Edinburgh Walking Tour with Castle Ticket Included

Your tour begins in Edinburgh’s New Town

Meet your guide at the edge of Edinburgh’s New Town, next to the Johnnie Walker entrance. Get a quick route overview, then step off toward the city’s grandest façades and stories.

Stroll the Georgian streets of the New Town

Walk past neoclassical terraces and elegant town squares that remade Edinburgh in the eighteenth century. Learn how this “planned city” shaped daily life, fashion, and the reputations of its most famous residents.

Step inside the Georgian House

Enter a preserved townhouse to see how Edinburgh’s upper class lived, from formal drawing rooms to period details in the interiors. Your guide points out the social codes and small design choices that signaled status.

Browse the Scottish National Gallery’s Scottish masters

Pause among paintings that capture Scotland’s shifting identity, from portraiture to Romantic landscapes. Your guide highlights a few key works so the collection feels readable, not overwhelming.

Follow the Royal Mile into the Old Town

Next, trade symmetry for steep closes, worn stone steps, and medieval street lines that funnel toward the castle rock. Along the way, hear stories of reformations, trials, and the writers who turned Edinburgh into a literary city.