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Context Edinburgh can design a wide variety of personalized and customized itineraries for people with special interests or who are traveling in large groups. Drawing on our networ...

Between 1751 and 1800 the Scottish Universities were responsible for educating 85% of British doctors , the medical faculty at Edinburgh having been established in 1726. The Royal ...

James Craig is the architect responsible for the layout of Edinburgh's elegant New Town. During this three hour walk we'll look at the work of Craig and Robert Adam and how they de...

While Charlie Rennie Mackintosh’s impact on European design reaches far beyond his native Glasgow, the most important works of his career nearly all lie within city. This three-hou...

This walk explores the mediaeval wynds, closes and cobbled streets leading off the Royal Mile, running between the castle and the Palace of Holyrood House, Official Residence of t... Duration: 3 hours - Docents Who Lead This Walk

Why have so many recent Turner Prize winners come from Glasgow? What makes the city so appealing that emerging artists from around the world flock to it every year? The disproporti...

This walk illustrates the many different Christian places of worship in Scotland, underlining the huge impact of the Reformation in 1560 in outlawing Catholicism and establishing t... Duration: 3 hours - Docents Who Lead This Walk