Maggie Dickson!), and great recommendations around the old town. We ended up going back to read more about Scotland’s fascinating history. Edinburgh is a beautiful place and Max brought it to life in his walking tour.

This was a great...

Paige_M, Dec 2024

This was a great experience and our tour guide was amazing! Highly recommend for your next trip to edinburgh.

Great!

Jenny_M, Dec 2024

Really enjoyed our tour, Al was a very good tour guide! Would recommend if looking for a tour of Edinburgh old town.

Well worth it!

Del, Dec 2024

We learned so much about this old town which meant that we knew our way around, and what we wanted to go back to and explore more. Evan was the best!

Informative, casual and fun

barbara_c, Dec 2024

Informative, casual and fun. Angus did a great job! Would recommend as we really enjoyed the 2 hours

Great Tour

David_C, Dec 2024

Ewan was our guide and was really good. Knowledgable and clear, with some humour as well. Wish we had started our break with this tour, as he pointed out so many places to visit, but we ran out of time.

Beautiful Edinburgh on a cold winter day

Helen_C, Dec 2024

Great tour with so many interesting and engaging insights. Max gave 100% to his tour and his enthusiasm was infectious.

Fantastic

Catherine_K, Dec 2024

Absolutely fantastics despite the rain we were loved the whole experience and mark was a fantastic tour guide

Definitely do it!

MARK_B, Dec 2024

Mac did a great job and kept us entertained the whole time with his history and stories! 10/10 would definitely recommend!

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