Edinburgh: The Scottish-American Ancestry Walking Tour – Edinburgh, United Kingdom

EXPERIENCE:

Explore the heart of the beautiful city of Edinburgh. Discover its iconic landmarks, quaint streets and tales that only the locals know.
Discover why your ancestors left the shores of Scotland for an uncertain future in America. Learn how tales of tragedy become stories of survival. Explore how Scottish notions of independence, freedom and enlightenment fed into the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
We start at the plague pits of Greyfriars Kirkyard, and follow in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin through the historic Grassmarket, Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, Milne’s Close, the Royal Mile and St Giles’ Cathedral.
Your guide will be holding an Edinburgh Castle umbrella, so you’ll know who we are.
Frederick Douglass said, ‘Edinburgh is a beautiful city … the most beautiful I have ever seen.’ Franklin considered his time in Scotland as ‘six weeks of the densest happiness I have met with in any part of my life.’ Washington Irvine wrote, ‘I don’t wonder that anyone residing in Edinburgh should write poetically.’
Join our tour and find out why.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Discover the history of kilts, clans and castles
Are you related to Scottish royalty?
Who was Bonnie Prince Charlie?

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