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The Potter Trail Private Tour

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Edinburgh, Scotland

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Overview

Grab a wand and join your robed guide on the original tour of Edinburgh designed especially for Potter fans!

Founded in 2012, we are the original Harry Potter tour in Edinburgh. Our guides have the most experience of any tour company in Edinburgh and we are consistently rated most highly by visitors across all platforms.

Booking a private tour with us will ensure the ultimate experience for Harry Potter fans as you'll be able to take the tour at your own pace and ask as many questions as you like! Private means that the tour is for your group only.

Our friendly and professional guides are all trained actors and comedians so we can guarantee they will captivate and entertain you as well as impress with their extensive knowledge, as you visit all the key Potter sights in the city.

We are also happy to customise this tour to suit you! We take on lots of bookings for hen/stag parties and school groups and our guides are skilled at catering the tour content for any audience.

What's Included

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  • Please bring something that you can use as a wand. This can be anything roughly wand shaped - a pen or umbrella will work well!
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Meeting Location

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4 Greyfriars
Edinburgh EH1 2QQ, UK

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End point

Victoria Street
Edinburgh EH1 2EX, UK

We end on Victoria Street, a 2 minute walk from our starting location.

What To Expect

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Greyfriars

We begin our tour in the city's historic Greyfriars Kirkyard where JK Rowling spent a lot of time while writing the books. Here we'll see several names on gravestones that inspired characters in the series including William McGonagall and Thomas Riddell.From here we will also see two potential inspirations for Hogwarts in the form of George Heriot's School and Edinburgh Castle.
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45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Potterrow

An area of the city named after Harry Potter? Surely not! See the place where she wrote much of the first book from here.
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10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

National Museum of Scotland

Harry Potter connections to the Museum and surrounding area - and also learn about the Balmoral Hotel where JK Rowling finished the series.
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5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The Elephant House

A cafe that promotes itself as the "Birthplace" of Harry Potter. We will explain why those inverted commas are very important...
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5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Victoria Street

One of Edinburgh's most iconic streets, considered to be the real life Diagon Alley.
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5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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Additional Info

  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Is the tour suitable for children under 7 years old?

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Q: What is the cancellation policy for the The Potter Trail Private Tour?

A: You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund. For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (BST). Read more Apr 2025

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.

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Activity code: C-257432P1

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