The Potter Trail Private Tour Discount Tickets

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Overview

Grab a wand and join your robed guide on the original tour of Edinburgh designed especially for Potter fans! Founded in 2012, we are the original Harry Potter tour in Edinburgh. Our guides have the most experience of any tour company in Edinburgh and we are consistently rated most highly by visitors across all platforms. Booking a private tour with us will ensure the ultimate experience for Harry Potter fans as you'll be able to take the tour at your own pace and ask as many questions as you like! Private means that the tour is for your group only. Our friendly and professional guides are all trained actors and comedians so we can guarantee they will captivate and entertain you as well as impress with their extensive knowledge, as you visit all the key Potter sights in the city. We are also happy to customise this tour to suit you! We take on lots of bookings for hen/stag parties and school groups and our guides are skilled at catering the tour content for any audience.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Your guide will be waiting in costume outside the orange sandwich shop.

End Point

End point

We end on Victoria Street, a 2 minute walk from our starting location.

Language Offered

English-GUIDE

Itinerary

1. Greyfriars
We begin our tour in the city's historic Greyfriars Kirkyard where JK Rowling spent a lot of time while writing the books. Here we'll see several names on gravestones that inspired characters in the series including William McGonagall and Thomas Riddell. From here we will also see two potential inspirations for Hogwarts in the form of George Heriot's School and Edinburgh Castle.
Duration: 45 mins
2. Potterrow
An area of the city named after Harry Potter? Surely not! See the place where she wrote much of the first book from here.
Duration: 10 mins
3. National Museum of Scotland
Harry Potter connections to the Museum and surrounding area - and also learn about the Balmoral Hotel where JK Rowling finished the series.
Duration: 5 mins
4. The Elephant House
A cafe that promotes itself as the "Birthplace" of Harry Potter. We will explain why those inverted commas are very important...
Duration: 5 mins
5. Victoria Street
One of Edinburgh's most iconic streets, considered to be the real life Diagon Alley.
Duration: 5 mins

Inclusion

Guide

Exclusion

Please bring something that you can use as a wand. This can be anything roughly wand shaped - a pen or umbrella will work well!

Cancellation Policy

Check mark icon Refundable tickets

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • 100% refund if cancelled 1+ days before the start date
  • 0% refund if cancelled less than 1 day(s) before the start date

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Is the tour suitable for children under 7 years old?

Supplied by The Potter Trail

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