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Spikes Historical Tours

18/7 Whitedalehead Road, Edinburgh EH47 8JU, Scotland
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Ranked #38 of 58 tours in Edinburgh
5.0 of 5 stars 2 Reviews
Owner description: Hear the history come alive with this walking tour of edinburghs royalmile we start outside st giles at the main doors and walk a round the streets of...... more » Owner description: Hear the history come alive with this walking tour of edinburghs royalmile we start outside st giles at the main doors and walk a round the streets of the royalmile and up to grayfriars church yard. Hear the stories of old on this tour.Tour times and days monday,tuesday,wednesday at 2pm tour lasts about two hours and is free. small charge made for entre to st giles of £3.00 this gets you in to the thistle chaple and allows you to take photos inside. Turn up on the day and just join the tour guide will be standing outside the main doors of st giles to the left hand side ask for frank he will be waring a name tag « less
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New York City, New York
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“amazing tour”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 July 2011
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we went on this tour as something to do while we waited on our other tour as this one was free. boy am i glad we did this guy really knows his history and brought it to life really well. the tour was about two hours long maybe a bit more but we all enjoyed it. he took us inside... More

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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“great tour”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 July 2011

this tour was done in a fun way the guide told us all about the history of edinburghs old town and took us inside st giles and told us the history of the church. we walked for about two hours and lost track of time as he was that good would tell anyone to go this tour of edinburgh. It... More

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