Edinburgh: Walking Tour With Historian and Comedian
Comedy club meets history class on this walking tour. Explore Old Town Edinburgh’s highlights and ask anything you want to know about Scotland. Your guide is a local, professional, stand-up comedian with a Master’s degree in Scottish history, and is guaranteed to make you laugh yourself silly.
Highlights
- ✓Soak up the atmosphere of Edinburgh's Old Town on foot
- ✓Learn about Scottish history while having a laugh
- ✓Guide is an actual Scotsman who wears a kilt
- ✓Check off several city highlights, including Edinburgh Castle
What you'll see & do
- ✓The tour starts at the world famous Monkey Barrel Comedy club where I find out a little about you, you learn a little more about me (more than you probably care to know!) I teach you some of my favourite Scottish vocabulary and then we set off on our Old Town adventure..!!
- ✓Edinburgh's most iconic and historic High Street
- ✓The spot where trade occurred in medieval Edinburgh as well as everything from royal proclamations to punishments
- ✓The most significant religious site in the old town it played a key role in the reformation and is the resting place of swashbuckling characters such as the 'Great Montrose'
- ✓We stop outside the Writers museum for a comic take on some of Edinburgh's most famous literary figures
- ✓We stop for a stunning panorama of the south side of Edinburgh castle and learn about the daring raid of Edinburgh Castle by Sir Thomas Randolph in March 1314
- ✓Edinburgh's centre for law and disorder a bustling market place where justice was handed out in the form of public executions.
- ✓Our final stop is Greyfriars Kirkyard steeped in historical significance, gruesome stories of Edinburgh's bodysnatchers, ghosts, Harry Potter and of course Edinburgh's most famous dog Greyfriars Bobby
What's included
- ✓Guide
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
*Strictly for ages 16 and over
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Edinburgh: Walking Tour With Historian and Comedian
Comedy club meets history class on this walking tour. Explore Old Town Edinburgh’s highlights and ask anything you want to know about Scotland. Your guide is a local, professional, stand-up comedian with a Master’s degree in Scottish history, and is guaranteed to make you laugh yourself silly.
Highlights
- ✓Soak up the atmosphere of Edinburgh's Old Town on foot
- ✓Learn about Scottish history while having a laugh
- ✓Guide is an actual Scotsman who wears a kilt
- ✓Check off several city highlights, including Edinburgh Castle
What you'll see & do
- ✓The tour starts at the world famous Monkey Barrel Comedy club where I find out a little about you, you learn a little more about me (more than you probably care to know!) I teach you some of my favourite Scottish vocabulary and then we set off on our Old Town adventure..!!
- ✓Edinburgh's most iconic and historic High Street
- ✓The spot where trade occurred in medieval Edinburgh as well as everything from royal proclamations to punishments
- ✓The most significant religious site in the old town it played a key role in the reformation and is the resting place of swashbuckling characters such as the 'Great Montrose'
- ✓We stop outside the Writers museum for a comic take on some of Edinburgh's most famous literary figures
- ✓We stop for a stunning panorama of the south side of Edinburgh castle and learn about the daring raid of Edinburgh Castle by Sir Thomas Randolph in March 1314
- ✓Edinburgh's centre for law and disorder a bustling market place where justice was handed out in the form of public executions.
- ✓Our final stop is Greyfriars Kirkyard steeped in historical significance, gruesome stories of Edinburgh's bodysnatchers, ghosts, Harry Potter and of course Edinburgh's most famous dog Greyfriars Bobby
What's included
- ✓Guide
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
*Strictly for ages 16 and over
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.