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News & stories from Edinburgh's award-winning walking tour company

16th January 2019

Here at Mercat we are eagerly anticipating the release of the new film about Mary Queen of Scots...

10th January 2019

We've made it to the end of our A-Z of Edinburgh and what a journey it has been! Time to finish...

11th December 2018

We're almost at the end of our A-Z of Edinburgh! This time we will be looking at letters T-V:...

10th October 2018

Next up on our alphabetical tour of Edinburgh is Q-S: Q for Queen Margaret’s Chapel For...

21st September 2018

On September 23 we celebrate the September Equinox, officially the first day of Autumn. It got us...

28th August 2018

As we plan for our Halloween tours, our thoughts turn to some of Edinburgh's more gruesome...

14th August 2018

If you've joined us on our history walks or ghost tours of Edinburgh, you may have noticed...

19th July 2018

We continue on our mission of charting the beautiful city of Edinburgh in A-Z, including lots of...