Walking Tours 2021

An introduction to Edinburgh's urban history that uncovers the city's growth from its tiny medieval beginnings into the vibrant cultural capital we see today.

Walk through the back-streets of the Old Town to the top of Edinburgh's iconic Calton Hill and discover how aspects such as trade, industry, religion, royalty, identity, education and landscape have shaped the city. Along the way you'll see examples from over 500 years of Edinburgh's changing architecture, from its historic 'closes' and Neo-classical monuments to its Victorian breweries and spectacular 21st century Parliament. At just 90 minutes long this tour is a perfect introductory experience to Edinburgh's own history, a history that goes far deeper than the popular tales of ghosts, grave-robbers and Greyfriars Bobby!

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A walking tour dedicated to one of Edinburgh's most famous landmarks; Calton Hill - a small hill with a big history!

Stroll around the wider Calton Hill area and discover how, over the last 500 years, this once isolated and insignificant hill changed into the famous central landmark it is today. With an emphasis on: some of the many different people who have called it home; how its spaces have been used over the years; and its diverse range of buildings, this tour explores how Calton Hill, just like Edinburgh, is a place of contrasts. From education and incarceration, celebration and persecution, grand town-houses and dingy backstreet tenements this small hill has a rich history of its own to be uncovered!

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Looking at changing attitudes towards landscape, the language of architecture, artistic movements and more, you'll discover how this small hill has played an important role in the image of the city. Focusing on the visual culture of Edinburgh's Calton Hill, as a place to look at and look from, we uncover its changing relationship with the city, from uninviting hinterland to iconic landmark.