Edinburgh Harry Potter Tour and Experience

If you loved Harry Potter, then you want a tour of JK Rowling’s home to be as unforgettable as reading the books for the first time. You want to fill that crushing emptiness closing the Deathly Hallows left. You have one chance to make it good & you want the best.
「 I wrote this tour for you 」

» All the inspirations for Harry Potter in Edinburgh & much of the rest of the world too.
» Rowling’s life living across Europe & how this impacted the books.
» What we can learn from how Rowling overcame hardship. 
» How do you write like JK Rowling? Lots & lots of practice & a little reflection mostly, but you could come on this tour anyway & I'll attempt to illuminate an inch further.
» Lunch in a Harry Potter cafe with practicals: Divination, Charms, Potter games; quill writing or song-smithing.
① ticket passages a group of up to 6 Potterheads & squibs.

It’s been popular amongst generous parents seeking an entirely forgettable rite of passage; passionate fans & teachers, for thoroughness.

Meeting Point

Monument to Wellington

Wellington, Edinburgh EH1 3YY, UK

Default meeting point: Statue of the Duke of Wellington on his horse. On the end of Princes Street, opposite the Balmoral Hotel with its clock tower, besides the Apple store, outside:
HM General Register House, 2 Princes St, Edinburgh EH1 3YY

Waverley Railway Station

Waverley Railway Station, Edinburgh EH1 1BB, UK

If you’re worried about missing your train, ‘EVANESCO WORRY!’, I can take you there. But you might prefer to wander the Royal Mile for an evening meal first.

NCP Edinburgh Holyrood Rd

2 Viewcraig Gardens, Edinburgh EH8 9UL, UK

NCP CAR PARK: I have a code which reduces the cost from £27 to £10 for 24 hrs. You could have breakfast in JK’s ‘Levels’ across the road (opens: 08:30 AM). If this is your plan PLEASE MESSAGE ME after booking.

What's included:

• Flexibility: message me why the books are important to you, your preferred start time & duration
• This is a private tour for you, your friends & family exclusively
• To book this tour, or my 5¾hr private tour, please contact Potter Tour
• Wandwork
• Gives you a general overview of the Old Town, should be done on day 1 of your visit
• Kingdom of the Scots exhibition
• Old Parliament Hall
• Discounted all day parking cost £10, please contact me

Not included:

• £15pp for lunch, where Rowling wrote ‘great parts’ of the Philosopher’s Stone
• Nevertheless eat Breakfast. It’s a long walk, BREAKFAST IS KING
• Potter guides & aspiring guides: please look elsewhere, I love you but I have too many "tributes"
• Movie lovers who haven’t read the books. Read the books already. Book my 4¼ hr tour or Potter Trail

What to expect:

Duration: between 7 hours and 8 hours

Duke of Wellington

Waterloo Place, Edinburgh

My preferred start point, is opposite the Balmoral Hotel, with its big clock tower, betwixt the Apple store & the statue of the Duke of Wellington on his beloved horse Copenhagen

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Edinburgh Old Town

Edinburgh, EH1

An 8-hour tour of locations connected to JK Rowling & the writing of her beloved Harry Potter. Harry's saga is more than a million words & has sold more than ½ billion books. You don't need an 8-hour 'Harry Potter tour', but Harry deserves it.

6 hours, 25 minutes

The Elephant House

21 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EN, UK

Late lunch! If it's open. Around £15 per person will be required. If it's closed we'll go elsewhere.
This is optional, the tour can be done without lunch, you could bring a packed lunch or buy sandwiches en-route to eat on the go. But this would omit the seated lunch activities.

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Greyfriars

26A Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, EH1 2QQ

Part of Edinburgh's world heritage site and Edinburgh's most visited cemetery, I wonder why?

45 minutes