Audio tour · United Kingdom

Edinburgh

A self-guided audio walking tour of Edinburgh.

Edinburgh asks you to slow down and look twice. The Old Town climbs and tucks and narrows in ways that keep surprising you, and the New Town opens suddenly into wide Georgian calm before the castle pulls the eye back up to the ridge. There is a quality to walking this city on a grey afternoon, when the stone turns silver and the closes fill with quiet, that no other place quite matches. In the app, 100 stops in Edinburgh are narrated aloud, about 2h 50m of listening across 8 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 100 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.

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What you'll hear in Edinburgh

The opening lines of a few narrations, straight from the tour.

Edinburgh Castle. You are standing in a place that has seen almost everything.
Holyrood Palace. You are standing at the end of the Royal Mile, right opposite Edinburgh Castle.
St Giles' Cathedral. You are standing right where centuries of Scottish history unfolded.
Scott Monument. When you stand here, you are looking at a structure that dominates the view of Princes Street.
National Museum of Scotland. You are standing in a spot where two massive buildings stand side by side and that.
Edinburgh Zoo. You might not know it, but this zoo was the first place in the world to house and breed animals.

All 100 stops in Edinburgh

Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route.

Religious (27)

The Hub, Edinburgh
St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh
St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh
Greyfriars Kirk
Tron Kirk
Canongate Kirk
Gillis Centre
St Oran's Church
Edinburgh Central Mosque
St John's, Edinburgh
St Paul's and St George's Church
Saint Stephen's Theatre, Edinburgh
St Andrew's Orthodox Church, Edinburgh
Edinburgh: New Town Church
Charlotte Chapel (Edinburgh)
South Leith Parish Church
Barclay Viewforth Church
Church of Scotland offices
St Columba's-by-the-Castle
Sacred Heart, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Synagogue
Old St Paul's, Edinburgh
Colinton Parish Church
North Leith Parish Church
Reid Memorial Church
King Khalid Building
Lady Yester's Kirk

Landmark (25)

St Giles' Cathedral
Edinburgh Zoo
Scottish National Gallery
Queen Margaret University
St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal)
Greyfriars Bobby Fountain
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Witches' Well, Edinburgh
Camera Obscura, Edinburgh
Teviot Row House
Edinburgh Dungeon
Modern Two
National War Museum
King's Gallery, Edinburgh
Lady Stair's House
Magdalen Chapel, Edinburgh
Trinity House of Leith
Statue of David Livingstone, Edinburgh
Adam House
City Art Centre
General Post Office, Edinburgh
Tartan Weaving Mill
Portobello Power Station
Potterrow Student Centre

Theatre (10)

Edinburgh Playhouse
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Royal Lyceum Theatre
Traverse Theatre
King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Bedlam Theatre
Gateway Theatre (Edinburgh)
Leith Theatre
Church Hill Theatre
Rose Theatre, Edinburgh

Museum (9)

National Museum of Scotland
Writers' Museum
The People's Story Museum
Dynamic Earth (Edinburgh)
Museum of Edinburgh
The Scotch Whisky Experience
Museum of Childhood (Edinburgh)
Museum on the Mound
Talbot Rice Gallery

Stadium (9)

Leith Links
Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Bruntsfield Links
Royal Commonwealth Pool
Murrayfield Ice Rink
Meggetland Sports Complex
Myreside Stadium
Royal Gymnasium Ground
New Logie Green

Castle (6)

Edinburgh Castle
Craigmillar Castle
Roslin Castle
Hawthornden Castle
Merchiston Tower
Craigcrook Castle

Monument (5)

Scott Monument
National Monument of Scotland
Nelson Monument, Edinburgh
Dugald Stewart Monument
Political Martyrs' Monument

Square (5)

Grassmarket
St Andrew Square, Edinburgh
Charlotte Square
George Square, Edinburgh
Bristo Square

Palace (1)

Holyrood Palace

Historic (1)

Holyrood Park

Park (1)

The Meadows, Edinburgh

Bridge (1)

George IV Bridge

Walking routes in Edinburgh

Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.

Castle, Chapel and the Esplanade. A short walk anchored at the mighty castle takes in Scotland's oldest Christian building and two beloved theatres tucked at the foot of the volcanic rock (8 stops)
Holyrood Palace to Calton Hill. From the royal residence at the foot of the Royal Mile the route climbs past the fossil shaped parliament building to the Greek monuments crowning Calton Hill (7 stops)
St Giles and the Old Town Closes. The heart of the medieval city stretches from the High Kirk past writers' hideaways, a Victorian dungeon and the old tollbooth church to the edge of the Cowgate (8 stops)
Scott Monument and the Georgian New Town. The soaring Gothic spire of the Scott Monument marks the start of a sweep through the wide Georgian streets, grand squares and world class galleries of the New Town (8 stops)
Greyfriars Bobby and the University Quarter. Edinburgh's most loyal dog stands guard over a compact walk through the old Greyfriars kirkyard, the national museum and the university's handsome stone squares (8 stops)
West End Art Trail and Murrayfield. A longer westward sweep takes in the zoo on the hill, a medieval castle hidden in leafy grounds and two superb modern art galleries before reaching the rugby heartland of Murrayfield (8 stops)