How did JK Rowling craft such brilliant, memorable characters & how did she build such a spell-binding world? Why are Britain’s most beloved novels so dark & troubled? What is Rowling & Harry’s relationship to Edinburgh?
➽ Enter the dim, forbidden section of Madam Pince’s library, break open a stiff dusty book & CRACK! The Portkey will transport you to Edinburgh, where a red-robed wizard will meet you for a winding journey through their cobbled fairy-tale Old Town, festooned with glittering stone palaces & mushroomed with soaring wizard towers; you'll shine a light into JK’s gilded brain.
➽ Long private tours curtail expensive quarantines & banish hassle. 5½ hours gives us the freedom to...
Highlights
6 hours
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
6 hours
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Flexible start: want to start later than 10:10? Cool! Message me after booking
Old Parliament Hall
All day parking, please contact me
Gives an overall introduction to the Old Town so should be done on your first day.
Flexibility: message me who’s coming, why the books are important to them, your preferred duration
National Museum of Scotland
Ignore what's above, this tour is primarily about JK Rowling. It touches on Potter but majors on JK
Breakfast. We can pause for sandwiches to be eaten during the tour, but BREAKFAST IS KING
Parties where no-one has read the books. Book my 4¼ hour tour or Potter Trail
Edinburgh Castle
Meeting Points
Departure
Viewcraig Street
City centre parking for THOSE WITH A CAR: I have a permit which reduces the cost from £27 to £10 for 24 hrs. You could have breakfast in JK’s ‘Levels’ across the road (opens: 08:30 AM). If this is your plan PLEASE MESSAGE ME after booking.
Return
Edinburgh Castle
At the end of our tour, you will have up to 1½ hours to continue exploring Castle areas where the passage-blocking tour guides are forbidden. Waverley Station is 11 minutes easy walk downhill. Parked your car? 20 minutes walk downhill. Seeking a Potter talisman? Edinburgh's Wizarding Street is 3 min
A life less narrow, the Genius of Harry Potter & Edinburgh Castle
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How did JK Rowling craft such brilliant, memorable characters & how did she build such a spell-binding world? Why are Britain’s most beloved novels so dark & troubled? What is Rowling & Harry’s relationship to Edinburgh?
➽ Enter the dim, forbidden section of Madam Pince’s library, break open a stiff dusty book & CRACK! The Portkey will transport you to Edinburgh, where a red-robed wizard will meet you for a winding journey through their cobbled fairy-tale Old Town, festooned with glittering stone palaces & mushroomed with soaring wizard towers; you'll shine a light into JK’s gilded brain.
➽ Long private tours curtail expensive quarantines & banish hassle. 5½ hours gives us the freedom to...
Highlights
6 hours
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
6 hours
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Flexible start: want to start later than 10:10? Cool! Message me after booking
Old Parliament Hall
All day parking, please contact me
Gives an overall introduction to the Old Town so should be done on your first day.
Flexibility: message me who’s coming, why the books are important to them, your preferred duration
National Museum of Scotland
Ignore what's above, this tour is primarily about JK Rowling. It touches on Potter but majors on JK
Breakfast. We can pause for sandwiches to be eaten during the tour, but BREAKFAST IS KING
Parties where no-one has read the books. Book my 4¼ hour tour or Potter Trail
Edinburgh Castle
Meeting Points
Departure
Viewcraig Street
City centre parking for THOSE WITH A CAR: I have a permit which reduces the cost from £27 to £10 for 24 hrs. You could have breakfast in JK’s ‘Levels’ across the road (opens: 08:30 AM). If this is your plan PLEASE MESSAGE ME after booking.
Return
Edinburgh Castle
At the end of our tour, you will have up to 1½ hours to continue exploring Castle areas where the passage-blocking tour guides are forbidden. Waverley Station is 11 minutes easy walk downhill. Parked your car? 20 minutes walk downhill. Seeking a Potter talisman? Edinburgh's Wizarding Street is 3 min
Itinerary
1
Duke of Wellington
My preferred start point, is opposite the Balmoral Hotel, with its big clock tower, betwixt the Apple store & the statue of the Duke of Wellington on his beloved horse Copenhagen
5 minutes
2
Edinburgh Old Town
JK Rowling said Edinburgh surely rubbed off on Harry Potter. We'll drink in the scenes & atmospheres that propelled a new world.
5 hours and 5 minutes
3
Edinburgh Castle
A 30-minute tour inside Edinburgh Castle walls. Castle entry is an ADDITIONAL £20 per person, which needs to be paid on the day.
