Thomas Begbie's image of the Bowhead House

© Thomas Begbie

West Bow, Old Town, Edinburgh

Private Slum life in Victorian Edinburgh tour - Discover the lives of the poor with an award-winning guide

Slum life in Victorian Edinburgh tour. A 5-star rated Edinburgh walking tour which explores the often-forgotten stories of our poorest people.

COVID-19

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Your VIctorian Edinburgh tour

Victorian Edinburgh was really a ‘tale of two cities’ - we’ve got the opulent and affluent New Town right next to the impoverished and packed Old Town. At one time the Old Town had been the key part of Edinburgh, by the mid-nineteenth century it was an area of extreme poverty. These two worlds clash when middle and upper class people went into the slums and reported back. It’s these eyewitness accounts which we will draw on heavily throughout this tour.  


Life in the slums will be brought vividly to life through excellent story telling, archive images and eyewitness accounts. This often forgotten period in time will be laid bare before you. This is our most emotionally hard tour and we think it is our most fascinating.  


Are you ready to ‘meet’ Victorian Edinburgh’s slum dwellers?

Vanaf £85 per persoon


Vertrekdagen

  • Maandag
  • Dinsdag
  • Woensdag
  • Donderdag
  • Vrijdag
  • Zaterdag
  • Zondag

Januari — December

Contact gegevens

Historic Edinburgh Tours Ltd

28/2 Bridge Road
Colinton
Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh
Scotland
EH13 0LQ

Tour information

Beginnend

  • Edinburgh
  • Edinburgh - City Centre

Lengte

2Hours

Transport

  • Walking

Type

  • Private

Talen

  • English

Thema’s

  • Ancestry
  • Architecture
  • History

Tour prijzen


Vanaf £85 Per Persoon

Nu boeken

Prijzen zijn afhankelijk van het seizoen

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Historic Edinburgh Tours Ltd

Informatie over toermaatschappij

Historic Edinburgh Tours Ltd

Our Edinburgh walking tours cover hundreds of years of Scotland’s incredible history. Discover the places which were important in the story of Edinburgh and walk in the footsteps of some of our most famous historic characters, including, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Mary, Queen of Scots, Robert Burns and more. Explore the historic Old Town with a five-star rated Edinburgh tour guide. Awards Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence Winners (2017 and 2018) Tripadvisor Traveller's Choice Award (2020) We currently have an average rating of five-stars on Tripadvisor.* *Correct as of 07/04/2022

Openingstijden

Private tours can be arranged for any times (apart from Thursday and Friday).

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