Enlightenment Edinburgh Walking Tour
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Tour ID:1516
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Tour theme:Historic Old Town Walking Tours,
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Duration:1/2 Day - 1 hour 45min
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Starts from:Edinburgh
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Tour Description
Discover Edinburgh at the moment it transformed the worlds of history, science, literature and philosophy. On this private tour you'll see a city that was home to an extraordinary concentration of great minds: David Hume, Adam Smith, James Hutton and Walter Scott.
The enlightenment in Edinburgh transformed philosophy, history, science and literature. From this small stage, a few men laid the foundations of modern economics, and inspired great leaps for modern medicine. But how did Scotland's capital gain its reputation as the Athens of the North? And what was it about the city that inspired so many thinkers?
Excitement and Endeavour
On this private tour of Edinburgh's Old and New Towns, your expert guide will conjure the excitement and endeavour of the men who met for intense meetings at The Select Society and The Poker Club. We'll take you to places where it all happened - the university, the Surgeon's Hall, the observatory. Forget the guide books - this tour brings a city of radical ideas to life.
BOOK THIS TOUR IF YOU'D LIKE TO...
- Explore Edinburgh's fascinating role in the history of ideas
- Visit Old and New Town, tracing the tales of how it developed in the history of Europe
- Enjoy a private tour with an expert guide
Enlightenment Edinburgh
Prices & Dates
What's Included
Duration: 1 hour 45min
Start: Mercat Cross, High Street
Finish: Calton Hill
Departure & Map
Leaving From Edinburgh
Mercat Cross, High Street
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.
