Edinburgh Castle · photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0

Self-guided walking tour of Edinburgh

72 sights · United Kingdom

Tell us what you like and how much time you have, and you get a walking route past the best sights of Edinburgh, with a map and thumbs-up from other visitors. Free, no account needed.

Plan your walk through Edinburgh

The route planner itself is in Dutch for now; the map and the route work the same.

What is there to see?

3-hour walk past the highlights of Edinburgh

7 stops · 5.5 km · a loop from the centre with time to look around at each stop. Want to go inside somewhere? Set a longer stay in the route planner.

Photo: LASZLO ILYES, CC BY 2.0
🚶 19 min walkHolyrood Abbey
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0
🚶 1 min walkHolyrood Palace
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0
🚶 3 min walkScottish Parliament Building
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0
🚶 18 min walkSt Giles' Cathedral
Photo: No machine-readable author provided, CC BY-SA 3.0
🚶 5 min walkNational Museum of Scotland
Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0
🚶 2 min walkOld Town
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0
🚶 10 min walkEdinburgh Castle