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Private tour in Edinburgh John M
Scientific Edinburgh (With Added Crime) Walking Tour
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Welcome to Scotland, and to Edinburgh in particular! Edinburgh is a wonderful place to explore and discover, shimmering with the life of the present, glowing with shades of the past, full of visual surprises and stunning views. I am a native Scot, and have lived my whole life here in Edinburgh. I have been showing friends, family and visitors to my beautiful city and country for many years, and love introducing guests to what makes Edinburgh such a fascinating and many-sided city. I am a graduate in history from Cambridge University, with a Scottish legal training. I am deeply interested in the history, architecture, literature and culture of my native land, and really enjoy sharing this with others of all backgrounds and ages. It is my constant pleasure to share my enthusiasm and show visitors old and young both what it is like to live in contemporary Scotland, as well as what life was like here in the past, what has made us what we are. My tours are designed to entertain and inform travellers not only about the best known places, but also the quirky and unexpected. When I am not guiding visitors, I am an enthusiastic reader of history and literature and enjoy walking, landscape and fishing. I have extensive experience in guiding individuals, family groups, and shore excursions both on short, whole day and longer tours in Edinburgh and throughout Scotland. I look forward to showing you the sights and sounds of my native place. I am a graduate in History (M.A. Cambridge), and in law (Ll.B., Edinburgh), and a lover of Scotland's and Edinburgh's culture and history, with many years' experience of showing visitors round my home country and city. I do not have any restrictions in regard to my guiding, I can offer a full range of experiences.
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Half Day of Some of Edinburgh's Scientific Landmarks
Overview of your Edinburgh tour
Edinburgh is both one of the most visually arresting cities of Europe, it was the centre of the Scottish Enlightenment of the 1700's and 1800's and has since been a hotbed of scientific discovery. Discover how the Georgian city reflected Scotland's confidence and wealth, as Edinburgh's intellectual and scientific life boomed. Visit the house where wild student parties led to the use of chloroform as an anaesthetic. See the home of Adam Smith, father of capitalism. Stand at the hub of Artificial Intelligence in the UK, and you will learn how Scotland's sons and daughters have contributed to science over the centuries, as well as appreciating the buildings, landscape and history of the city itself. What I love about showing visitors around my home city is trying to evoke some of the real life experiences and the buzzing intellectual atmosphere of the Athens of the North in its heyday.
Your Edinburgh tour itinerary
- From Charlotte Square, we head off into the Georgian New Town to learn of the astonishing 18th century building project that reflected Edinburgh's intellectual confidence of the day. - On the way through its elegant neoclassical streets and squares we will visit places connected with the foundations of modern electomagnetic Science, trans-oceanic cables, anaesthetics, oceanography and Murder. - Then, into the Old Town for hydraulics, medicine and more Murder, with digressions into particle physics, geology, artificial intelligence and . . . Murder. - On the way you will have the chance to enjoy the visual delights of the city including Edinburgh Castle, the Royal Mile, Edinburgh University, and the spectacular views of the surrounding countryside you get on the way. If there are particular sites you want to see, I will do my best to include them.
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Type: Walking
This is a walking tour, mostly over paved footpaths and cobbled streets, but with some hills and steps.
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Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Airport: ,Cruise: ,ByGuide: I will meet you at the front of West Register House, on the west side of Charlotte Square (EH2 4DR for satnavs)
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