The Scottish
Enlightenment Tours
Bespoke guided tours of Edinburgh and across Scotland
Qualified - Accredited - Insured
No vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end…
The Scottish Enlightenment, is a Scottish owned and operated tour company that offers high quality, small-group tours and private experiences.
The Scottish Enlightenment provides qualified, accredited and insured local tour guides to deliver engaging tours that introduce and promote the richness of Scotland’s history, heritage and place in the world, to our cherished visitors.
Our tours combine history, culture, tradition, daily life and good humour to create a connection to a country and culture of wonder and beauty, for the visitor, the curious and the homecoming traveller alike
Scotland is a nation of stories.
Stories that weave through time, and tradition.
Some are mythical and fanciful. Others, factual, dramatic, and inspiring.
The best, an alchemy of all these elements.
And that is Scotland.
A combination of polarities that reflect the soul of a nation.
Scotland is often two places in one.
Highlands and Lowlands, Scots and Gaelic, Scottish and British.
Multi-fascinating sides to every Scottish story.
Be enlightened by our Edinburgh history walks, and captivated with our Castle tours. Take a dram and share a tall tale with us.
Come with us on a journey through time and space.
Meet the characters, make the scene and be a part of the story in that somewhere else of the imagination, Scotland.
If you are searching for more than a standard tour you have come to the right place.
How easy it is to be two people at once.
One exploring with The Scottish Enlightenment tours.
The other cutting the pack of memories and turning up ace after ace after ace.
Popular tours
Edinburgh Castle
A thousand years of Scottish history on one volcanic rock. Our guides bring it to life before you step inside
Scottish History Through The Pubs
Scotland’s history etched into Edinburgh's pubs. Hear the stories between the pints. The minutes wing their way wi’ pleasure!
Stirling
Wallace, Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots — a half-day in the place that decided Scotland's future more than once.
The Scottish Enlightenment
A history of ideas that changed the world
Scottish National Gallery
Scotland's finest collection, guided by someone who has spent years understanding what these works meant.
The Old Town
The closes, the Canongate, the Royal Mile — with the stories that never appear on the signs.
Doon the Watter
Down the Firth of Clyde, following the Victorian tradition of escaping Glasgow for the coast.
Glasgow
Mackintosh, the Merchant City, the Clyde — loud, gallus and not to be missed
