Activities

Self-guided audio tour on the history of witchcraft in Scotland

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£4.00

Language: English

Mobile voucher accepted

Duration: 1 hour

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Why you’ll love this…

Enjoy the freedom of a self-guided audio tour
Dive into the history of witchcraft in Scotland
Stroll through the Royal Mile and Old Town of Edinburgh

What to expect

Follow a self-guided audio tour through Edinburgh to dive into the history of witchcraft in Scotland. Listen to stories of thousands of innocent women persecuted during the witchcraft panics.

From Holyrood Palace, make your way up to the well-known Royal Mile. Stroll through the alleyways of the Old Town only to arrive at Edinburgh Castle. Learn about the public hysteria about witchcraft throughout the centuries. From the terrible times during the reign of King James VI, life during the 1500s and 1600s, all the way through the 1900s.

The average time of the guided tour is 60-minutes, but you are welcome to linger a bit longer here and there deciding your own pace. This self-guided audio tour can be enjoyed on location or even at home with VoiceMap's Virtual function which disables the GPS playback.

What's included

Unlimited access to the self-guided tour in English
VoiceMap app for Android and iOS
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata

What's not included

Smartphone and headphones
Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route

Where

Horse Wynd, Edinburgh, UK

Meeting point:

The tour will start outside the Palace of Holyrood, on Horse's Wynd which is situated on the right corner - you will see the Holyrood Park information center. You will begin on the corner next to the black iron gates.

What to remember

This tour requires a minimum age of 6 to participate
This is a self-guided audio tour, you will follow an audio tour through an app using your phone
You can follow this self-guided tour on any day, at any time best fitted to you
Entrance fees to all attractions mentioned on the tour are excluded from the price
You will receive instructions on how to follow the audio tour in the voucher after booking

Provider

VoiceMap Audio Tours

Booking fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

Cancellation policy

Unfortunately, we can't offer you a refund nor can we change or cancel your booking for this particular product, due to our partner's policy.

What people say about this experience

Monique
From United States of America - December 2022

Travelled with a group of friends

18 - 24 years old

Excellent
Overall rated
4/5

De audiotour was heel interessant. Veel dingen geleerd en gezien. Het enige wat een beetje jammer was dat we met ons tweeën de tour deden, maar het ni ...

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