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

13th January 2015

Straight across the road from the Mercat Tours office, you’ll see the City...

5th January 2015

In Glencoe there was a local witch called Corrag. She warned everyone when the Redcoats arrived in...

19th December 2014

Those of us lucky enough to live in Edinburgh know we are blessed with green spaces and walking...

28th October 2014

After explaining the grisly punishments meted out to ‘criminals’ at the Mercat...

20th October 2014

You’ve probably seen them already in the supermarkets. Rows upon rows of orange sweeties,...

15th October 2014

We are delighted to announce our family business has been awarded 91% by VisitScotland in...

11th August 2014

In 1823 a certain John Forrest, a graduate physician practising in Stirling and former pupil of...

14th July 2014

We start in 1689 with the gruesome execution of John Chiesley. A relative of Lord Ravenswood...