Explore Edinburgh at your own pace

A black Gothic spire needles the Edinburgh sky, and the Scott Monument casts long shadows over stories that refuse to stay buried.

This self guided audio tour leads through the Old Town and beyond, pairing famous sights with overlooked corners like Moubray House and the National Archives of Scotland. Hear the city speak in rebellions, scandals, political battles, and forgotten moments most visitors walk straight past.

What desperate message could turn a crowd near the Scott Monument from admiration to alarm? Which sealed record in the National Archives of Scotland hints at a mystery no one wanted solved? Why does Moubray House keep reappearing in oddly specific tales of vanished papers and names crossed out at midnight?

Photo: Adam Wilson, Unsplash

Tour details

Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes, entirely at your own pace

Distance: around 3.6 km (2.2 miles)

Stops: 15 landmarks, including North Bridge, Edinburgh, Old St Paul's, Edinburgh, Moubray House

Audio: up to 38 minutes of narration

Starts at: North Bridge, Edinburgh

Map data by Mapbox and OpenStreetMap contributors

How it works

Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.

Download the free AudaTours app on your phone and enter the code.

Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.

Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.

There is no fixed date and no start time. The date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can use it whenever you next visit and walk it again as often as you like.

What is included

Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop

An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks

Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal

Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like

Lifetime access - your code never expires

Where you will stop

North Bridge, Edinburgh

Old St Paul's, Edinburgh

Moubray House

Fruitmarket Gallery

Trinity College Kirk

Regent Bridge

City Observatory

Political Martyrs' Monument

Old Calton Burial Ground

General Register House

National Archives of Scotland

Scott Monument

St Andrew Square, Edinburgh

Melville Monument

St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh

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What is AudaTours?

AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.

Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary

Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere

At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want

Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release

Good to know

This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.

It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.

The landmarks on the tour are not affiliated with AudaTours.

You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.

Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.

Who it suits

Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.

Image credits

Photos: Adam Wilson, Ben Guerin (Unsplash); AudaTours.

Description supplied by the event organiser.