Original Harry Potter Locations: Guided Walking Tour in Edinburgh
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Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Experience the magic of the world’s most famous wizard—and discover insider sights and stories you'd miss if exploring alone—on this Harry Potter–themed walking tour of Edinburgh. Alongside your Potter-mad guide, stroll the city's winding streets, and spot the mysterious alleys and atmospheric landmarks that inspired the wizarding world.
- A family-friendly expereince suited to adults and kids alike
- Exploring on foot makes it easy to soak up the city's atmosphere
- Stroll past top attractions such as the Edinburgh Castle
- Learn insider facts and stories from your guide along the way
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- William Chambers Monument45 Chambers St, Edinburgh EH8 9BL, UK
William Chambers Monument 45 Chambers St, Edinburgh EH1 1JF. It just next to the National Museum Entrance. Exact directions to this spot, your guide and a one-tap "running late" are in your SYC Passport: app.seeyour.city, with your Viator booking reference and the surname on the booking.
End point
- Royal MileEdinburgh EH1 1QS, UK
Itinerary
Your magical tour begins by the William Chambers Monument, located in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town. Greet your guide and immerse yourself in the wizarding world of Harry Potter.
Wander through the historic streets of Scotland’s capital, listening to Harry Potter trivia, insider gossip, and the stories behind the making of the movies.
At Castlehill, see the graveyard home that's the final resting place of "He Who Shall Not Be Named," and marvel at the original Diagon Alley facade. Wander down the Royal Mile, head into the bustling shopping district of Princes Street, and admire the Gothic grandeur of Edinburgh Castle.
After several hours of exploring, your tour concludes on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
Wander through the historic streets of Scotland’s capital, listening to Harry Potter trivia, insider gossip, and the stories behind the making of the movies.
At Castlehill, see the graveyard home that's the final resting place of "He Who Shall Not Be Named," and marvel at the original Diagon Alley facade. Wander down the Royal Mile, head into the bustling shopping district of Princes Street, and admire the Gothic grandeur of Edinburgh Castle.
After several hours of exploring, your tour concludes on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
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Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- There is approximately 1.5 miles walking, at an easy pace
- The tour is wheelchair accessible, although there are many hills
- Your interactive tickets, games and concierge live in your SYC Passport: go to app.seeyour.city, enter your Viator booking reference and the surname on the booking.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 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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Travelers praise the knowledgeable and enthusiastic guides who deliver engaging Harry Potter and Edinburgh history with interactive storytelling suitable for all ages. The family-friendly tour balances pacing well, maintaining interest without feeling rushed. Interactive elements like trivia and house sorting enhance engagement and enjoyment. While the tour is generally well organized and efficient, a few travelers note minor route inefficiencies and occasional crowd confusion. Overall, the experience is described as fun, informative, and smoothly coordinated.
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Today, we joined the Harry Potter walking tour with See Your City, and we had a fantastic experience!
A big thank you to Orla and Fern for being so friendly, kind, and welcoming. They did a wonderful job showing us around the city, sharing interesting stories and fascinating facts, and taking us to some special Harry Potter-related locations. They also recommended lovely cafés where we could enjoy some delicious food.
We truly enjoyed the tour and learned so much along the way. Thank you, Orla and Fern, for making the experience so memorable!
I would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting the city, especially Harry Potter fans!
The walk took us to many JK Rowling sites. The city seems to not have embraced the Harry Potter following enough for stores and others to provide many choices for we HP fans. Frank was awesome.
It was great to see so many places that inspired JK. Our guide, Robbie was very knowledgeable, enthusiastic and an incredible guide for a few hours.
This was a fun walking tour- Harrison kept it fun for adults and kids! A lot of Happy Potter knowledge as well as some local history
Robbie was magnificent!! We loved his “performance”. He was lively and truly knew everything Harry Potter. Giving each person a HOUSE card for the team quizzing was such a fun part of the tour.
Robbie did a very nice job.
His personality made the tour come alive. He was very knowledgeable about everything and made it so fun!
This tour is a must for fans of the Harry Potter books and movies. Our tour guide ORLA was very knowledgeable about the different locations around Edinburgh that could have served as inspiration for the Harry Potter books and movies.
Frank was amazing. His knowledge of
JK Rowling was astonishing. His story telling was impressive and convincing.
I will definitely be doing this Harry Potter tour again.
A wonderful experience. Thank you Frank
:-)
Harrison was an excellent tour guide !! Very knowledgeable with some humor and made the tour fun and entertaining!!
Robbie was a brilliant tour guide. Very engaging and interactive. Very knowledgeable. Great pace. Fab way to see Edinburgh on foot and lean about the origins of some of the Harry Potter characters and location inspiration.
Robby was an absolutely amazing tour guide! The tour had everything we hoped for: fantastic Harry Potter knowledge, entertaining stories, humour and plenty of magic. His enthusiasm made the whole experience engaging and brought Edinburgh’s Harry Potter connections to life. We thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend this tour, especially with Robby!
This tour provides a deep background on how JK Rowling developed the Harry Potter book series. It focuses on her life in Edinburgh and local influences on her characters. Our guide Monique was friendly, knowledgeable, and entertaining. She provided helpful "after-tour" tips for lunch, shopping, etc.
Frank was a very entertaining tour guide. He was interesting and made the whole experience fun. It wasn’t film locations but still I found out a lot about JK Rowing and Edinburgh
Kieran was fabulous! Very knowledgeable, well spoken (also actually was able to hear him even with busy street noises), and he made the tour fun with some trivia.
Kieran was a fabulous guide! Very engaging and knowledgeable. It was loads of fun walking about and enjoying the sights.
The guide, Orla, was engaging and very knowledgable about Harry Potter! I personally liked the graveyard part of the tour. Thank you!
Harrison was a fantastic guide and we loved hearing more about the influence of Edinburgh on the Harry Potter series. We all learned new things and our daughter loved the trivia questions along the way! Great tour for any Harry Potter fans.
Kiernan was an incredible guide, we would have followed him around the city all day!! The tour stops were great and Kiernan was so knowledgeable and had so many fun trivia questions for us to make it interactive. I would do this tour again!
The tour is fun and full of actual references to Harry Potter in the city. Also during the tour you get to know some history about the city and some places such as the grassmarket, which I thought it was awesome to understand more about the city and near sites. The tour is very fun for Harry Potter die hard fans because Vivian got us in a trivia challenge, so that is a fun way to go get along the tour. She made a wonderful job y and it seems like she loves her job, so very much recommended. Overall is a very interesting and fun way to get to know about Harry Potter relationship with the city and walk around this beautiful city.
A very knowledgeable and experienced guide who made the entire experience even more fun and engaging! The combination of visiting all the iconic locations and hearing fascinating behind the scenes stories made the tour truly unforgettable!
The graveyard is very cool! The other Harry potter stops are fun as well but the graveyard is definitely the highlight.
Kieran was very good at this tour. He had a good voice level and came with the right energy quizzing our Harry Potter knowledge along the way after having sorted us into the 4 houses. This was a fun idea that kept us smiling. He was friendly and kind offering tips at the end of the tour and had a good pace for the trip. All in all a nice experience.
Loved the trivia while walking the streets from each sight. Our guide was so funny. Sometimes with these types of tours the guides can be a little boring, but not ours! It was great!
Orla, our guide, was very knowledgeable and super friendly. We really enjoyed learning more about Scotland and Edinburgh's history along with all the info on the inspiration for Harry Potter.
Kieran was very knowledgeable and fun. He made the tour great. I would recommend this tour to anyone traveling to Scotland.
This tour is a must-do for any Harry Potter fan! Our guide, a student at the University of Edinburgh, was extremely knowledgeable and provided fascinating, in-depth information about the places that inspired the author. The tour was engaging, informative, and a wonderful way to discover the connections between Edinburgh and the magical world of Harry Potter. Highly recommended!
Read Yor books to answer the trivia questions, but even for those of us who didn’t brush up in advance, the tour was totally enjoyable. Kieran gave us lots of background on the various stops. Well worth it for Potter fans (and hangers-on, too)
What a fun way to start the morning of our first full day in Edinburgh. Frank was so knowledgeable about Edinburgh, JK Rowling and Harry Potter. We had a fun competition between houses and left with more knowledge about the city we will be visiting for the next week or so! Thanks Frank!
Unfortunately we had a French guide and a large group. Due to his accent and the size of the group he was hard to understand. After a while we just walked away
Frank was an amazing tour guide! I loved that the tour included history of Edinburgh as well. Definitely recommend doing this tour!!
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