Sketching the Royal Mile Tour
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Tour ID:1515
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Tour theme:Historic Old Town Walking Tours,
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Duration:1/2 Day - 3 hours
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Starts from:Edinburgh
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Tour Description
This exclusive workshop and Edinburgh Sketcher mixes storytelling and sketching as you find inspiration from Edinburgh's spectacular sites and stories.
Can you sketch the essence of the stories you hear?
We'll unlock the tales that are captured within Edinburgh's most famous Old Town sites. From closes to courtyards and gardens to gallows, the hidden gems of the UNESCO World Heritage Site will be revealed, ready for your own sketch pad.
Expert and novice alike, you won't fail to love sketching in the world's most beautiful thoroughfare.
Create quick drawings during your tour along Edinburgh's Royal Mile with guidance from the famous Edinburgh Sketcher. Using ink and watercolour you'll capture your visit as thousands of travellers have done before you through the centuries.
Once you've explored the Royal Mile sites you'll settle in the private underground Megget's Cellar for further sketching tips and refreshments. You'll leave the workshop with your own mounted sketch, a greater knowledge of the city and as many sketches as you've created throughout the morning.
Previous drawing experience isn't needed - just bring your enthusiasm!
All sketching materials and refreshments are included.
BOOK THIS TOUR IF YOU'D LIKE TO...
- Discover fabulous locations and stories of Edinburgh's Royal Mile
- Learn or improve your sketching skills
- Enjoy a personal tour
- Take a unique self-made souvenir home with you
Can you sketch the essence of the stories you hear?
We'll unlock the tales that are captured within Edinburgh's most famous Old Town sites. From closes to courtyards and gardens to gallows, the hidden gems of the UNESCO World Heritage Site will be revealed, ready for your own sketch pad.
Expert and novice alike, you won't fail to love sketching in the world's most beautiful thoroughfare.
Create quick drawings during your tour along Edinburgh's Royal Mile with guidance from the famous Edinburgh Sketcher. Using ink and watercolour you'll capture your visit as thousands of travellers have done before you through the centuries.
Once you've explored the Royal Mile sites you'll settle in the private underground Megget's Cellar for further sketching tips and refreshments. You'll leave the workshop with your own mounted sketch, a greater knowledge of the city and as many sketches as you've created throughout the morning.
Previous drawing experience isn't needed - just bring your enthusiasm!
All sketching materials and refreshments are included.
BOOK THIS TOUR IF YOU'D LIKE TO...
- Discover fabulous locations and stories of Edinburgh's Royal Mile
- Learn or improve your sketching skills
- Enjoy a personal tour
- Take a unique self-made souvenir home with you
Sketching by the Mile
Prices & Dates
What's Included
Duration: 3 hours
Start: Mercat Cross, High Street
Finish: Meggets Cellar, Blair Street
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.
