Edinburgh Castle Guided Walking Tour - Entry Tickets Included
Description
We pre-collect your tickets so that our Castle Tour gives you easy access into Scotland's most iconic fortification. The 1h30 long tour will cover the 3000 year history of Edinburgh Castle and the significant role it has played in shaping Scotland. Tour leaves from our start point at 192 High Street, by the statue of Adam Smith.
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You will be guided through the grounds of Edinburgh Castle. It is worth to note that we can not take you inside any of the Caste Buildings (no tour operator can) but we will give you the rich history of the Castle, it's place in Scottish history and many of it's more unusual tales so that after the tour you will be able to explore the Castle with a much deeper understanding than a casual visitor.
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately.
- Although much of the tour is done inside the castle complex, this will not be under cover.
- Bags over 30L in volume are not permitted inside the castle and the castle does not provide a locker system for the storage of luggage.
- Tour DOES NOT MEET AT THE CASTLE, the tour begins from our start point at 192 High Street, by the statue of Adam Smith
- Please Note - Children, aged 15 and under, will not be able to join the tour unless accompanied by a responsible adult
- Edinburgh Castle is built on top of the core of an old volcano, the ground is often uneven and at times steep. Be prepared to be on your feet for the full duration of the tour. People with mobility issues may not get the most from this tour.
Reviews(5,469)
Excellent tour of Edinburgh Castle. Little Fish Tours and our tour guide was Koffe. He was incredibly engaging and knowledgeable!!
Meeting place is 1/2 mile BELOW the castle, then they walk you up to the castle. Our guide, Koffe, was very friendly and entertaining! He gave an hour and a half overview of the history of the castle, pointing out the buildings and describing what was in each so that when our official tour ended we could decide which parts of the castle we wanted to explore further. Make sure to allow yourself an hour or so longer than the tour lasts so you can go in the buildings and see stuff (like the Crown Jewels)!
Our guide , Jess , was excellent !! She was very informative and engaging. She made the tour very fun and interesting.
This was a great tour for our family (myself, my husband, and kids 18, 16, and 12 years). Matthew was an amazing guide and story teller!! Our kids are still talking about what Matthew told us days later, he made it a very memorable part of our vacation!
Just know it's a tour around the interior of the open castle courtyard. There are many places to enter in there so make time afterwards as this tour only scratched the surface.
It’s very packed. It was sometimes hard to hear our guide over all of the other people and all of the other guides. It also seemed as all the different guides were saying, all kinds of different information and various spots. It would’ve been nice to have the guy be able to take us down into the jail into the chapel, etc.. I definitely wish we just did the headphones. We feel it would been more informative inside the buildings and help cut on the noise and distraction as we walked through.
It was great. Our guide was very knowledgeable and interesting. We highly recommend it . The meeting place and ending spot were easy access.
Directions sent to wrong side of street, so crowded I had hard time finding group, walked us downhill to just walk us back up again, couldn’t hear guide well and he walked way too fast uphill in the crowd. Peeled off and did the tour on my own with audio guide once in.
Tour was great! I thought I had bought a ticket just for entry into the castle. I walked all the way up the hill and was told I had to meet my group down at the bottom of the hill!! Lot's of walking that day - but it was worth it. Our guide was knowledgeable, funny and made the history of the castle very interesting.
Excellent tour of the castle with Steph. She delivered a phenomenal amount of information with humour, stories and honest opinions. I would highly recommend this tour.
