When your cruise ship arrives in Edinburgh, get to know Scotland’s capital on this full-day shore excursion. Board a comfortable coach which takes you to visit the Royal Yacht Britannia, the former royal yacht of the British monarchy. Then enjoy a panoramic tour of Edinburgh before stopping to explore medieval Edinburgh Castle, once residence to Scotland’s kings and queens. Use your free time for lunch (own expense) and to explore the famous Royal Mile and see the Palace of Holyroodhouse the official residence of the British Royal Family in Scotland.
Posted By : sukiez70
The Edinburgh Shore Excursion: City Tour and Royal Yacht Britannia was our second excursion with David and Adam. They are a terrific team. We were a little late so they had Brian shuttle us over to meet them. David is very knowledgeable and entertaining. He has a quick whit and is very personable. He is also very professional. The only problem that we had related to our purchase of tickets for excursions on the Timberbush website. They weren't recognized at the attractions and we experienced some difficult gaining admittance. I would suggest buying them directly from the attraction in the future.
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Posted On : 2024-06-24 10:13:43 
Posted By : Lily_C
The tour company had called me five minutes before the departure time to check if we planned to still join the tour and I informed them that we were on the ferry on our way to the port which should arrive within 15 minutes. We arrived to port seven minutes after the departure time, a few minutes earlier than what I had told the tour operator over the phone and saw the Timberbush bus drive past us.
I called the tour operator office and they said we can catch up with the tour group by getting to the Yacht Britannia. We took a black taxi there and it seemed to us that getting around Edinburgh in a black taxi/Uber was easily accessible and economical. We decided to spend more time at the Yacht Britannia than the tour itinerary called for and just went off on our own so we won’t be so rushed. We spent a couple of hours at Yacht Britannia and took an Uber to Edinburgh Castle. We spent around four hours at the castle and strolled around the area around the castle. It was lovely. In a way we were happy we missed the tour given the fact we were able to get around fairly inexpensively and on our own schedule though we felt the tour operator should have at least given us a partial refund since they knew we were on our way and were only seven minutes late!
If you are traveling with a party of two or more, you will spend less getting to the places mentioned on this itinerary using black taxi/Uber to get to the attractions than paying for this tour.
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Posted On : 2024-06-15 22:04:22 
Posted By : Roger_S
A great day with our guide and driver Graeme who was brilliant. After visiting the Royal Yacht (a fascinating audio guided tour) we headed to the castle and Royal Mile. The castle was fully booked so we walked down the Royal Mile, grabbed lunch in Deacon Brodie's Tavern and looked in St Giles Cathedral which was superb. We were then picked up at the castle and treated to a further tour round the centre of Edinburgh by Graeme before being dropped back to catch the shuttle back to the ship. We can thoroughly recommend this tour to anyone.
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Posted On : 2024-06-05 14:37:59
Posted By : Daniel_K
There were no memorable parts to this tour as the tour bus left before we got on shore from our tender boat. The tour started at 9:30 am, the bus waited 10 minutes and then departed a 9:40 am, we got off the tender at 9:45 am. We phoned the office of Timberbush Tours and they advised that they have a schedule to keep
We had booked another tour through Trip Advisor in Dublin. The bus driver waited 1 1/2 hours for all guests to arrive at the bus. He advised that he would have to cut some of the visits a little bit to get back to the ship on time. There is no reason that Timberbush Tours could noy have done the same
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Posted On : 2024-05-28 15:43:05
Posted By : Gary_L
Tour guide Dave is very knowledgeable and kindly. He went above and beyond taking us to extra viewpoints. Driver Adam is assured us a very smooth ride. I’d recommend this tour.
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Posted On : 2024-05-26 11:54:58
Posted By : Coreen_L
The tour was well done in terms of the guide being very descriptive about the historical information relevant to the areas we were in.
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Posted On : 2024-05-26 10:32:30
Posted By : twin2934
This tour was exceptional. David was a great tour guide and Adam did a wonderful job navigating all the narrow streets. Edinburgh Castle is so massive I wish we had more time to explore. The tour of the yacht Britannia was so very interesting. This was just great as a shore excursion. We saw what we wanted to see and at a price much less than the similar ship excursion. And David was cognizant of the fact we needed to return to the ship in plenty of time before the all aboard.
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Posted On : 2024-05-26 07:13:31
Posted By : Anonymous
We had David the guide and Adam the driver both were awesome!!! Excellent excursion we had ample time to see everything we wanted! David was kind funny and very knowledgeable made our day :-)
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Posted On : 2024-05-24 21:57:45
Posted By : Glenn_P
Our tour guide Graeme was both knowledgeable and hilarious. He brought Scotland to life. We really liked the Royal Britannia. Edinburgh Castle was good too but a bit touristy.
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Posted On : 2024-05-18 08:58:11
Posted By : Kathy_W
We had a great time on this day trip. We visited Royal Yacht and Edinburgh Castel. Our guide was very knowledgeable and shared interesting stories throughout the day, the driver adjusted our route to avoid the traffic, bring us back to port on time.
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Posted On : 2024-05-07 13:35:32
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