Old Town
Close packed streets, layered history, dramatic views, and stories stacked higher than the tenements.
Private guided walking tours in Edinburgh
See the city with a story at every step.
Hidden Edinburgh brings the city to life through private guided walks filled with history, character, hidden corners, and the kind of local detail that other tours overlook.
Our tours
Choose your side of Edinburgh.
From historic streets to elegant squares and darker tales, each route has its own flavour.
New Town
Georgian elegance, grand design, hidden details, and the polished side of Edinburgh’s past.
Haunted
Ghost stories, eerie corners, strange legends, and enough atmosphere to snuff out a candle.
Why Hidden Edinburgh Tours
Because Edinburgh deserves more than a bored trudge past famous buildings.
Edinburgh is dramatic, layered, beautiful, odd, and occasionally so steep it feels personally hostile. Hidden Edinburgh Tours is here to make the city feel alive, approachable, and memorable.
Our walks balance history, storytelling, humour, and local texture. You will get the famous sights, but also the quieter details that make the city feel less like a postcard and more like a place with a pulse.
Built around real stories
People, places, secrets, scandals, legends, and moments that still echo through the city.
Designed for curious travellers
Ideal for first time visitors, returning explorers, small groups, and local guests.
Made for Edinburgh
Routes shaped around the city’s character, not copied from the great beige brochure swamp.
The experience
Less lecture. More discovery.
We want guests to feel guided, not herded. A good tour should give you the city, not just the route.
“A city is more memorable when someone helps you notice what everyone else walks past.”
How it works
Simple booking. Proper exploring. Minimal faff.
Choose your tour
Pick Old Town, New Town, or Haunted Edinburgh.
Meet in the city centre.
Start from an easy meeting point and follow your guide through the city.
Leave with stories
Finish with a sharper sense of Edinburgh and several facts to deploy at dinner like a walking encyclopedia.
Ready to walk the city with Hidden Edinburgh Tours?
Register for your private guided walking tour through one of the world’s most atmospheric cities.
Contact Hidden Tours