Edinburgh Christmas Lights: Festive Black Taxi Tour Exploring City Decorations
3.7
3 Ratings
Edinburgh
Experience the magic of Edinburgh's Christmas lights on a private black taxi tour. Explore the city's historic streets, admire the festive decorations, and learn about its rich history.
Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Edinburgh Castle - See the castle illuminated for Christmas and stop for photos
  • Royal Mile - Meet your guide at your hotel or apartment address in Central Edinburgh. Take a seat and relax in your traditional black cab and begin your 2.5 hour Christmas Lights and illuminations tour.
    Admire fine illuminated views over Edinburgh Castle and the city as your guide enlightens you on its history. Drive past statues, Monuments and ancient sites all having a Christmas feel The fun of Christmas doesn’t stop here, why not stop and buy some mince pies and mulled wine to keep you warm, whilst your guide tells you some family friendly ghost stories. Hear chilling stories of grave-robbers, murderers and famous Edinburgh characters such as Burke and Hare,
    Half Hangit
    Maggie Dickson. At the end of the tour your guide will return you in comfort to your hotel to conclude your tour.
    This is a truly wonderful family friendly tour to really start your Christmas celebrations off in style.
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Driving tour
  • Stop wherever you want for photographs
  • Private driver/guide
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Discover the city aboard a black taxi during this exclusive 2.5-hour Christmas Lights journey through Edinburgh. Traverse the age-old lanes of Edinburgh in a black taxi, marvelling at the splendid adornments and lights brightening the city’s historic structures, while absorbing the city’s vibrant past from your guide.

A fun-filled, family-oriented travel adventure that kickstarts the Christmas festivities.

Location
Edinburgh Castle
Castlehill
Edinburgh
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sandra_p
Dec 28, 2022
Christmas Lights - We had a great time. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable about the history of the area. We enjoyed a lovely hot cider at the carousel and took some great photos. Really fun!
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Charleyroper
Dec 10, 2019
The best Christmas market to visit 😍 - I don’t know where to start.. this is literally the best Christmas market I have ever been too. In fact I actually cried at how beautiful it was. The atmosphere was just INSANE! If you are like me and LOVEEEE Christmas you need to put this onto your bucket list to do this year. It’s honestly the best experience! It made me so happy, made me forget all my troubles and made me focus on what was important.. and that was eating/drinking my body weight in naughty foods and mulled wine. The lights are absolutely magical. The lay out is perfect and I must say the little cute finishing touches they have done to make this as magical as it is, was breathe taking. I am gluten free and the range was absolutely brilliant.. for the first time ever I was able to have a warm brownie with cream.. this alone made me very happy. I loved every single second! There is stuff to do for everyone, no matter the age they have smashed it. They have a cute little train that goes around the market for the children.. and the adults If that’s your thing. Rides for different ages.. and the big wheel, you cannot go to this market and not go on the big wheel- yes it’s 10£ but it’s Christmas, and when it’s Christmas anything goes. There are plenty of cute festive pop up stalls that have all kinds of lovely items. From fake snow to beautiful hand crafted jewellery. If you want to treat a loved one.. book a flight (FLYBE I used and it was sooo cheap- I have wrote a review on that also) and get yourself to the most magical place you will visit this year! Get into the Christmas spirit this year at Edinburgh Christmas market ❤️ ☺️
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Pioneer57222275485
Dec 7, 2023
Terrible - Do not waste your money! This tour was supposed to be festive and Christmas lights and yes we did see some Christmas lights but the tour guide was awful!! We heard more about his 12 year old boy and his life than anything else. He would ask us a ? And before we could really answer he interrupted to start talking about himself or his child. We have done a lot of private tours in Europe and never once had to weight a review like this. We actually ended the tour a hour early and had him drop us off! When he did talk about Edinburgh which was very little it was not like a tour guide should. We should get our money back as this was not the tour that was advertised! One example was we ended up in a cemetery not very festive! I guess to sum it up that it was Edinburgh in the dark witch we saw nothing then holiday lights witch was advertised!
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