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- German
- English
- French
- Spanish
You step into Edinburgh’s streets with a private local guide where novels breathe between stone walls. At Greyfriars Kirkyard you trace names that inspired wizards. In Potterrow you hear echoes of student life and fleeting music. Outside a quiet corner once called Spoon you picture Rowling’s pen moving fast. The National Museum surrounds you with relics that stir stories untold. At The Elephant House you sense the aroma of coffee blending with magic on the page. You finish on Victoria Street beneath façades that curve like sentences. This private two-hour walk carries you through places where literature, history, and imagination meet.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
We’ll meet you at the gates of Greyfriars Kirkyard on Greyfriars Place. Your guide will welcome you among historic stones that whisper names and stories.
Your tour ends on Victoria Street, where colourful façades rise in curves that inspired worlds of fiction.
Itinerary
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1Greyfriars
Step among tilted stones where history meets imagination. Names carved here live on in novels known worldwide.
17 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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Hear the hum of student life and faint notes of music. Imagine writers drawing from this energy and youth.
16 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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Stand where Rowling once shaped her early chapters. Picture pen on paper as the city moved outside.
17 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4National Museum of Scotland
Enter a hall alive with relics and whispers of time. Stories here unfold through objects that invite reflection.
17 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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Smell roasted coffee drifting through air once filled with words. Pause outside the café that nurtured a new world.
17 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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Walk a curving lane alive with colour and craft. Let façades guide your eyes upward toward stories yet to be written.
17 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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