Edinburgh Castle: Express Guided Tour with Entry Ticket
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Express Guided Tour with Entry Ticket
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- Please bring comfortable shoes and dress appropriately for the weather.
- This tour covers the castle grounds and is outdoors only as guides cannot access inside of the buildings during the tour. After the tour ends, you may explore inside the buildings independently.
- Bags over 30L and suitcases are not permitted inside Edinburgh Castle.
- Scan the QR code on your voucher to download the Edinburgh city audio guide before arrival.
- Areas of the Edinburgh Castle grounds may be closed on short notice by the castle authorities.
- The voucher is valid only on the specified date (and time if applicable)
- This voucher is NOT an entry ticket
- Meet your guide in front of the entrance to Advocates Close, opposite St. Giles' Cathedral. Look for the black umbrella with the Scotland City Tours' yellow logo. Please arrive 5 minutes before your booked timeslot.
- Please dress appropriately for the weather as the tour will be outdoors.
- If you have any questions, please reach out to us at customer@voxcity.com or call +1 (636) 367-3082. Our opening hours are from 7:00am to 7:00pm CET, Monday to Sunday.
- Address: Advocate's Close, Edinburgh EH1 1ND
- Meet your guide in front of the entrance to Advocates Close, opposite St. Giles' Cathedral. Look for the black umbrella with the Scotland City Tours' yellow logo. Please arrive 5 minutes before your booked timeslot.
- Castlehill, Edinburgh
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Guide
- Enjoy a quick tour of the castle highlights
- Hear stories about how this royal residence was also a prison
- At your own pace, explore inside St Margaret’s Chapel and see the crown jewels
- Take a snap of the impressive medieval siege cannon
Start by meeting your guide at the entrance to Advocates Close. From there, you’ll follow in the footsteps of royalty (and even pirates) as you enter Edinburgh Castle.
As you discover the castle grounds, hear stories about how this fortress was once the residence for Mary, Queen of Scots, and a prison during the Napoleonic Wars. Take a snap of the six-tonnes Mons Meg (a medieval cannon), and admire the Royal Palace.
Afterwards, explore this UNESCO World Heritage Site at your own pace, and step inside St Margaret's Chapel, Scottish National War Memorial and more.
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Edinburgh Castle
Guidebook
- Enjoy a quick tour of the castle highlights
- Hear stories about how this royal residence was also a prison
- At your own pace, explore inside St Margaret’s Chapel and see the crown jewels
- Take a snap of the impressive medieval siege cannon
Start by meeting your guide at the entrance to Advocates Close. From there, you’ll follow in the footsteps of royalty (and even pirates) as you enter Edinburgh Castle.
As you discover the castle grounds, hear stories about how this fortress was once the residence for Mary, Queen of Scots, and a prison during the Napoleonic Wars. Take a snap of the six-tonnes Mons Meg (a medieval cannon), and admire the Royal Palace.
Afterwards, explore this UNESCO World Heritage Site at your own pace, and step inside St Margaret's Chapel, Scottish National War Memorial and more.