I cannot express how incredible the tour and our group’s guide for the day, Linda, were. Her knowledge of the depth and diversity of the city’s history and important figures, as well as her engagement with the group and presentation was phenomenal and one of the best tours I’ve ever been on. Getting to learn, hands on, about all of the fun and complex histories of the Royal Mile and Edinburgh will be something I will cherish and remember forever. There wasn’t a single moment that wasn’t intriguing or inspiring of curiosity. Linda’s passion for what she teaches made the whole experience valuable and memorable. I genuinely hope to return and have the opportunity to go on the other tours available one day. Her energy was consistently full of joy and enthusiasm. She kept our large group on track, on time and made it feel like it was over in a blink of an eye because it was fully engaging from the first moment to the very last. I’ve never been on a tour that I remember the guide as much as the visit itself, until now. She made learning fun and fulfilling, and I couldn’t have asked or hoped for a better experience. This was my first ever visit to the city and I cannot wait to come back to experience and explore more. 10/10 tour and guide. Thank you for everything!

Booked the history tour because I wanted to experience the underground vaults in the historical context rather than spooky scary skeleton stuff. My guide, Veni, was funny, knowledgable and overall an amazing human being. We ended up doing the tour just the two of us because of no-show, but she did not skimp on the details. I know for some people (not me) history might have a connotation of being a sleeping pill, but WAIT until you go on the underground tour with Veni because it was even more lit than whatever wine they had down there, lol. Next time I wouldn’t mind the spooky scary skeleton because I know it would be one of a kind experience coming from Mercat Tour. Highly recommend.

Good experience. Stephanie was knowledgeable and entertaining. She had just the right balance of history, scary and fun. The vaults are really interesting and a bit creepy. Overall a good an experience.

Linda was a great tour guide and storyteller. I highly recommend this tour for anyone interested in the history (and sociology) of Edinburgh!

We had a great tour with Nicola. She was really passionate, enthusiast and shared many great stories. Thank you very much!

We really enjoyed the tour. It was funny, interesting and a little spooky. We got great insights of the life in Edinburgh back in Medieval times. The tour guide, Nicola was great and passionate.

We really enjoyed the tour. It was the perfect level of scary for our 9 and 13 yr olds. They even provided a sensory bag full of things like squishy toys, fidget toys and a light and sunglasses. This is available apon request. My daughter has adhd and often gets bored of listening and walking on tours so this was great although she did not get bored. Aniella was our guide she was very theatrical and made it very fun

Absolutely amazing experience! Our guide Marina was very entertaining and fun. Highly suggested for an interesting night in Edinburgh.

We had Jerad who gave a lot of local history in the Whisky story of Edinburgh. We then had a tasting of 4 whiskys down slowly and well!, enjoying and finding the different tastes and backgroud flavours of each one. An enjoyable 2 hours which passed surprisingly fast.

Great fun, Steph made us laugh, top quality guide. It was striking to imagine what people really went thru in the vaults! Made me want to know the ghost stories too.

Linda was a fantastic guide - informative, engaging, and incredibly knowledgeable, while also making everyone feel welcome. She shared a wealth of information about the history and persecution of witches in Edinburgh. Highly recommended for a unique perspective on the city and its dark past.

Fantastic look at the underground vaults. Knowledgeable guide who made the experience fun. Would definitely recommend

Brilliant experience veni out guide very informative and engaging comprehensively covered her adopted city very hospitable well done veni !

We enjoyed this tour very much. Lots of stops along the way with interesting facts and fun stories. Veni was very enjoyable to listen to. Dress warm and wear walking shoes with good traction

veni out guide very informative ,entertaining and experience very worthwhile and enjoyable.Sll mercat staff very hospitable thoroughly recommend for all ages,shows Scotland off very well!Highlight of our holiday