Walk Talk Tours - Edinburgh
The capital of Scotland is among northern Europe’s most beautiful cities and welcomes more than two million visitors each year. Edinburgh is rich in cultural and features a number of sights, places to shop and venues to eat out. Visitors to the city can explore and discover this attractive and enjoyable city on foot with the help of the Walk Talk Tours guides to Edinburgh.
Walk Talk Tours offers two different two-hour long trails around the city which help you to find the best locations and attractions and to learn and understand more about the capital’s past and its interesting features. The first tour is entitled The Royal Mile and More, while the second tour is called the Old and New Towns. Each of the tours is available in English at a cost of £5.95 with discounts on offer for larger parties and families. There are also savings for those who buy both tours together.
All you need to be able to go on a Walk Talk Tour of Edinburgh is an MP3 player, an iPod or a mobile phone with a music player. Firstly, go to the tour website and choose the trail which you would prefer and then you are ready to make the purchase. Next, download the guide onto your computer and then transfer it onto your MP3 player, iPod or mobile phone. Finally, print out the map and then you are ready to hit the streets of Edinburgh!
Tour 1 – The Royal Mile and More. The first tour begins at in front of Edinburgh Castle on the castle esplanade where you can learn more about the building’s past while taking in some spectacular views of the city. The trail then makes its way down towards the city, past the Witches Well, the Deacon Brodie’s Tavern, the Elephant House and Greyfriar’s Bobby. As its name suggests the route then travels along the popular Royal Mile before ending up at the Queen’s official Scottish residence at the Palace of Holyrood House.
Tour 2 – Old and New Towns. Like Tour 1 this tour starts from Edinburgh Castle and tells of the dominating structure’s rich history. The views from here are fantastic. It then heads down some steps to the city’s oldest pub – the White Hart Inn, before passing by the Museum on the Mound, the National Gallery of Scotland and the Princes Street Gardens. Listeners walk into St Andrew Square, before passing the Church of St Andrew and St George and the Assembly Rooms. The tour ends at Charlotte Square, one of Edinburgh’s most prestigious addresses.
Walk Talk Tours also offers guides to other cities in the UK – there are five tours around London, one trail in Manchester and one which explores the heritage and elegance of York.