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The Potter Trail Private Tour

5.0 Excellent 2540 reviews
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1h 30m
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English
Free cancellation · up to 24 hours before Private tour Instant confirmation Likely to sell out Live guide

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Overview

Guidekin summary

A robed guide leads a wizard-themed Edinburgh walk at your pace, with time for questions on a private tour for your party. Guiding is included, but bring your own wand substitute, such as a pen or umbrella. 4.97 from 2,540 reviews at €95 per person for 1h 30m.

From the guide

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! Private means that the tour is for your group only.

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.

Schedule & Availability

Runs daily
Departures: 10:00, 13:00, 14:00, 17:00
Scheduled through August 2027

This tour runs daily, departing at 10:00, 13:00, 14:00, 17:00. Scheduled through August 2027. These are the operator’s scheduled departures, not a live seat count: availability is confirmed at checkout. Schedule last checked October 1, 2026.

What's Included

Guide

What's Not Included

Please bring something that you can use as a wand. This can be anything roughly wand shaped - a pen or umbrella will work well!

Itinerary

Greyfriars Stop 1
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.
45 min
An area of the city named after Harry Potter Stop 2
Surely not! See the place where she wrote much of the first book from here.
10 min
National Museum of Scotland Stop 3
Harry Potter connections to the Museum and surrounding area - and also learn about the Balmoral Hotel where JK Rowling finished the series.
5 min
A cafe that promotes itself as the "Birthplace" of Harry Potter Stop 4
We will explain why those inverted commas are very important...
5 min
One of Edinburgh's most iconic streets, considered to be the real life Diagon... Stop 5
One of Edinburgh's most iconic streets, considered to be the real life Diagon Alley.
5 min

Departure & Return

Start point

Your guide will be waiting in costume outside the orange sandwich shop.

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End point

We end on Victoria Street, a 2 minute walk from our starting location.

Additional Information

  • 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.

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Compared with other Harry Potter Tours

TourPriceDurationRatingGroup
This tour · #1 of 12€951h 30m4.97 (2540)private
Exclusive Small Group Guided Edinburgh Potter Tour€241h 30m4.98 (426)shared
Harry Potter & Horrible History Small Group Tour€212h5.0 (223)shared
Original Harry Potter Locations: Guided Walking Tour in Edinburgh€182h4.89 (4658)shared

Ranked #1 of 12 in Harry Potter Tours by Guidekin score (rating weighted by review volume). Prices here run from €18 to €95, median €45; typical length 2h. 3 of 12 are private. Figures are live from the tour cards; the rubric is our handpicked set, not the whole market. Compare all 12 Harry Potter Tours

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