Scotland · WALKING TOURS IN EDINBURGH
Good walking tours in Edinburgh go weeks ahead in season and the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and where they differ.
Explore Edinburgh’s underground vaults, hear dark Old Town tales, and decide if this atmospheric one-hour tour is worth $33.29.
“Not what we expected. Walking through tight places in the dark. The guide was well versed, but we were not impressed.”
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.”
Explore Edinburgh’s dark past on a two-hour evening walk through alleys, cemeteries, Calton Hill, murders, witch trials, and legends.
“Learnt a lot of interesting and fun things, was given a different perspective on places, cemetery at night was an experience I did not expect in this lifetime :) Our guide, Dave (from Australia) was excellent! Knowledgeable, fun, energetic!”
Explore Edinburgh’s underground vaults, dark history, torture displays, and ghostly tales on this lively one-hour walking tour.
“Such a great tour. Our guide, Dom, was absolutely excellent - knowledgeable, interesting, and very funny. Learned a lot about the city, and the stories were so crazy!”
Explore Edinburgh’s Old Town with a lively guide, historic closes, St Giles Cathedral, and castle views in a practical two-hour walk.
“Jule was a great story teller and showed lots of places of interest! Its been a great experience and would have given a 5-star rating if she was Scottish, speaking Scottish. Its a personal thing and not against Jule, again I think she did great and derserves 5 stars! When signing up it would help setting the expectation if the tour guide is a Scottish native or not.”
Review of Edinburgh’s Mountebank Comedy Walk, a two-hour Old Town history tour with jokes, Edinburgh Castle views, and guide Daniel Downie.
“Fabulous tour !!!’, Danny is extremely knowledgeable re his Scottish history , delivered with a cheeky humour . Being the only two English on the tour we felt a sense of responsibility for our forefathers invasions and beheadings ….🙈😂. Other nationalities were suitably ribbed in a very humorous fashion too ! (No-one is exempt) . I would highly recommend this tour… I learnt so much about Edinburgh and its history as well as being highly entertained . Hoping to get to the fringe to see Daniel’s show there too … yes he is that good . All round great day . Thank you (Ps not for the easily offended be…”
Explore Edinburgh’s Greyfriars Graveyard and South Bridge Vaults by night with lively guides, dark history, ghost stories, and practical tips.
“Jordan made it a very fun tour with a lot of cool stories. Definitely wouldn’t have understood the historical significance without his insight!”
Review of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile and Old Town walking tour, with castle views, local stories, practical tips, price, route, and value.
“Excellent walking overview of Edinburgh with a wonderful historical bent. Douglas was personable and knowledgeable!”
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 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.”
Edinburgh Old Town walking tour review: a two-hour, guide-led look at medieval streets, legends, landmarks, value, meeting point, and practical tips.
“Very informative. Now I see the city with different eyes. History and places were a good match. There were also many tips.Auto-translated”
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 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.”
Explore Edinburgh’s witch trials and haunted past on a lively 75-minute walk from St Giles’ Cathedral to Grassmarket.
“Excellent tour to take of Edinburgh Witch history. Juniper was a wonderful tour guide. She was friendly, funny and all about witches. Definitely would recommend tour. Cheers!”
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