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Real Mary King's Close Guided Tour

Name: Real Mary King's Close Guided Tour
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.7

4.7 ·

Go below the Royal Mile on the Real Mary King's Close Guided Tour. Walk the preserved streets with a costumed guide who tells the stories of the traders and residents who lived and worked here.

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Full description

This hour-long guided experience takes visitors beneath the Royal Mile into Mary King's Close, a once-busy street that was later built over and buried. A guide in character explains how the close worked as a place of trade and housing, and covers plague and the lives of its inhabitants across four centuries.

Multilingual audio and multimedia support can be downloaded beforehand. The route involves stairs and uneven floors, which reviewers flag as a challenge for some visitors.

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Address

253 Writers' Ct, Edinburgh EH1 1LW, UK

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Hours

Daily departure at 10:20 AM, ~75 minutes.

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Booking

Booking required

Duration

1h15

Best time

morning

Intensity

Moderate walking

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Good to know

The departure is at 10:20 AM
download the multilingual audio support before you arrive
expect stairs and uneven floors, and note that photographs and food are excluded.

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Reviews

Megan (2026-09-26): Learned a lot and found it worthwhile despite mosquito bites.

GetYourGuide traveler

1/5

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