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

1st July 2014

By day three of the Mercat Tours International Battlefield Experience, students are ready to enter...

6th June 2014

When I'm asked by a journalist for an interview, I always get nervous. What do I say?...

18th April 2014

As a visitor to Edinburgh, you'll begin on our famous Royal Mile, the road...

28th March 2014

One of my favourite stories is that of the serial killers Burke and Hare. Recently, I’ve...

21st March 2014

Deep in the mists of time when I first joined Mercat tours, a plastic cauldron was passed around the...

5th December 2013

We have just launched our first tour-specific promotional film for: ‘The Pride, The Passion...

9th September 2013

I owe Mercat Tours many things: years of gainful, varied and at times downright bizarre employment,...

1st May 2013

If only you could see what goes on in the Mercat office when we’re trying to think of a new...