Thomas Begbie's image of the Bowhead House
© Thomas Begbie
West Bow, Old Town, Edinburgh
Private Slum life in Victorian Edinburgh tour - Discover the lives of the poor with an award-winning guide
Slum life in Victorian Edinburgh tour. A 5-star rated Edinburgh walking tour which explores the often-forgotten stories of our poorest people.
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Your VIctorian Edinburgh tour
Victorian Edinburgh was really a ‘tale of two cities’ - we’ve got the opulent and affluent New Town right next to the impoverished and packed Old Town. At one time the Old Town had been the key part of Edinburgh, by the mid-nineteenth century it was an area of extreme poverty. These two worlds clash when middle and upper class people went into the slums and reported back. It’s these eyewitness accounts which we will draw on heavily throughout this tour.
Life in the slums will be brought vividly to life through excellent story telling, archive images and eyewitness accounts. This often forgotten period in time will be laid bare before you. This is our most emotionally hard tour and we think it is our most fascinating.
Are you ready to ‘meet’ Victorian Edinburgh’s slum dwellers?
From £85 per adult
Departure days
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January — December
Contact details
28/2 Bridge Road
Colinton
Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh
Scotland
EH13 0LQ
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Historic Edinburgh Tours Ltd
Our Edinburgh walking tours cover hundreds of years of Scotland’s incredible history. Discover the places which were important in the story of Edinburgh and walk in the footsteps of some of our most famous historic characters, including, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Mary, Queen of Scots, Robert Burns and more. Explore the historic Old Town with a five-star rated Edinburgh tour guide. Awards Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence Winners (2017 and 2018) Tripadvisor Traveller's Choice Award (2020) We currently have an average rating of five-stars on Tripadvisor.* *Correct as of 07/04/2022
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