Old Town Walking Tour History and Tales in Edinburgh
Recommended by 98% of travelers
Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
This walking tour of Edinburgh is a great choice for first-time visitors who want to get their bearings of the city and learn more about its history. By exploring the city with a guide, you’ll be able to stop looking at a map and focus on enjoying the sites around you. Your guide will teach you about secret places locals love, as well as the Old Town’s most famous sites. Highlights include St. Giles’ Cathedral, the Mercat Cross, Edinburgh Castle, and much more.
- The perfect overview tour for first-time visitors to Edinburgh
- Visit many sites in the UNESCO-listed Old Town in one day
- Exploring Edinburgh with a guide means you won’t get lost
- A walking tour takes you to areas that can’t be accessed by car
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Gratuity
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Adam Smith Statue192 Royal Mile, Edinburgh EH1 1RF, UK
192 High Street, next to Adam Smith Statue, outside Caffe Nero. Please look out for the green and white umbrella - Little Fish Tours logo
End point
- Edinburgh Old Town, Edinburgh, UK
The tour will end within a 5min walk of the Royal Mile.
Itinerary
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Edinburgh Old Town
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- These tours run all the year round so please wear clothing that is appropriate for the Scottish climate and come in footwear that you are comfortable in for a two hour walking tour on the historic streets of Edinburgh.
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Please Note - Children, aged 15 and under, will not be able to join the tour unless accompanied by a responsible adult
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Great intro to Edinburgh! So helpful to get oriented in the Old Town area and gain a little understanding of the history of the city!
Spectacular. Koffe was incredibly knowledgeable, engaged and funny. We would do the tour again- we asked him if he was going to do our Royal Mike tour- unfortunately not.
Interesting tour and great history facts. The 2 hours was a good amount of time to see several key spots. Sonia is very knowledgeable and entertaining!
Jess provided a very educational tour of the old Edinburgh city with a fabulous sense of humor. Her historical witty patter was delightful. We loved this tour.
Graeme was exceptionally knowledgeable and such a pleasure to follow around Old Town! You can feel his passion with every step. I would recommend The Little Fish tours, and hopefully you get Graeme !
Despite the fact we had already spent an entire day walking around old town, our guide Graeme offered information and stories that we would have missed. He was very knowledgeable and clearly has a passion for being a guide and a love of Edinburgh. Would highly recommend.
This tour was hosted by Little Fish and their tour guide, Koffe, was amazing. Knowledgeable, funny and happy to answer all our questions. I'd recommend Little Fish to anyone traveling to Edinburgh
Booked a 2 hour tour with Ben. Very informative tour with lots of interesting and fun anecdotes. An interesting route that avoided the long climbs. Highly recommend to anyone who wants to be informed and entertained.
This was a great experience. Well worth what we paid. Our guide, Max was terrific. Very informative and very funny.
The tour was excellent! Jess was a native of Edinburgh who knew so much and made everything interesting. There are many hills and steps so definitely be in shape and wear comfortable shoes and dress in layers. The weather can change and you want to be prepared.
We all thoroughly enjoyed the tour. If this is your first time in Edinburgh I highly recommend that you take a walking tour. You get information you would not get otherwise! Sonia was terrific!
Graeme was an absolute delight. He is full of historical facts embellished by a writer’s imagination delivered in a Scottish accent with the requisite politeness which did not waver even as we stood under a tree to let the rain pass. He is so enjoyable that we are planning to book his whiskey tour on our way through Edinburgh next week.
Excellent tour. Very entertaining and informative. We all enjoyed it a lot. Matthew was great. Recommend.
Campbell seemed to have the knack of making the tour a fun walk around some of the old town, and he could certainly tell a good story.
A great introduction to old Edinburgh
The tour guide was very personable and open to answering our questions and not just rushing through the tour. Shared some funny stories with us!
Matthew was fantastic. Very knowledgeable but also funny and entertaining. Good way to learn about the city and get your bearings before wandering on your own
Sonia was informative and knowledgeable. She kept the group entertained and engaged for the whole two hours. She encouraged questions and supported answers with facts and trivia.
The guide was fantastic. She was very knowledgeable about recent and historic events. both about Edinburgh and about Scotland.
Max was our tour guide and he was excellent! He is an Edinburgh native and certainly knows his history.
Great tour with Koffe our tour guide who has a passion for history and delivers it an entertaining way.
Very interesting all about old town and history of Edimburgh and Scotland. And a great storytelling by our guide Georgia. Highly reccomendable
Our experience with Koffe today was amazing. He was funny, dynamic and informative. Great tour of Old Town. Highly recommend.
Easy walking, two hour history lesson on Scotland. Very interesting and enjoyable. Our guide Jess was brilliant
First, “Big G” (Graeme) was so personable and incredibly knowledgeable. The history as we explored Old Town was made both fascinating and entertaining! Edinburgh is a city full of history, mystery and architectural delights. And we learned about all of this with one of the best tour guides we ever had.
Thank you Big G!
The tour was great got to wonder around the most emblematic areas of the old town of Edinburgh while Euan our guide told us all about it in a fun, digestible and informative way, perfect combination of history, stories and even some poetry. Would highly recommend.
Excellent, informative, and funny tour. Wonderful guide, Euan made the time fly by. Highly recommended
Max was very knowledgeable regarding Old Town Scottish history. The walking tour was a perfect amount of time & he brought history to life with fun, possibly true stories.
It was very informative . All history about Edinburgh explains very well also give suggestions for local Scottish bar
Don’t forget to bring an umbrella or a raincoat since it rained frequently and did several times during the tour; there’s not any shares of shader cover. Very interesting Tour with stories, history and cool sites. There is not too much walking & we got the history and some places we might not have found on our own and it made the whole trip more enjoyable. Great guide, Matt.
One of the best and most educational ways to learn of the history behind the city is a great guide. Euan was an abundance of qwerky facts and knowledge.
The pace of the walk was great, making sure we all were together to listen and allowing time to take pictures. This ensured no one was left out
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