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

Edinburgh Theatre Chronicles: Bedlam Theatre

25 January 2021

The theatre – a place where we go to relax, unwind and be entertained. A place where we can...

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Edinburgh History & The Stories Behind the Stories: Queen Margaret of Scotland

18 January 2021

Edinburgh History & The Stories Behind the Stories: Queen Margaret of Scotland In this series...

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Edinburgh Ghost Tours, and the Art of Damn Good Storytelling

4 January 2021

Mercat team member Brad explores the art of good storytelling on TV, in the cinema, as well as in...

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The Story Behind Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

24 December 2020

177 years ago, a man by the name of Charles Dickens sat down and wrote a novella called A Christmas...

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The Latest Grassmarket Community Podcast

11 December 2020

  Mercat Tours has maintained a very close relationship with Grassmarket Community Project...

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Looking for Something to do this Winter? Coorie in for Winter Tales, and support Grassmarket Community Project

4 December 2020

Here at Mercat Tours, we’ve been hard at work finding exciting new ways to embrace the warmth...

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