City of Edinburgh Tours Reviews Summary

Tour Guides

Pros:

• "The guide was great and added a lot to the tour without him then I'd score it lower!"
• "What a fantastic tour with a fantastically funny and knowledgeable guide."
• "Our tour guide Dr Munroe, was fantastic, he was a great story teller."
• "Our tour guide Maggie was really informative and told us so many fascinating tales from the past!"
• "Ann was a great knowledgeable guide and built up an easy rapport with the group."
• "Black John was a brilliant guide and unlike other tours I've been on took us to 'Bloody' McKenzie's mausoleum and recounted this great tale."
• "Our 'dead' guide, Jessie King was totally engaging and very knowledgeable."

Cons:

• "A non native English speaker with a very poor grasp of the English language was the guide for our tour in English."
• "Our guide “dr Nox” was playing quite rude character and his jokes were very low quality and quite offensive and personal."
• "Appalling service. We booked a tour with City of Edinburgh tours in our last day and the guide simply didn't show up."
• "The person in the box who printed out our tickets was very rude."
• "Couldn't hear or understand anything the guide said."
• "The guide sadly didn't have a lot of interesting stories and wasn't funny either."
• "The rep was incredibly rude and refused to give me his name."

Tour Experience

Pros:

• "This was simply fantastic and my favourite part of the tour by far!!"
• "The Ghost Tour was so wonderful!"
• "Had a fabulous time on this tour!"
• "It was a 10/10 experience."
• "We had such a fun time on our Fright Night tour with the Red Witch as our guide!"
• "What a great time with Ann Martin on our Underground Ghost Tour!"
• "City of Edinburgh Tours gave a really informative and fun afternoon Ghost Tour, which was suitable for both adults and kids."

Cons:

• "The underground tour takes you to a whopping single room underground, with a couple cheapo Halloween props."
• "Wouldn’t recommend this tour at all…waste of CAD $37.00 (£24.00)"
• "This one, described as extreme paranormal, was not at all scary, nor very interesting to honest."
• "The Extreme Paranormal Ghost Tour was AWFUL! There was nothing scary or paranormal about this tour; it was more like a cheap history tour."
• "Feel as though we were mislead in terms of the advertising. Not worth 16 pounds each."
• "This tour is not worth the time or the money, they take you to some guys basement 3 rooms and tell you it's the underground."
• "At the price £16 I don't think it offered great value for money!"

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Definitely recommend."
• "Really enjoyed the night tour with Lafayette, especially the ending in greyfriars kirk yard."
• "Would highly recommend booking a tour of the Edinburgh Vaults with Maggie (Dickson) as your guide."
• "An amazing tour, with an even better guide!! This tour was full of facts, spooks, and laughs."
• "A must-do for anyone interested in the history of the city and supernatural!"
• "Really recommend visiting the vaults as it's a cool piece of Edinburgh history."
• "We did the Old Town & Underground Ghost Tour and had a great time."

Cons:

• "This tour barely shows you anything underground, only a couple of rooms with fake toy skeleton props."
• "Disappointed the tour guide wasn't of Scottish origin, took the authenticity away somewhat."
• "It was real fun, but again, a bit overpriced for visiting just a very small portion of the underground vaults and Greyfriars Kirkyard, which also other tours visit in further depth."
• "And the underground tour was extremely disappointing. A couple of rooms that all looked the same."
• "All in all at the price £16 I don't think it offered great value for money!"
• "The underground was 4 rooms."
• "Unfortunately, this was a very negative experience for us."