Free downloadable guides

Free downloadable Plan your visit guides will be available shortly in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.

Explorer tour
This tour includes Edinburgh Castle, the most imposing of all Scotland's castles, as well as castles in East Lothian, the romantic Border abbeys and even a working corn-mill in Dumfries and Galloway.

• Explorer tour including Edinburgh Castle [251KB]

Children's trail
A fun, colourful trail for children as they explore Edinburgh Castle.

• Children's trail [1.1Mb]

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Related pages

• Tour the castle
• View highlights
• View visitor recommendations
• View photo gallery
• Send an ecard

Want to know more?

The official Edinburgh Castle souvenir guide.

Our fully illustrated 64 page guide tells the fascinating story behind this majestic landmark.

Available in a number of languages.
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