Old Town Walking Tour History and Tales in Edinburgh
Recommended by 97% 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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Reviews
4.9
based on 2,325 reviews
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Karen_F, Sep 2026
The guide was fantastic. She was very knowledgeable about recent and historic events. both about Edinburgh and about Scotland.
Joanne_B, Sep 2026
Max was our tour guide and he was excellent! He is an Edinburgh native and certainly knows his history.
Claire_J, Aug 2026
Great tour with Koffe our tour guide who has a passion for history and delivers it an entertaining way.
Antonio_R, Aug 2026
Very interesting all about old town and history of Edimburgh and Scotland. And a great storytelling by our guide Georgia. Highly reccomendable
Tracey_B, Aug 2026
Our experience with Koffe today was amazing. He was funny, dynamic and informative. Great tour of Old Town. Highly recommend.
Colin_H, Aug 2026
Easy walking, two hour history lesson on Scotland. Very interesting and enjoyable. Our guide Jess was brilliant
Robert_T, Aug 2026
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!
Maria_B, Aug 2026
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.
len_n, Aug 2026
Excellent, informative, and funny tour. Wonderful guide, Euan made the time fly by. Highly recommended
Donna_d, Aug 2026
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.
Piyush_B, Aug 2026
It was very informative . All history about Edinburgh explains very well also give suggestions for local Scottish bar
Robyn_B, Aug 2026
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.
Mike_G, Jul 2026
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
Missy_C, Jul 2026
We booked this tour the 1st day of our stay in Scotland. It was easy to find our tour guide with the directions provided. We saw a few monuments and buildings, but stayed in one area mostly on/off High Street. I was hoping to see a bit more. The streets were crowded. Our tour guide was knowledgeable and did a good job navigating and sharing stories of some notorious characters in Scotland's history.
Sandra_B, Jul 2026
For our first time in Edinburgh this tour was a must. The guide was very good and also fun. We recommend it
Rhonda_T, Jul 2026
Our guide was so knowable & made the tour group we were in really into old Edinburgh! It made me love it even more. Thank you so much!!
RICHARD_B, Jul 2026
Rather uninspiring and too much opinion from the guide rather than facts. Too much politics for comfort.
Christina_D, Jul 2026
Koffe was fantastic. He has incredible historical knowledge and is a fantastic storyteller. We learned a lot and were thoroughly entertained. I highly recommend!!!
Laura_S, Jul 2026
Euan gave us a great tour of old Edinburgh! He was very knowledgeable and entertaining :) So much of Scottish history involves fighting the English!
Kathleen_B, Jul 2026
Tour overbooks the number of people in the tour group making it impossible to hear your guide when you are caught being in the outer circle. We counted more than 35-40. You would need an audio vox to hear. We couldn't hear anything and after 2 stops, it was vividly apparent it wouldn't get better and walked off. Wasted our $$ on this tour.
Hena_H, Jul 2026
nice old town walk. learned a lot about the history . the guide was very knowledgeable. we learned a lot about the his
yvind_K, Jul 2026
This tour was a great experience and very good value for money. Our guide Coffe was welcoming, knowledgeable and above all a great story teller. Highly recommended for everyone who want to know more of the history of the city and some of the many characters that have shaped it.
Louis_P, Jul 2026
A very interesting and fun walking tour of Edinburgh’s old town with a fantastic guide called Koffe.
A gentle stroll around some amazing monuments and buildings rich with history
Helen_R, Jul 2026
This walking tour is absolutely worth it if you want to learn some of Edinburghs history - very interesting!
Cindy_W, Jul 2026
Campbell gave us a great historical walking tour of old town – we learned a lot of Edinburgh‘s rich history, and he was very entertaining and funny.
Tim_W, Jul 2026
Great tour. We were lucky to have Ben as a guide. He was funny, informative and really responsive to our questions. It was a really good experience and I’d recommend it to anyone.
Lewis_S, Jul 2026
A most enjoyable two hours with Euan. Whether the stories or historical content, it's a tour I would recommend to all visitors.
Andrea_C, Jul 2026
It's very informative. Our guild went back all the way to prehistoric times to explain the formation of the landscape l.
MaryEllen_F, Jul 2026
Excellent tour! Best to do this at the beginning of your stay but would still be worthwhile. Our guide was fabulous, I apologize I cannot remember her name right now. She did introduce herself. She was extremely knowledgeable and very engaging.
Christopher_K, Jun 2026
Welcoming, informative, fun. A great experience. Value for money. Koffe our guide was approachable, polite, knowledgeable, and personal - a competent guide. I enjoyed it and Koffe was a great storyteller. Recommend.
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