Self-guided walking tour
Edinburgh Walking Tour: Whisky, Oysters and Old Pubs (45 minutes, 4 stops)
4 stops in walking order through Edinburgh, from Cafe Royal to Oxford Bar: 2.6 km on foot, about 32 min of walking, 45 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Whisky, Oysters and Old Pubs”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.
- Total
- 45 min
- Distance
- 2.6 km
- Walking
- 32 min
- Stops
- 4
The stops, in walking order
Cafe Royal
A hotel and oyster bar celebrated for an elaborate interior created through a later architectural refit.
12 min walk · 960 m
The Scotch Whisky Experience
A visitor attraction housed in a former Victorian school building on Castlehill, beside Edinburgh Castle’s esplanade.
5 min walk · 430 m
Grassmarket
A historic market street and event space beneath Castle Rock, with a long connection to livestock trading, crowded lodging houses and public executions.
14 min walk · 1.2 km
Oxford Bar
An Edinburgh pub on Young Street in the New Town, closely associated with Ian Rankin’s Inspector Rebus stories and John Rebus’s favourite drinking place.
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