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News & stories from Edinburgh's award-winning walking tour company

24th November 2022

If you were to picture the location of a ghost story in your head, you'd likely imagine a...

24th November 2022

By Mark, Mercat Storyteller Often referred to as “St. Giles' Cathedral”, the High...

7th November 2022

Halloween and Samhuinn may have passed but there's still plenty of things to do in Edinburgh in...

28th October 2022

By Madge O’Shea, Mercat Storyteller With Hallowe’en upon us, and the veil...

28th October 2022

By Linda, Mercat Storyteller Hallowe’en is a night of endings – and of...

13th October 2022

Written by Michael Robert-Brown, Mercat Storyteller The sheer diversity of Mercat’s...

11th October 2022

On our Edinburgh history tours, we visit several of the city's iconic buildings with ties...

29th September 2022

By Naomi, Mercat Storyteller 'Farewell, old Scotia's bleak domains, Far dearer than...