Top Edinburgh Private Sightseeing Tours

Having a private tour gave you the opportunity to customize what you wanted to see and to ask questions as you went along. Jill was a wealth of information and historical background. She took us to places that we would not have seen on a large group tour.

Simon got in touch immediately after I booked to confirm the trip and was a superb tour guide. He was personable helpful and flexible. The trip provided a good overview of the Highlands including Loch Lomond and the Kelpies . We had plenty of comfort breaks - a great day put and we would recommend.

I highly recommend taking this tour with Laura McKenzie as your guide. Yes, you can tour the city by yourself walking, but with this tour you have a local person driving (which can be confusing if you come from a country where you drive on the right side), explaining the local customs, bits of history that you will later verify at the museums and also architectural landmarks. Laura was polite, professional, cheerful and made us feel like we knew her for a long time, she even took our photos. It rained that day on and off, but Laura was prepared, so every minute of our tour was used for our experience, we like bathroom breaks, so she was on top of everything. Definitely worth every penny. I recommend taking this tour at the beginning of your stay in Edinburgh so that you get an idea of where the historic and shopping landmarks are and also the bathrooms :). We had two open days so she gave us suggestions of which experiences were fun according to our preferences, it was a wonderful experience. thanks Laura.

The BEST Tour Guide in Edinburgh Mr. Saf was absolutely fantastic! He was enthusiastic, incredibly knowledgeable, well-read, accommodating, and had a wonderful sense of humour. Our full-day tour was truly unforgettable. The four of us thoroughly enjoyed his professionalism, fascinating stories, and unique insight into the beautiful and historic City of Edinburgh. We couldn’t have asked for a better guide and look forward to returning to Edinburgh and experiencing Mr. Saf’s wonderful hospitality again!

I recommend the Hop On Hop Off bus experience for any city you visit. I have used it in 4 different European cities. The bus gives you a great orientation to the city, historical information and anecdotes, through ear buds, as you travel by the location. If you get the 48 hour ticket, it’s helpful for traveling to sights you may want to get off, visit and then hop back on to another location.

We toured Edinburgh with Adrian the evening we arrived. He was fun to talk to and full of interesting facts about Edinburgh and its history. The tour was a great way to get our bearings in a new city and to hit the very busy highlights of Edinburgh without feeling overwhelmed. Highly recommend.

Our guide, Hugo was extremely knowledgeable and very personable. We enjoyed our time with him and all of the unique and insightful stories. He had the history of both both Edinburgh Castle, and the city. We would highly recommend this tour, it was a great and unique experience. I think Hugo could’ve gone to whatever level of detail and depth if we wanted at each spot, but there is just so much to see and learn about and he did an excellent job weaving in and out of history through his stories and narrative. Really can’t say enough about how good this experience was. Thank you Hugo!

Our tour was fabulous! Our tour guide Gain was terrific. very knowledgeable, and we had several laughs along the way. he led us at a pace the two of us could handle given that we both use a cane. we still managed to see so many parts of Old Town even with the sloping streets and the stairs. highly recommend this experience and our tour guide Gain.