We spent an excellent rainy day walking around the yacht at our leisure listening to the free audio guides and then had an excellent meal in the restaurant afterwards. The route around the various levels is well laid out and signposted but you can spend as much time as you want there and can go back and revisit areas if you want. The yacht is being carefully renovated by the charity that owns it and they are doing an excellent job. The yacht is easily reached by the Edinburgh trams, you get off at Ocean Terminal and head for the second floor of the shopping centre, where you will find the entrance to the small information centre and ticket office. The Royal Yacht seemed very popular but we were able to buy our tickets on site and enter immediately so I don’t think it is necessary to buy tickets in advance. Make sure you visit the restaurant which has been created out of the to deck and offers table service including afternoon teas, sandwiches, cakes and drinks. Once again, after you are seated, you are not rushed at all. Highly recommended

Really fascinating tour, doesn't matter whether you approve of the royal family or not, this is a really interesting piece of history and excellent value for money. Afternoon tea is definitely recommended. Also really easy to get to. Just hop on the tram from Princes Street.

I’m 52, my wife is 51 and our son is 19 and into sports and my daughter is 16 who loves horses. Everyone of loved it, which is rare on a family holiday. Make sure you go the cafe. The food, test and champagne were exceptional.

See the beautiful Royal Yacht Britannia, how the life was on board this amazing ship, how Queen Elizabeth lived here and why she loved it so much, Walk through all the rooms and decks. There is som much history here. Top recommendation, you go to Edinburgh, you need to see the Yacht.

My wife and I did the Royal Yacht Britannia tour recently on weekend trip in Edinburgh. It was an excellent tour with a lot to see. Recommend to purchase your tickets ahead of time. You can use your phone for audio tour and remember to bring your headphones. They also give you device to listen to tour if you do not use your phone. There are 26 specific locations on tour. The boat has been maintained very well and you get to everything. So very interesting and the people working there are very helpful. Must do!

This is an example of someone giving a lot of attention to detail. Good explanatory introductory display at reception. The voice guide was very informative and easy to use as well as being able to pause it so you could stop for a longer look or to take pictures. It gave a really good feel of how the setup on board worked and what it was like to be crew or the royalty travelling on it. The ship and fittings are immaculately maintained and easy to view. The filter system and timed tickets made the whole experience unhurried and easy to navigate around the well-signed route. A school trip came in after us and were obviously enthusiatic but well-behaved. A great idea to use this to help teach kids history. Despite the busyness it was a very orderly and relaxing show. We both felt we really gained insights into what was at the time a hidden world. The staff were very helpful and friendly particularly the lady who first meets you at reception. We had arrived when a fire alarm practice had just started so were slightly delayed in getting in but she was very reassuring and cheerful despite having to cope with confused tourists. We finished our visit with lunch in the fine atmospheric deck reastaurant. Not cheap (but then it wouldn't be would it) but very good and worth the experience. Well done to all concerned for a great show. How nice that it is somewhere other than London for once! You are a credit to Edinburgh.

We really enjoyed this outing. Felt like a real privilege to be seeing everything so close up and so many personal artefacts still in place. It’s as though everyone just stepped off the boat and literally everything remains in place - very well executed! Sadly the adjacent shopping centre is pretty poor, lots of empty shops and desperately in need of rejuvenation. But the Royal Yacht is definitely worth a visit.

We spent a good few hours meandering round the various areas of the Royal Yacht Britannia. The auto guides are a very good idea and keep you informed as you’re walking round. The whole experience was excellent and a bit of history that is well worth a visit when in Edinburgh.

Very interesting walking around the Yacht thinking about how the Queen and Royal Family used to holiday on there regularly. Everything has been kept in a brilliant condition. We were not going to do the audio tour to start with but I am glad we did, as the audio phones we were given really gave us a lot of interesting information and facts about the Royal Family I never knew before!

The entrance is via a shopping centre/Mall. Go up to the second floor. The yacht is small and cosy as the Queen wanted a country house feel. The crew’s quarters seem to take up more space than the family area. I can see why Her Majesty loved it so much and it was a privilege to look around and see how they lived, entertained and slept. Recommend listening to the audio tour, you can go at your own pace and would miss a lot of interesting information without it. The tea room is lovely too.