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

17th February 2022

By Simon Bendle, Mercat Storyteller You’ll hear plenty of great stories about interesting...

20th January 2022

By Simon Bendle, Mercat Storyteller Burns Night is a highlight of the Scots calendar, an annual...

30th December 2021

By Simon Bendle, Mercat Storyteller Hogmanay is as important to Scots as Christmas Day –...

16th December 2021

By Simon Bendle, Mercat Storyteller Spare a thought for the Scots architect James Smith when...

16th November 2021

By Simon Bendle, Mercat Storyteller The Great Fire of 1824 was one of the most devastating in...

23rd September 2021

By Margaret Hubbard, MTI Storyteller Who was Elsie Inglis? Dr. Elsie Maud Inglis was born in...

8th September 2021

By Simon Bendle, Mercat Storyteller Our history tours would last a lifetime if we stopped at...

2nd September 2021

By Margaret Hubbard, Storyteller at Mercat Tours International RLS, as he is affectionately...