Edinburgh Castle begeleide wandeltocht & Holyrood Palace-ticket
Beschrijving
Ontdek de koninklijke geschiedenis van Edinburgh Ga mee met een rondleiding vanaf 10:00 uur en loop naar Edinburgh Castle, gelegen op Castle Rock. Ontdek de dramatische geschiedenis, van oude veldslagen tot koninklijk leven, en bezoek hoogtepunten zoals de Grote Zaal en de St. Margarethakapel. Later, om 14:00 uur, keer je terug naar het verzamelpunt. Een medewerker begeleidt je naar het Palace of Holyroodhouse, waar je met een audiogids op verkenning gaat. Kom meer te weten over Mary, koningin van de Schotten, en de rol van het paleis in moderne koninklijke bezoeken. Deze ervaring biedt de perfecte mix van deskundige begeleiding en onafhankelijke ontdekking — ideaal voor reizigers die diep in het koninklijke en culturele erfgoed van Schotland willen duiken.
Rondreisopties
Reisroute
Ontmoet je gids om 10:00 uur op het aangewezen ontmoetingspunt en ga op weg naar Edinburgh Castle, dat boven de stad uittorent vanaf zijn dramatische zitplaats op de oude vulkanische rots die bekend staat als Castle Rock. Wandel over de esplanade en ontdek de geschiedenis achter de bouw van het kasteel en de talloze veldslagen die het heeft meegemaakt. Je komt ook langs de beroemde esplanade waar elk jaar de Royal Military Tattoo plaatsvindt. Laat u imponeren door de pracht van de Grote Zaal en de Koninklijke Appartementen. Na afloop van het begeleide gedeelte geniet u van wat vrije tijd om op uw eigen ritme dieper in de vele fascinerende ruimtes van het kasteel te duiken.
Ga vervolgens om 14:00 uur terug naar het ontmoetingspunt, waar een van onze teamleden u zal vergezellen naar het Palace of Holyroodhouse — de officiële Schotse residentie van de Britse monarch. Verken de rijke connecties van het paleis met enkele van Schotlands meest gerenommeerde historische figuren, waaronder Mary, Queen of Scots en Bonnie Prince Charlie. U krijgt ook inzicht in hoe het Paleis de koning vandaag de dag nog steeds dient tijdens koninklijke bezoeken en officiële ceremonies in Schotland.
Hoogtepunten
Wat is inbegrepen
Beoordelingen van reizigers
Belangrijke informatie
- Baby's en kleine kinderen kunnen in een wandel- of kinderwagen mee
- Reizigers moeten ten minste een gemiddelde conditie hebben
Beoordelingen(116)
Very informative.Raj really did a great job showing us around the castle and giving us a bit of a history lesson at the same time
Brilliant tour guide by Ignas. Only concern was the meetup. Confused by the location of the meetup but everything else was perfect. Recommend to go and spend a few hours after to see everything
The meeting point is approximately midpoint between the two (closer to Edinburgh Castle). It’s a bit of a hike to Holyroodhouse (.7 miles) I agree with a previous poster: the tour read as 3 hours, yet we were told to meet for Holyroodhouse entrance tickets at 2, approximately 4 hours just for the castle. We had reserved a taxi for a return to South Queensferry (cruise port). We had padded our return trip, but it trimmed our time at the palace. Our guide, Sonia (sorry about the spelling), was our guide for part one and was absolutely amazing! She gave a well-informed tour of the castle. She was also funny! Our tour with her was ended at the castle and we easily made our way back to the meeting point. It was there that we were given entrance tix to the palace. We were informed that the guides were not allowed IN the palace. We were given included audio guides. We had to scramble, sans guide, to the palace. Although we enjoyed both tours and we were able to reschedule our taxi pickup point, we felt that this part of the tour was not fully explained. The tours, themselves, were excellent. The communication about time needed and the transition needs clarification in the description.
Sonia was a great guide. Lots of interesting and entertaining information.
Gavin was great!! Will recommend to others.
We booked the Edinburgh Castle & Holyrood Palace tour with Somos Escocia (Scotland City Tours) and unfortunately had a very disappointing experience. Due to traffic, we arrived about 5 minutes after the scheduled start time. When we reached the meeting point, there was nobody there to direct us or help us reconnect with the group. It took us additional time to find someone associated with the tour, and only then were we told to look for a guide carrying a black umbrella. Unfortunately, there were numerous tour guides in the area with black umbrellas, making that instruction far from helpful. We spent valuable time trying to locate the group, asking multiple people for assistance, and by the time we finally reached the castle it was around 10:30 a.m. Somos later claimed they had called me, but I had no missed calls or voicemail. Interestingly, once I began texting them, a call came through immediately without any issues. The Holyrood Palace portion was also confusing. The tour is advertised as a 3-hour experience, yet Holyrood is self-guided and required a separate ticket pickup at 2:00 p.m. We were later told we could have collected the tickets earlier, but that was never clearly communicated. I understand group tours cannot wait indefinitely for late arrivals. However, when guests are only a few minutes late, there should be a better process for helping them locate the group rather than simply telling them the guide is already inside the castle. I've booked many tours through Viator and have several more scheduled during this trip. This experience with Somos Escocia was disappointing enough that it made me wish I could cancel every tour I have booked with this operator. I would not book with them again.
Excellent guide in Charlie. So knowledgeable. It's longer than stayed. We met at 10; to do the castle but then didn't meet until 2pm for palace tour
Gavin our guide tour was wonderful and very informative
The BEST guide ever!!!!!❤️🥹🫠
Gavin is a wonderful, and very knowledgeable guide. I highly recommend it.
