Edinburgh Walking Tours : Architectural Information
Scottish Architecture Guides : Architecture Tour Information
Edinburgh Walking Tours - Architecture of the Capital
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WALKING TOURS OF EDINBURGH'S TRADITIONAL + CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
Edinburgh Walking Tours since 2001
Our most popular Edinburgh Walking Tour is the Old Town. We look at contemporary architecture within the context of the historic environment, with information on buildings + architects. We also do walking tours through the New Town and occasionally in the historic centre of Leith. We also do Edinburgh Bus Tours which allow visits to more outlying buildings.
We can provide advice ahead of trips re accommodation, dining and of course types and areas of buildings.
We can arrange accommodation in contemporary quality Edinburgh hotels, dining in a range of good restaurants and suggested evening entertainment, ie the whole package for a fee. We can also provide walking tours information on programme, geographical areas and building types up to a year ahead of trips. For example a group of architects interested in innovative social housing could be provided with tailored information allowing a programme to be agreed prior to their visit.
Visitors can be met from the airport, their accommodation, or at the starting point of their tour. The Edinburgh Walking Tour can simply be a guided tour of the capital's new & historic architecture. The tour can be backed up by hand-outs and experts for buildings of special interest, for example a project architect of a certain building. A standard proforma allows a tailored service, eg for larger groups a second guide may be required, some groups are not interested in anything other than the architecture.
Other than Edinburgh, we have done numerous architecture walking tours around Glasgow over the last few years.
Edinburgh Walking Tours - Recent Visits
2011: Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch walking tour
2010: Dutch, Norwegian, English, Spanish walking tour
2009: Dutch, Norwegian, International walking tour
2008: Cologne, London, Danish, Glasgow, Dutch walking tour
2007: Bath, London, American walking tour
2006: two English walking tours, two Scottish tours, Swedish, Swiss, German, Spanish, American
2005: repeat visit from the Architects Association of Catalonia, a group of 73 Swedish architects & engineers from White Architects and a group of architecture students from England; 42 architects from Lyon, Architects from NBBJ in the USA, numerous UK tour groups, Spanish, German and Russian architects, 40 Dutch architects.
In previous years we have done walking tours for 22 members of the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the Royal Society of Dutch Architects, 18 Ukrainian architects, 52 Dutch architects, 12 members of the Architects Association of Catalonia, Bartlett Architecture students and a walking tour for Dublin planners.
Dear Isabelle,
Oh yes, we had a splendid time in Scotland, thanks to you, Colin, and your beautiful country.
Vennlige hilsener fra, Øyvind
Edinburgh Bus + Walking Tour - Reference 24 Oct 2005
Adrian,
Thank you so very much for the spectacular job that you did for NBBJ Architects! They were so impressed with you and enjoyed the afternoon so much. I think they would like to send you a proper thank you and also keep in touch. I hope we meet next time - I will certainly ask you to lead any groups that I have in Scotland in the future!
Very best regards, SB for NBBJ Architects
Edinburgh Tours - Reference 19 Nov, 2003
Dear Adrian and Isabelle,
Your warm welcome for us in Edinburgh was much appreciated by all. Our post-trip surveys ranked the Scotland tour as one of the very best we have ever offered.
The arrangements you made for Chicago Architecture Foundation were superb. The walking tours with you and Isabelle gave us good insight into the architectural scene, historic and modern. It has been a great pleasure to work with you,
Very best,
Barry Sears, Special Tours Consultant and Tour Leader
Chicago Architecture Foundation
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