Edinburgh Private Tour: Customized City Discovery with Local Guide

Embark on a customized private tour of Edinburgh with a local guide. Explore famous attractions and hidden gems, indulge in local cuisine, and create a flexible itinerary based on your interests.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Scott Monument - Embark on a journey to discover the city’s most renowned landmarks in a single day - Explore prominent attractions such as Edinburgh Castle and Scott Monument, along with hidden gems like Dean Village or Dr Neil’s Garden.
    IMPORTANT: Since this is a bespoke and individualized experience, the actual locations you explore may vary from the ones mentioned, as they will be selected by your guide according to your personal tastes and inclinations.
What's Included
  • 100% Private and personalised experience
  • Walking tour
  • Hotel meet-up (optional for central locations)
  • 8 hours with a Local host
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Tickets to any attractions
  • Transportation costs
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Explore the renowned landmarks of Edinburgh, along with some hidden treasures. Pay a visit to places like the Edinburgh Castle and Scott Monument, as well as less crowded locations like Dean Village or Dr Neil’s Garden. Don’t forget to taste the local cuisine and whisky in Old Town.

A short questionnaire will reach you within 24 hours of your booking, asking about your preferences and hobbies. This will help us match you with a host who shares your interests. Your host will then contact you directly, proposing an itinerary that’s tailored to your likes and what makes the city special. A meet-up time and location will be agreed upon. Remember, your itinerary is adaptable, allowing you to modify your plans as you wish during your visit.

  • After booking, you will receive a short questionnaire, so you’ll be able to tell us more about your interests and preferences. Based on your responses you’ll be matched with a like-minded Local Host
  • Meeting Point
  • Your meeting point is flexible, and to be agreed with your Local Host. Meet-up at your hotel or accommodation can be requested, or your Local Host will meet you at a convenient location close to the start of your experience.
Location
Harvey Nichols Edinburgh
Saint Andrew Square
Upon booking your meeting point can be arranged (e.g. your hotel/accommodation), however this MUST be confirmed and agreed by the experience planners in advance.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Danf175
Aug 31, 2024
Excellent walking tour of Edinburgh's Old Town - My wife and I took a scintillating two-hour of Edinburgh's Old Town with Tom Darling. As we walked around, he gave us a sense of what life was life for ordinary people over the last few centuries, an overview of the city's history, and some entertaining anecdotes. Hard to do all that in just two hours but he made it happen.
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948marthaa
Aug 24, 2024
Great Personalized Tour of Edinburgh Plus Lunch at Local Pub - My husband and I did a tour with Gee for 3 hours incorporating our personal interests in sites in Edinburgh and including a stop at a local pub for lunch in which we were invited to try some local food. We were traveling with another couple who are very good friends of ours and were able to walk the city and see Dean Village, Grassmarket, a quick peak at the Royal Mile (we didn't want to spend tons of time there since it is so busy with tourists), both Old Town and New Town, Outlander site, Calton Hill and points of interest along the way between these spots. Gee was a wonderful guide and made the whole experience a high point of our time in Edinburgh. He shared many interesting and fun stories full of the history of Edinburgh. At the pub, we enjoyed (even though we doubted we would) Cullen Skink, Boiled Scottish eggs, Haggis Spring Rolls, and Smoked Salmon. Thanks to Gee's gentle nudge we tried them all and loved them. We highly recommend Gee as this was one of the most fun things we did while there and we loved it that he tailored it specifically to what we had expressed we were interested in through a questionnaire provided prior to our arrival. We felt he went above and beyond our expectations for this tour. Take the tour with Gee and you won't be sorry you did!!
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Longhorn123texas
Aug 19, 2024
Edinburgh History and Gin! - We had a great experience with Tom learning about the history of Edinburgh while making various gin stops. Tom has an enthusiasm for Edinburgh and that coupled with his knowledge and experience of the city made for a great outing.
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Dawn368
Aug 17, 2024
A tour to take to give you plenty of tips and ideas of what Edinburgh has to offer. - Jill was a great ambassador for the company guided by what we wanted to get out of the tour she had lots of interesting facts and ideas making a tour well worth doing.
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X3809ujjamesm
Aug 4, 2024
Tremendous private tour of Edinburgh - Our tour guide, Gains, was simply incredible. His expansive knowledge of all things Edinburgh related, coupled with his passion for history made the tour a wonderful experience.
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Cathm156
Jul 24, 2024
Beautiful walk along the river and in such a pretty neighborhood - Despite the rain, I was lucky enough to have a very, very nice walk. Lots of very, very interesting information. A suitable walking pace to see everything. My host was very very interesting in his speech about what was to see.
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Garzablanc
Jul 22, 2024
Pleasant experience - Excellent experience, worth the It is worth the effort to walk 7 km around the city of Edinburgh Amazing places worthy of great photographs
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Robtd5374tb
Jul 16, 2024
Very informative and personable - My guide Doug was very informative and personable. I had a great time! The tour was customized to the different types of whiskies I like. He took me to an assortment of locations to try different ones and also pointed out different features in Edinburgh.
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638abigailk
Jul 11, 2024
Lot of info in a little time - Got what I wanted- a little bit of history, some fun facts, hidden gems, tips on shopping- in less than 4 hours. Jill was on time, and was very generous with accomodating requests for food and bathroom breaks.
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Jane_k
Jul 5, 2024
Provided with incorrect... - Provided with incorrect information from Viator. They also committed to calling me back but never did, when I rang to seek a refund as the tour did not include what I asked for
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