Best things to do in Edinburgh

Visiting the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh was an incredible experience that really brought Scottish history to life. Situated at the end of the Royal Mile, the palace is not only beautiful from the outside but also steeped in stories of royalty, politics, and intrigue. It’s still an official residence of the King when he’s in Scotland, but it’s also very accessible to visitors, which makes it unique compared to other royal sites.

A really great and very well organized day trip. We felt we had seen all the highlights of the Highlands. We felt very comfortable with Alistair as our guide, he kept us constantly informed about everything we saw. The castle and the boat trip on Loch Ness had to be paid for in cash(!) on site. Money could be withdrawn from an ATM, but we would have been pleased to have known this in advance.

Convenient service, good commentary. Am excellent way to see Edinburgh! My 24 year old great Bruce had never been in Edinburgh Bertrand loved it...

Lots of fun moments with Christie. She made the tour fun and interesting. We learned a lot and got a great workout at the same time. We even learned she is a Dancing with the stars fan too!!

Zoo is really good, very well maintained. I loved the way maps are being created, how animals were cared. My kid has enjoyed like anything. Thanks for the good time we had in zoo. And the customizing gift options were amazing. We printed a bottle for our memory

The place is very nice, very organized and very safe. We had the chance to be in the 1:00 cannon shot, very nice. The accessibility is incredible and fast

My daughter and I loved our Hop on Hop off bys tour in Edinburgh so much that we booked a 48 hour tour for the last 2 days of our holiday. I booked our first bus trip for orientating ourselves in Edinburgh as aoon as we got off our train. We found it So useful to map out in our heads exactly how far apart iconic landmarks were and also a rough idea of close it woukd be to walk between linked areas. It also guaranteed us seeing the principle 'must sees' and enabled us to prioritise getting directly to places we wanted to visit in more detail thus maximising our precious time on our visit. We loved your drivers; so friendly helpful and knowledgeable, we felt really welconed and it was an integral part of our ecperience. We used the complimentary headphones to listen to the historical background and stories of the city's background. We loved the scottish music playing which added to the fun and spirit of being in Edinburgh. We decided to lisren with just one ear phone in so that we could speak to each other and comment on things to look out for or chat about what we had learned. Being able to ride for 24 hours was a real help as there is just so much to see and take in, and listening to the commentary at least twice helped us to remember it better. The 2nd tour i booked was the Royal Edinburgh 48hr tour where we experienced the wonderful city guide Colin. He was amazing! The difference if having a live commentary was simply fabulous and we hear and learned even more about this wonderful city. We didnt get to see everything we wanted to see and will definitely be returning to spend more time in the galleries. We will be definitely be buying another tour bus trip because it makes travelling direct to places of interest much easier than wondering which bus goes to where we wanted to be. I would highly recommend any of the Edinburgh tour buses without hesitation.

The bus was clean, on time and we loved the narration. It gave us a quick overview of the city and we went back to some places later on in our trip.