The Wizard and The Water Closet...
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
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
I owe Mercat Tours many things: years of gainful, varied and at times downright bizarre employment,...
Read StoryA Tour By Any Other Name...
If only you could see what goes on in the Mercat office when we’re trying to think of a new...
Read StoryRomance is not dead...even when you're dead!
Who says love and romance needs to end with your last breath! There are quite a few ghosts haunting...
Read StoryOn being scared
As I am rather accustomed to being in the vaults by this stage, I often forget what I am dealing...
Read StoryAh the brisk Scottish breeze!
One feature of guiding that has always amazed me is the wardrobe choice of the visitors on the tour....
Read StoryThe Stewart Trap...
Most people in Scotland look to the Stewarts (or the Stuarts as they later chose to spell it) as the...
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