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Edinburgh City Tour (Half Day)

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From $365.45

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Pricing Info:

Duration: 4 hours

Departs: Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Taking in Edinburgh Castle, the Royal Mile, St Giles Cathedral, the Scottish parliament, the Palace of Holyrood and including a scenic tour around Arthurs Seat, an extinct volcano that dominates our city’s skyline. As well as touring through the old town and new town of Edinburgh.

Because this is a private tour of Edinburgh, tell us what YOU want to visit and we will also include it in your tour. This tour is popular with visitors who have limited time available but also require the opportunity to briefly stop at as many locations as possible for photographs.

What's Included

Complimentary Water

What's Not Included

Any food or drinks.

Traveler Information

TRAVELER: Age: 0 - 120

Additional Info

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Face masks provided for travellers
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Regular temperature checks for staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Face masks provided for travellers
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Regular temperature checks for staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

The Scotch Whisky Experience

Amber Restaurant and Whisky Bar – located in the vaults of the attraction – also underwent a refurbishment, unveiling a new bar which offered over 360 different whiskies from across Scotland.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Camera Obscura and World of Illusions

The camera obscura was used as a means to study eclipses without the risk of damaging the eyes by looking into the sun directly.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

St Giles' Cathedral

High Kirk of Edinburgh, is a parish church of the Church of Scotland located in the Old Town of Edinburgh. The current building was begun in the 14th century and extended until the early 16th century.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Greyfriars Kirkyard

Greyfriars Kirkyard is the graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located at the southern edge of the Old Town.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Surgeons' Hall Museums

Surgeons Hall Museums is the largest and most historic pathology collection in the United Kingdom. The history of Surgery and Dentistry Museum. This is the world renowned medical history. Discover the anatomist, surgeons and physicians worked, operated and squabbled for medical advancement.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

The Scottish Parliament

The original Parliament of Scotland was the national legislature of the independent Kingdom of Scotland, and existed from the early 13th century until the Kingdom of Scotland merged with the Kingdom of England .

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The famous author's handprints reproduced on a flagstone in the quadrangle in front of Edinburgh City Chambers. A little known author called JK Rowling, famous to schoolyard Dracos as ‘Rolling Pin’

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Mercat Cross

A mercat cross is the Scots name for the market cross found frequently in Scottish cities, towns and villages where historically the right to hold a regular market or fair was granted by the monarch, a bishop or a baron.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Dean Village

It was known as the "Water of Leith Village" and was the centre of a successful grain milling area for more than 800 years. At one time there were no fewer than eleven working mills there, driven by the strong currents of the Water of Leith.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Palace of Holyroodhouse

Holyrood is an area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, lying east of the city centre, at the foot of the Royal Mile.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Arthur's Seat

Arthur's Seat is an extinct volcano which is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Calton Hill

Calton Hill is the Edinburgh World Heritage site. Panoramic views from the top of Calton Hill.

35 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Edinburgh Castle

The Edinburgh Castle, in the care of Historic Environment Scotland, is Scotland's most and the United Kingdom's second most-visited paid tourist attraction. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

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