National Museum of Scotland and Royal Mile Tour
Tour Description
Discover the story of Scotland through our capital city and our National Museum. You will see the places where history happened, follow our story through iconic exhibitions and complete your tour at the Museum Brasserie with tea and a scone.
You'll meet your guide in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town at the Mercat Cross, the site of executions and proclamations. Together you will explore key locations and stories hidden around the Royal Mile. See a city of the past, which goes unnoticed for many, a city where commoners, Queens and criminals once walked.
Iconic Scottish objects mixed with streets soaked in history. Follow your guide to the National Museum of Scotland where our nation's treasures are stored. Once inside your Mercat tour guide will introduce the Scottish collections. You'll step through Scotland's history, using key objects, and hear how they all have shaped our past, present and future.
Discover the history of the Old Town and its place in history! Enjoy a guided tour of the National Museum of Scotland! Relish fine tea and freshly baked scones at our national museum!
End of Tour
Prices & Dates
Tour Times:
10:30am Saturday & Sunday
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Tickets
April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020: £25 Adult, £25 Concession, £25 Child
Start: Mercat Cross, High Street
Finish: National Museum of Scotland entrance
*Please note: For health & safety reasons we are unable to allow children under 5 years of age on any of our underground tours
What's Included
Departure & Map
Terms & Conditions
Terms and Conditions
We are confident you will be delighted with your tour. However, there are some terms which we’d like to draw to your attention...
1. What You Can Expect of Us
- A warm welcome from our staff
- A guide dressed smartly and appropriate to your type of tour
- Staff whose Mercat Tours name badges are clearly visible
- A tour which starts promptly and lasts the time advertised
- A tour which takes you to a variety of locations in and around the High Street
- Stories which are based on the authentic history of Edinburgh
- Stories which are told, as far as possible, in the locations where they occurred
- Stories which are told in an engaging and entertaining way
- A guide who makes an effort to involve the group actively
- A guide who answers your questions or who directs you to where you can find answers to your questions
- A guide who is attentive of your health and safety
- A guide who is unwilling to accept behaviour from any individual that disrupts and spoils the experience of the many
- A company which refuses admission to anyone deemed under the influence of alcohol or drugs
2. What We Expect of You
- That you turn up at the Mercat Cross fifteen minutes before the start of the tour
- That you enter into the spirit of the tour, listening and responding to the stories the guide tells you
- That you reserve questions for the end of stories
- That you are mindful of the health and safety warnings issued by your guide
- That you do not behave in any way that disrupts the tour and impairs the enjoyment of others
3. Your Tickets
- Your ticket is valid only for the tour on which you have booked. It is not transferable. If you miss your tour we will attempt to place you on a later one but customers who have pre-paid for those tours have priority.
- Your ticket is non-refundable. Monies are only re-imbursed when a tour is cancelled by Mercat Tours.
4. Payment
- All pricing is in pounds sterling (GBP). If you have paid from overseas your payment card is charged in pounds sterling at your card issuing bank’s current exchange rate to your local currency. Our tickets include UK Value Added Tax.
- Your personal details and payment card information are held securely and encrypted by our payment card service provider.
