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Оглавлениеdiscover edinburgh – take a guided tour
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As a first-time Edinburgh visitor, a good way to get your bearings and a great experience all around is a free guided tour. Our guide, Ben, is truly passionate about his city, performs like a stage actor and tells fascinating stories. As you progress from the starting point at the Tron Kirk on High Street, you will hear Ben’s opinion of the film Braveheart, learn the history of St. Giles Church as you pass it on the Royal Mile, and visit Edinburgh’s oldest cemetery, Greyfriars Kirkyard, where you will find the graves of many famous Scots like architect James Craig, who laid out the New Town, and Duncan Ban MacIntyre, the most famous Gaelic poet. Ben will also probably tell you about when a tourist asked him where he could find Sean Connery’s grave. “Ahem! – Sean Connery is still very much alive.”
But there’s another story of this cemetery, one that will touch your heart: just outside the entrance, you see a monument to a dog named Bobby. The story goes that when his master, old sergeant John Gray, died, Bobby came here every day for 14 years, waiting for his master to come back. Locals brought him food and water and were so touched by his loyalty that when Bobby died, in 1872, they placed this life-size bronze statue of him here.
Tron Kirk, High Street, Edinburgh.
Meeting point in front of the Starbucks Coffee.
Mon - Sun 11am, 1pm, 3pm.
