We have been to Edinburgh twice before and have mainly focused on the Royal Mile along with Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace. This time we opted for the Hop on Hop Buses and bought the Grand Tour (3 tour bus companies for 1 price) so we could take 3 different routes. 2 had audio guides and 1 had a live tour guide. Fantastic decision as we saw parts of Edinburgh that were hidden to us before. Booked the tickets before the trip and it worked like a charm!

Took a 24 hour ticket and did all 3 tours in a day. This is the best way to introduce yourself to the city pointing out the highlights. Should have taken the 48 hour ticket and made more use of the Hop on Hop off option. But hey -ho, because of this tour will be back in Edinburgh to take in the attractions and actually visit more of them.

Used the hop on off system to find out locations which we were interested in then planned our outings to suite With a little planning we could visit multiple sights with very little actual footwork. Good commentary and helpful staff. Best way to make most of limited time visit

Visited the Scotch Whisky Experience with my partner (who isn't a whiskey fan.) during the tour we both learnt some fun facts about scotch whiskey and enjoyed the hands-on experience of the tour, the animations and little quirky touches make it even more enjoyable.

The Edinburgh tour was the best as there was a live guide and was more interesting than the city sight seeing and majestic touts as they only had audio guides.Great value and saves time having everything booked in advance.