Edinburgh Walk Tour - Royal Mile & Grassmarket

Edinburgh Walk Tour - Royal Mile & Grassmarket (English/Mandarin)

Are you interested in the history of witchhunting in Presbyterian Scotland? Do you want to have the experience of pacing through a 500-year-old close? And do you want to learn about the origin of names of streets and sites in the Old Town of Edinburgh?

If your answer is 'yes', please join our walking tour. In this tour, I will lead you through two historical parts of Edinburgh, the Royal Mile and Grassmarket. I will let you know that Scotland is more than pipes, kilts, whisky and haggis and Scottish history is much more than Robert Bruce and William Wallace.

Tour Information

Tour Guide and Time

Tours will be led by Archie. English tours start at 11.00 a.m. and Mandarin tours start at 1.30 p.m. The tour takes around 90 minutes (1.5 hours).

Our Route

(1) The Witches' Well (Outside the Edinburgh Castle, start of the tour)
(2) Castle Hill
(3) Lawnmarket (including Lady Stair's Close & Makars' Court)
(4) Advocate's Close
(5) Cockburn Street
(6) High Street & St Giles' Cathedral
(7) Victoria Street
(8) Grassmarket (end of the tour)

Some Highlights of the Tour

~ Visit the the Witches' Well and learn about the cruel side of Scottish Presbyterianism
~ Feel the highs and lows of the Old Town (which was built upon an extinct volcano)
~ Learn about history and demography of Edinburgh and the Royal Mile
~ View the Edinburgh Castle from the best side

Looking forward to meeting you in Auld Reekie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿