SCOTLAND
Scotland's standouts.
The 10 most-booked tickets tours in Scotland. What each day actually includes, who runs it, and what you can expect to pay.
Edinburgh Castle guided walking tour with entry ticket: royal palace stories, Great Hall history, photo stops, and time to explore.
“The tour guide Mel was amazing. So funny, knowledgeable and made the whole experience so great! Highly recommend!”
Skip the line into Edinburgh Castle on a 90-minute guided walk with priority entry, War Museum and Crown Jewels, then roam on your own.
“Alasdair was a wonderful tour guide! Super informative and entertaining. We enjoyed the tour thoroughly would highly recommend him and it!”
Skip-the-line Edinburgh Castle guided tour with tickets included. Get context on the Royal Mile, Mons Meg, St Margaret’s Chapel, and the Honours.
“Fantastic with David, we explored a lot, through a blend of knowledge and humour. Great fun, enjoyed thoroughly”
Royal Edinburgh Ticket bundles 48-hour hop-on hop-off buses with guaranteed entry to Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace, and Royal Yacht Britannia.
“Drivers of the HOHO Buses are nice. People at the station are nice and helpful. Only suggestion is to give exact address of the Information Centre to redeem tickets as the information I had was just Waterloo Place but don’t know the address so hard to find from map.”
Walk Edinburgh’s Royal Mile to Edinburgh Castle with a guided Old Town tour, included castle entry, and a shot at the One O’Clock Gun.
“While our guide was knowledgeable and the tour itself interesting, this provider was not as well organised as we expected. We were late starting and we waited in the cold for 15 minutes at Edinburgh Castle for tickets to be sorted out. We felt like the provider was going through the motions with a captive…”
Step into Edinburgh Dungeon for interactive dark-history fun with jump scares, audience participation, and the Drop Dead Ride finale. Mobile ticket.
“Fantastic morning at the dungeons very friendly staff and loved the whole experience! The only disappointing part was that the drop ride was broken down and also one of the room that we went in broke down and we had to leave the room which was abit gutting, but overall we enjoyed our experience”
Fast entry and an award-winning audio tour at Peterhead Prison Museum, letting you walk through Scotland’s high-security convict past.
“Really wasn't sure what to expect always had an interest in Prison . This is the first one I've been out. Thoroughly enjoyed the tour”
General admission to Sea Life Loch Lomond with reef predators, Scotland’s shark collection, a tunnel shipwreck view, and a starfish touch pool.
“Unfortunately we were unable to go due to having to self isolate but was unable to get a refund which is not good as every thing else we were due to attend made a full refund!!”
Timed Palace of Holyroodhouse admission on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile with a multimedia guide through Mary, Queen of Scots’ rooms.
“Advance ticket purchase almost a must. You may not get in as a walk-up as it can get very busy (my visit was in late September). The palace audio tour is very good, lots of information but not overwhelming. I had seen the outside of the palace on previous visits to Edinburgh but wanted to…”
A guided Edinburgh Castle highlights tour from the Royal Mile with entry ticket, map, and time to explore at your pace afterward.
“John the tour guide was fabulous. Gave us loads of history with a great sense of humour pointing out all the points of interest and where to go next on out visit to Edinburgh. We thoroughly enjoyed it thank you”
