The Potter Trail Private Tour
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!
All of guides are trained comic performers so we can guarantee they will captivate and entertain you as well as impress with their extensive knowledge.
We are also happy to customise this tour to suit you! We take on lots of bookings for hen parties and school groups and our guides are skilled at catering the tour content for any audience.
Edinburgh is as magical to us as it is to JK Rowling and we hope this passion will inspire you too!
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The Potter Trail Private Tour
What's included in The Potter Trail Private Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
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.
An area of the city named after Harry Potter? Surely not! See the place where she wrote much of the first book from here.
National Museum of Scotland
Some small connections here to Harry Potter but also a good location to talk about the Balmoral Hotel where JK Rowling finished the series.
Inclusions
- Guide
- Please bring something that you can use as a wand. This can be anything roughly wand shaped - a pen or umbrella will work well!
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Is the tour suitable for children under 7 years old?
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting Points
- All of our guides can be distinguished by our black cloaks!
End Points
- We end on Victoria Street, a 2 minute walk from our starting location.