Edinburgh Castle: Guided Walking Tour

Discover the rich history of Edinburgh Castle on a walking tour. Explore the fortress, learn about Scotland’s monarchs, and visit museums and historic sites. Entrance included.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Edinburgh Castle - Explore one the most important fortresses in the history of Scotland. Walk inside the castle for 1 hour and 10 minutes to enjoy the wonderful royal palace, where Mary Queen of Scots once lived, and admire the Great Hall of the 16th century where parties and feast took place.

After the exploration with a guide, you can spend a free time inside the castle until closing time

What's Included
  • Entrance ticket & Edinburgh Castle Guided Tour
  • Entrance fees
What's Not Included
  • Pet Not allowed. Only guide dog.
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Scotland’s second-most-popular tourist attraction as you learn about the bloody history including stories of the kings and queens who lived in this castle.
There is evidence of a fort here for almost 3000 years, and it has been a royal castle since at least King David I’s reign in the 12th century. The Scottish monarchs continued to use it until 1633,…

Location
361 High St
High Street
Meet in front of the entrance to Advocates Close, opposite (St. Giles’ Cathedral) . Look for the black umbrella with the tour provider's yellow logo.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Nathanrx6076mg
May 6, 2025
Great tour of Edinburgh Castle - Sonia was a great tour guide, very knowledgeable. Lots of info that you would miss if you went without a guide. Highly recommend.
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810kanep
May 6, 2025
Love you Raj - Raj was very knowledgeable and humorous I would recommend this to anyone! I especially enjoyed the personal touch and person-ability
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Christophe
May 6, 2025
Raj is my best guide ever! - Excellent guided visit with the guide named RAJ. His presentation was very concise and passionate. He presents Scottish history in a very interesting way. My best guide ever!!
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Martingi4495sq
May 6, 2025
Easy and Informative - Ray was the perfect guide for this trip. We wanted an early tour of the castle, and fit the bill. It was a larger group than we usually like, but it felt really informative and entertaining and helped ground us in some Scottish and castle history.
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Khershin
May 5, 2025
Lovely walking tour of Edinburgh Castle - Our walking tour guide was Ross. He was very knowledgeable, very entertaining and really did a good job explaining and introducing the Edinburgh Castle. Lovely tour, a must when you visit Edinburgh!
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Marlisad2025
May 5, 2025
A lovely walking tour! - Lovely and most informative walk around the castle! Massive thanks to Tommy and Jenny for sharing their wealth of knowledge!
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Tristanru2826ro
May 5, 2025
Engaging and Informative - Sofia was brilliant. Very knowledgeable, humour was top notch and she took the time to get to know her tour group and answer everyone’s questions after the tour had finished.
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Virajmehta21
May 5, 2025
Great weather, perfect tour - Nice weather and Sonia has been a wonderful tour guide taking us through 900+ year old history of the castle and its residents. Highly recommend
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N3820yjandresp
May 5, 2025
Wonderful tour!!! - We enjoyed the wonderful tour. Sonja was knowledgeable and highly entertaining. Definitely worth the experience!!!
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Cheryl_m
May 5, 2025
. First of all we had a hard time finding our tour guide once we did the group was too large for us to hear - Overbooked exclamation mark too many people in a tour group we couldn't hear anything this guy was saying and there are numerous numerous tour groups. We had a hard time finding the Meetup place in the end we just took our overpriced tickets and went by ourselves. Never ever again! Don't waste your money
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).