Daily Tours at St Giles’ Cathedral
Join a volunteer guide for a 45 min to 1 hour glimpse into the history, heraldry and life of our historic Cathedral and Thistle Chapel!
About Daily Tours at St Giles’ Cathedral
Located at heart of Edinburgh on the iconic Royal Mile, come along to learn more about 900 years of our history guided by one of our excellent volunteer guides.
Bookings are by donation - pay as much or as little as you like, online or on the day.
We offer the following tours once per timeslot:
10:30am and 2:30pm, Monday - Friday
10:30am on Saturdays
Tickets can be booked through eventbrite HERE. They are listed by the month, with separate listings for the 10:30 tours and the 2:30 tours, e.g. December 10:30am, December 2:30pm.
Groups will be a maximum of 10 people per tour. Space will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Group tickets are capped at 5 - if you wish to bring more than 5 people on a tour please contact us directly.
As we are a working church, tours may be cancelled or unavailable on certain days, depending on our calendar. Please check our Eventbrite listings for available tour days.
Where possible we will update our listings to notify of cancelled, postponed and rescheduled events, however we STRONGLY ADVISE that you check with the venue/organiser in the first instance for updates.
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