Private Tour
The Potter Trail Private Tour
Overview
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1 hour 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
Grab a wand and join your robed guide on the original tour of Edinburgh designed especially for Potter fans!
Founded in 2012, we are the original Harry Potter tour in Edinburgh. Our guides have the most experience of any tour company in Edinburgh and we are consistently rated most highly by visitors across all platforms.
Booking a private tour with us will ensure the ultimate experience for Harry Potter fans as you'll be able to take the tour at your own pace and ask as many questions as you like!
Our friendly and professional guides are all trained actors and comedians so we can guarantee they will captivate and entertain you as well as impress with their extensive knowledge, as you visit all the key Potter sights in the city.
We are also happy to customise this tour to suit you! We take on lots of bookings for hen/stag parties and school groups and our guides are skilled at catering the tour content for any audience.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Is the tour suitable for children under 7 years old?
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Greyfriars
We begin our tour in the city's historic Greyfriars Kirkyard where JK Rowling spent a lot of time while writing the books. Here we'll see several names on gravestones that inspired characters in the series including William McGonagall and Thomas Riddell. From here we will also see two potential inspirations for Hogwarts in the form of George Heriot's School and Edinburgh Castle.
An area of the city named after Harry Potter? Surely not! See the place where she wrote much of the first book from here.
What‘s Included
Guide
Please bring something that you can use as a wand. This can be anything roughly wand shaped - a pen or umbrella will work well!
Options
The Potter Trail Private Tour
Reviews
2,442 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Harry Potter Fan Must Do
Stay36152570597,May 8, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was one of the highlights of the trip. The fact that this tour was free and one of the best tours we have done, says a lot. Ollie was our tour guide and they were the best- funny, informational, and made the tour super interactive. This is a must tour!
Amazing tour guide. From Alistair
213ionac,May 7, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Alistair was an amazing tour guide. Lots of fun and laughter. He made is intresting the whole tour especially with the people who had no clue about anything Harry Potter. Would definitely recommend this tour to any of my friends or family who are Harry Potter fans. (Side note. He’s great at making character impressions from the movies)
Added value to visit
DayTrip394965,May 5, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Nice tour by enthusiastic and friendly Oli.
Good tour
wheatzor,May 4, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00This was a fun tour. The guide was very enthusiastic and engaging. I did expect a bit more to be covered that I didn't already know or couldn't have just gone to see on my own because the sites are common knowledge. Overall, a worthwhile tour though.
Amazing Harry Potter Edinburgh Tour
nicolelJ107AW,May 3, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Christine our guide was amazing!! She kept the group engaged, had lots of energy and knew way more Harry Potter facts than I thought possible. 10/10 - 5 stars - incredible tour that I now need to book a return trip to bring my kids.
Fun tour but be more honest upfront
L4633AWronaldv,May 3, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00The tour was fun and our guide, Colin, did a great job. He shared a lot of interesting information about the Harry Potter world, and the house‑cup competition was a nice touch. The only downside was the pressure to pay at both the beginning and the end of the tour. This was surprising, because the website clearly described it as a free tour. I wouldn’t have minded contributing if that had been communicated upfront, but the way it was presented felt misleading. Because of that, I chose not to pay.
Must do for Harry Potter fans
kschreib,May 2, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Absolutely amazing tour, our guide Charlie was fab, both Harry Potter fans and Muggles without general knowledge enjoyed it a lot.
Merlin's Beard...amazing!
808sanneg,May 2, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our tour guide Charlie was truly amazing, it was such a fun and interactive your, thank you so much!!!
For all potter fans out there!
olim340,May 1, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Wonderful tour given by a real potter fan (Ollie). highly recommend it for all potter heads visiting Edinburgh !
Excellent knowledgeable tour guide!
gemmalP8748ID,Apr 30, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We took the Harry Potter tour with Caroline and my 7 year old who is an avid Harry Potter fan. We had a fantastic time, Caroline was fun and knowledgable; kind and engaged. The talk was fast paced and detailed, lots of space for questions within the group or privately with Caroline as we walked. We had a lovely tour, only made better by the glorious sunshine. Caroline made recommendations for other things to do in the city too, which we loved. Would definitely recommend.
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