FREE AUDIO TOUR FOR USE WITH GOOGLE STREET VIEW!
Until you can come to Edinburgh, let 7 Hills Tours and Google Street View bring Edinburgh and its wonderful history to you! We’ve created a free part-by-part audiovisual tour of the upper third of Edinburgh’s iconic Royal Mile, telling stories of the Old Town, and picking out fascinating details – all the way from the Castle gates down to the Lawnmarket. The sections are 20-30 minutes long, and you can pause the audio and browse on the topics and people we meet at any time. Just tee up Google Street View at the start point for each episode, start the audio, and you’re off into Old Edinburgh!
Once normal visiting is resumed, look out for our planned audio walking tour tracks, which will cover the other sections of the Royal Mile!
Episode 1 - The Castle and Esplanade - starting point Castle Esplanade, in front of Castle gate
Episode 2 - Castlehill - starting point Castle Esplanade, looking down Royal Mile
Episode 3 - The Upper Bow to Cowgate - starting point foot of Castlehill
Episode 4 - The Lawnmarket - starting point foot of Castlehill
Grateful thanks to the fantastic Kevin Macleod for permission to use his music under creative commons.
Soundtrack – “Hidden Past”,”Teller of the Tales”,”Sneaky Snitch”,”Anguish”,”Moonlight Hall”,”Lord of the Land”,”Pippin the Hunchback”,”With the Sea”,”Errigal”,”Evening Fall(Harp)”,”Finding Movement”,”Moorland”,Skye Cuillin”,”The Other Side of the Door”,”Angevin B”,”Myst”,”Ritual”,”Unanswered Questions”,”Barbour and Beag’s Jigs”,”Enchanted Journey”,”Am Bata Uaine (The Green Boat)” – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
7 Hills Tours is one of Edinburgh’s newest and most innovative tour companies, providing exclusive private tours and shore excursions to take you to the places that matter in Edinburgh’s history and culture.
Degree qualified guides, local family physician Dr Moray Grigor and Social History graduate Amanda Aikman MA (Hons.) will take you deep into our local heritage – including to more than 100 sites which appear on no other tour operator’s itinerary!
For small groups (normally up to 3 guests, but temporarily restricted to 2) we offer tours both within Edinburgh and further afield in our luxury hybrid EV, for maximum enjoyment with minimum environmental impact. Once government safety guidance allows, we can also arrange minicoach versions of most of our tours, for groups of up to 18 people – just right for a spin-off activity from a conference, meeting or celebration. With free pickup and dropoff, the tours are value for money as well as fascinating!
Try our speciality EV Eco-tours, including an active hike up Edinburgh’s 7 Hills, or historic day tours on the trail of Mary Queen of Scots or Lothian’s most mystical places. Plus many more! Or, create with us ONE PERFECT EDINBURGH DAY – a completely customised day tour, built round your interests and our local expertise!
Also, we don’t just offer vehicle tours – we also present fascinating and entertaining private walking tours of Edinburgh’s iconic Old Town, taking in a broad mix of historical and speciality themes, including a musical and poetic trip down the Royal Mile, a look at Edinburgh’s most infamous characters, and a deep dive into our rich Medical and Surgical history.
Across all our tours, you’ll be in great company, enjoying a wonderfully warm Scottish welcome from your guide.
Walking tours can be provided in German as well as English by Amanda, and written tour notes are available in other languages too, so language barriers won’t get in the way of you having a wonderful time.
So, if you’re considering a trip to Edinburgh, why not browse our tours, and find out why we’ve had 100% 5* ratings for the last two years!
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7 HILLS TOURS AND YOUR SAFETY
Ensuring a safe tour experience for our guests is of paramount importance for us as we emerge gradually from Covid-19. Regarding reopening, we will be guided by national rules and guidance. Once we reopen, we will be employing the following safety procedures, along with any others which may be made mandatory:
WALKING TOURS
– Reduced maximum group size of 6 guests
– Facemasks (non-surgical) and alcohol hand rub available
– Remote payment by card or bank transfer
– Social distancing encouraged and facilitated
VEHICLE TOURS
– Reduced maximum group size of 2 guests
– Rear seat only in use
– Guide will use face mask in vehicle
– Facemasks (non-surgical) and alcohol hand rub available to guests
– Polycarbonate droplet screen between front and rear seats
half day tours by electric vehicle
Cruise the sights in our luxury Hyundai Ioniq PHEV. All half day tours include complimentary coffee, tea and scones!
FULL DAY TOURS BY ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Let us take you even further into Scotland’s story on our full-day tours!
WALKING TOURS
Insightful and entertaining half-day walks for up to 15 guests, through Edinburgh’s historic Old Town!
