Guide #7780
I am Edinburgh born bred and educated. I am passionate about Edinburgh and love showing it to people and revealing its hidden secrets. I have always been fascinated by history landscape and architecture. I gradually became aware of how crucially such culture has shaped our understanding and the world we live in. This led to a further MA later in life from Edinburgh University in History of Art and Architectural History. I have now just completed an MSc. in Architectural Conservation. I try to make my guiding informative but lighthearted, interesting and fun with many photo opportunities. I love meeting international people, have many overseas friends and often find guiding a mutual learning opportunity. I live in the city center and can meet you at central hotels or a convenient landmark for walking tours tailored to your own schedule and needs or interests. My Edinburgh driving tours are a very good way to orientate yourself and see highlights to explore later at your own pace. Edinburgh is surrounded by lovely countryside with so many interesting places that I love taking people to visit. I was brought up rambling round ancient castles and listening to stories of old. I have lived in Edinburgh all my life and know virtually every corner of it. I am a qualified tour guide and used to guiding in historic houses. I was often previously asked to lead tours in Edinburgh. I have taken many specialist courses on art, history and architecture related subjects in addition to four different university degrees. More importantly, I am eager to share these interests and show people fascinating places.
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322 reviews
A great tour of the country. Some beautiful stops including lunch a pub with terrific fish and chips. The day was relaxed and well planned.
We had a delightful and informative time with Toby, exploring the medieval abbeys to the south of Edinburgh, as well as Sir Walter Scott's home. Toby was a wealth of knowledge. The tour was everything we expected and hoped it would be. We highly recommend Toby.
This full day tour of Edinburgh was fabulous! Toby is probably one of the best tour guides I’ve ever had. I learned so much about Edinburgh and its history. I feel I could teach a class. We went to numerous places. I would do this again and highly recommend tours by local and Toby.

My friend and I had a fantastic day trip to the highlands with Toby! We went to some of the most beautiful and peaceful places “off the beaten path”. Toby’s recommendations for our day matched our wishes so well and it made for a perfect day! Toby is caring and kind- like a day out with a good friend. We will definitely tour with Toby next time we visit Edinburgh!