Scotland · CITY TOURS
This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 8 city tours worth the money, each with what it costs and the one thing to know before you commit.
Review of Edinburgh’s 24-hour hop-on hop-off bus tour, with route details, family value, audio commentary, timing, stops, and practical tips.
“We really enjoyed the sightseeing tour of the city of Edinburgh. It virtually covers all the points of city’s important landmarks.”
Review Glasgow’s hop-on hop-off bus tour, with route details, stop-by-stop advice, pricing, commentary, timing, and honest tips for booking.
“Unlike Hop on Hop off buses in other cities, you have to prearrange your stop or flag them down to get picked up at a stop. Unfortunately they don’t advertise this so we were left in the rain by the first two buses that came to our stop. However commentary was good and I learned a lot about Glasgow. And the tour operator is absolutely unresponsive if you try to chat about a problem. They just do not answer so don’t waste your time!”
Review the Inverness hop-on hop-off bus tour, with route details, stop-by-stop advice, timing, value, drawbacks, and booking tips.
“This is a typical hop on/hop off bus tour. There was nothing wrong with it, but Inverness is pretty small and there's not all that much to see from the bus. You can probably do as well just walking around. However, one leg of the route does get out into the countryside for about 20 min., so that might justify spending the time.”
Review of Edinburgh’s 7.5-hour shore excursion, with Royal Yacht Britannia, Edinburgh Castle, city sights, timing, tickets, and cruise-port tips.
“Excellent tour. Really good driver and guide (David & Adam). I would recommend them with no hesitation.”
Explore Lerwick, Clickimin Broch, Scalloway, and Shetland culture on a private six-and-a-half-hour tour with local guides.
“Our guide, Amanda, did a great job showing us the sites - giving us the option of going into whichever museum we wanted along the way. She knew all the history of the area. Even unexpectably packed us a nice lunch.”
Review of Edinburgh’s Royal Military Tattoo, Old Town, Rosslyn Chapel, pub dinner, private guiding, price, timing, and practical tips.
“We had a fun and educational day in Edinburgh with our tour guide. Alan. We saw a variety of sights and learned a lot about Scotland. We ended the day by attending the spectacular Military Tattoo show.”
Review of a private Edinburgh minibus tour with castle views, Old Town, New Town, Calton Hill, Holyroodhouse, and hotel pickup.
“Clean and comfortable car for 4 of us Paul was great and full of knowledge of the city We had a good time even with multiple city streets been blocked during the festival Recommend”
Review of Edinburgh’s private seven-hour city tour, with port pickup, Edinburgh Castle, Arthur’s Seat, Old Town sights, and local guides.
“Tatiana and Kenny were excellent and very professional. They know their city information and history and customized our tour to what we wanted to do. We had tours several private tours in different UK/Republic of Ireland cities and they were by far the most professional and knowledgeable. The van was as advertised, which in other cities the vehicle has been changed. and they picked us up at the port for no extra cost. I would highly recommend them.”
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