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Enjoy our premium packages at The Real Mary King’s Close! By booking a private tour, you and your guests will go on a journey through time on hidden, underground streets. Scroll down to discover Edinburgh’s history and choose from our available tour options.
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Private Tours
Take a stroll through the underground alleyways of Edinburgh, where you’ll get to know the everyday lives of the people who once called these streets home. Avoid the cries of, “Gardyloo!”, get acquainted with royal visitors, and meet Edinburgh’s most infamous physician, the Plague Doctor…
Follow a former resident to discover the lives of those who lived, worked and died on Mary King’s Close.
- 1-hour guided tour
- Up to 20 guests
- From £425 per tour
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Dr Arnott’s Sampling Sensation
Get a Taste of History (literally) with this new 30-minute immersive expereince and uncover the secrets of 17th-century medicine with a hands-on workshop led by an expect from his time: Dr. Arnott. Working on Mary King’s Close iteself, Dr. Arnott was specialising in internal medicine, and his favorite method to diagnose his patients was…tasting URINE!
Join our pee-culiar Sampling Sensation experience and become one of Dr. Arnott’s students. ALL your senses will be required as you diagnose patients’ samples, create and drink a herbal concoction.
- 1-hour guided tour + 30min workshop
- Up to 10 guests
- From £580 per tour
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Whisky Tour & Tasting
During a one-hour guided tour, discover the secrets of Edinburgh’s illicit stills and explore over 400 years of whisky production in Scotland. The tour will be followed by a 30-minute whisky tasting. Become a nosing expert while you try two specially selected single-malt Scottish whiskies.
- 1-hour guided tour + 30min whisky tasting
- Include 2 drams
- Up to 16 guests
- From £650 per tour
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Herstory Tours
Meet some of the remarkable women who shaped Edinburgh’s history and hear their real stories. Discover why Mary King’s Close was once “a haven for independent women” and how Mary King herself obtained voting rights 300 years ahead of her time.
During your tour, you will be introduced to three former residents of The Close, Jonet Nimmo, Mary King and Janet Chesney.
- 1-hour guided tour
- Up to 20 guests
- From £575 per tour
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Pride History Tours
The educational and thought-provoking Pride History Tour was designed to reveal the hidden histories of LGBTQIA+ community life in Edinburgh from as far back as the mid-16th century until 1912.
Led by acclaimed 18th century poet, Robert Fergusson or 16th century Sapphic poet, Marie Maitland, discover the hidden lives of real people who contributed to life in Edinburgh for the better.
- 1-hour guided tour
- Up to 20 guests
- From £575 per tour
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True Crime Tours
The closes of the Old Town have been shrouded in shocking tales of crime and punishment for centuries… but our True Crime Tours reveal a more honest story, rooted in fact. As is often the case, the reality ultimately proves darker and more fascinating than any amount of fiction.
Are you brave enough to enter the darkest period of Edinburgh’s history?
- 1-hour guided tour
- Up to 20 guests
- From £550 per tour
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Medical History Tours
Explore some key moments in history that defined medicine, all of which happened in or around Mary King’s Close. Edinburgh has famously been a focal point for medical innovation and experimentation. The city’s medical school is the oldest in the English-speaking world and was at the heart of the Scottish Enlightenment.
The Medical History Tour promises to educate, inspire and encourage the next generation of innovators in science and medicine.
- 1-hour guided tour
- Up to 20 guests
- From £550 per tour
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Unlocked – Free Flow
Discover Mary King’s Close from a fresh perspective—your own. Encounter beloved denizens like the mysterious plague doctor, John Paulitious, the Merchant Prince, and the matriarch of the last family to live on Mary King’s Close, Janet Chesney.
Immerse yourself in their captivating true narratives and freely explore the once-restricted labyrinth of concealed alleys and chambers, all on your own terms.
- Exclusive use of the site
- 2-hour experience
- 11 costumed guides
- Up to 200 guests
- £35/guests (based on 200 guests)
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