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No minimum number of attendeesNo minimum number of attendees is required for the tour
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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
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Edinburgh is my home city, however, I lived in Spain for 23 years, 2 in Madrid and 20 in Rioja and I am a fluent Spanish speaker. I returned home and fell in love with Edinburgh seeing it in a new light. I trained as an Edinburgh Guide in 2012 and have been leading walking tours, including food tours in Edinburgh since 2013. I write and during lockdown I had my first poems published. I love guiding as it lets me live a wonderful Yin Yan life guiding and writing. I look forward to welcoming you to my city.
Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, the principal street of the medieval old town, is one of the most famous streets in the world.
Named because it is approximately one mile from the Royal residence of the iconic Castle at the top and the Royal Residence of the Palace at the bottom. Leading from West to East, it is divided into five sections and one of its principal features are the many narrow alleyways, called “closes” that lead off the Mile, to both north and south. This creates an unusual visual feature, captured on early maps and confirmed by aerial photography that the Royal Mile looks like a fish skeleton.
Some places we will see:
and many more.
Useful information:
- Endpoint outside of Scottish Parliament.
- Edinburgh is a city with a lot of hills but this is the downward route please wear comfortable shoes.
Come and join me, I'm local and love my home city, and a trained guide on this tour to weave in and out of the bones, to explore in-depth the layout and hear about the history and the many stories of the closes that join the backbone of the Royal Mile
I will be outside the Festival Hub, the Converted Church at start of Castlehill. I will be wearing a black rain hat with white Polka Dots
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).
