Scotland · CASTLE TOURS IN EDINBURGH
The 15 castle tours in Edinburgh below are the ones that hold up on the day, with the price, the running time and who each one suits. Start at the top and work down.
Edinburgh Castle guided tour review covering entry, outdoor storytelling, royal sights, price, weather, timing, and practical tips.
“Absolutely wonderful tour - and the best we have been on since starting doing these around the world. Joe (our guide) was fantastic - knowledgeable, funny, engaging and managed our time wonderfully - highly recommend!”
See Edinburgh Castle with skip-the-line entry, lively history, Royal Mile views, and time to explore on your own after a 90-minute tour.
“What a fascinating tour of the castle! Our guide Steph is the best ever…she told us so much about Scottish history, and she made it alive with her story telling skills and passion about for her land and people.”
Review of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile and castle walking tour, with historic closes, skip-the-line entry, guide tips, price, and practical advice.
“excellent tour. our guide was excellent, he was answering our questions and he knew the topics very well”
Review of the Edinburgh tour to the Kelpies, Loch Lomond, and Stirling Castle, with practical advice on price, pace, guides, and weather.
“We really enjoyed our tour. Jim Scott was our tour guide. He was not only knowledgeable about the places we saw but funny as well. We loved the itinerary and had a great time.”
Review of Edinburgh Castle’s $51 skip-the-line walking tour, with guide quality, castle highlights, practical tips, value, and honest drawbacks.
“Charles was very informative on the history of the castle and Scotland itself. Great job Charles. The tour was held on the grounds of the castle but we did not enter anything inside as part of the tour.”
Review of Edinburgh Castle’s 90-minute guided tour, with tickets, direct entry, castle highlights, practical tips, and honest value advice.
“Fantastic with David, we explored a lot, through a blend of knowledge and humour. Great fun, enjoyed thoroughly”
Review of Edinburgh’s Loch Lomond, Stirling Castle and Kelpies tour, with itinerary details, costs, guide tips, and honest advice on value.
“A brilliant experience! We travelled with Garry as our guide, and he was very informative throughout the day, adding little anecdotes here and there, lots of historical information and ensured we had an interesting & fun day exploring the various sites.”
Explore Loch Lomond, Kilchurn, Doune and Inveraray on a scenic 10-hour Highlands tour from Edinburgh in a small Mercedes mini-coach.
“It was a great experience! We love it! Our driver Hannah was amazing. Our only complaint is that we did not have enough time in Inveraray. Either you visit the castle or walk around the town and eat. An additional hour in Inveraray would have been perfect. I would preferred to skip Loch Lomond and spend the extra time in Inveraray.”
Review of Edinburgh Castle and Royal Mile walking tour, with castle entry, expert guides, key Old Town sights, steep paths, and practical tips.
“It was fun and informative; an insightful way to see the city from the ground up. Paúl did a superb job.”
Review of the 10.5-hour West Highlands tour from Edinburgh, with Doune Castle, Loch Lomond, Kilchurn Castle, Inveraray, and practical tips.
“Dusty was great and know about Scottish history and the places that we visited. Weather was not good but he made the best with it. I felt I had seen something very nice and special and had enough time to explore. Towards the end, we followed his dinner recommendations and had a great time!”
Review of Edinburgh’s small-group walking tour with castle entry, Georgian New Town, Royal Mile sights, galleries, and practical tips.
“This was a fantastic tour and I couldn’t recommend it strongly enough. Our Guide Mark was fantastic.”
Review of the Rosslyn Chapel, Dunfermline Abbey and Stirling Castle tour from Edinburgh, with timing, costs, guides, stops, and booking advice.
“We had a pleasant day with our tour driver Jamie. Liked that he was wearing a Scottish kilt. And his knowledge of the history of the different areas we toured made it a great time.”
Review of the Loch Lomond, Kelpies, and Stirling Castle day trip from Edinburgh, with practical advice on timing, walks, costs, and value.
“Enjoyed spending our last day in Scotland, taking a break from walking, being guided around some of the lowlands by Sophie, our driver and guide. The Kelpies are a fun photo stop, but something you can easily skip to spend time somewhere else if sculpture or art isn’t your jam. Not that you can skip it on this tour, but can consider in stops in other day trips available. Highly recommend adding ticket for Stirling Castle and taking the guided tour, worth it. And Loch Lomond was such a beautiful walk and yet another opportunity to take in the immense beauty Scotland has to offer.”
Explore Doune Castle, Loch Lomond, Inveraray, and Highland scenery on a full-day guided trip from Edinburgh.
“Sam was very informative a great tour guide and drove the van with ease. He knows those roads like the back of his hand gave us lots of details going to the sites that we went to and he was very informative very friendly and very nice a great guy.!”
Review of Timberbush’s Edinburgh day trip to Holy Island, Alnwick Castle, and Northumbria, with costs, timing, tips, and honest drawbacks.
“Great tour, our guide Wendy was awesome. The downside of this type of tour is always that you want more time in various places, however the stops and various lookout points were all fantastic, especially for someone visiting for the first time.”
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