General information
| Destination |
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| Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
Program details
Highlights
- The world’s oldest Masonic Lodge and other secret societies
- Why the entire area of Edinburgh's New Town
- Major inventions during the Scottish Enlightenment
- Sir Walter Scott and the colourful visit of King George IV.
- Scottish National Portrait Gallery
- James Braidwood and the world’s first fire service
- The Ross Fountain and Princes Street Gardens
On this 3-hour walking tour you will learn about social campaigners, royal visits, and Scottish inventors. See the area's elegant Georgian homes and landmarks such as the Princes Street Gardens and Gothic Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Your New Town Tour meets outside Frankie and Benny’s at 130 High Street and finishes by Princes Street Gardens.
If you traveled back in time to 1850, you would recognise life in Edinburgh, but if you went back to 1750, you very likely wouldn’t. What happened in those 100 years that not only changed the face of Scotland, but indeed the world?
This period in Scottish history influenced the golden era of the Enlightenment like no other. Edinburgh had the highest literacy rate in the world and was the place that Sir Walter Scott, John Knox and Alexander Graham Bell called home. It also was the birthplace of seminal inventions like the telephone, anaesthesia and even the world's first fire brigade.
Languages
Spanish
Others
Due to the old streets and terrain, accessing parts of Edinburgh by wheelchair can sometimes be challenging. The New Town Tour is wheelchair accessible when accompanied by a non-disabled participant.
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