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

A Day To Remember...

1 July 2014

By day three of the Mercat Tours International Battlefield Experience, students are ready to enter...

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A Family Affair

6 June 2014

When I'm asked by a journalist for an interview, I always get nervous.   What do I say?...

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The Wizard and The Water Closet...

21 March 2014

Deep in the mists of time when I first joined Mercat tours, a plastic cauldron was passed around the...

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Mercat Captures The Pride and Passion of 2014

5 December 2013

We have just launched our first tour-specific promotional film for: ‘The Pride, The Passion...

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Gorgeous and To Die For - Scotland's Greatest King

9 September 2013

I owe Mercat Tours many things: years of gainful, varied and at times downright bizarre employment,...

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Mercat Keeps GRoWing Green and Keen

19 June 2012

All the team at GRoW were delighted to get the job of producing tables for Mercat Tours' Megget&...

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