Jekyll & Hyde: Walking Tours
There are several guided tours running during the One Book - One Edinburgh reading campaign that will take you to the well-known, and lesser known, Edinburgh city centre places that are of special interest to RL Stevenson and the Jekyll & Hyde story. Places are limited, so please book early. Full details below.
Schools are welcome to book special walking tours of Stevenson's Edinburgh, tailored for school groups.
Guided Walks:
In the Footsteps of Stevenson
Literary Tour
12.30pm and 2.30pm
meet at the Writer's Museum
Lady Stair's Close, off the Royal Mile
Take a stroll in the footsteps of world-famous author Robert Louis Stevenson with a guided walk through the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town. Duration approximately 75 minutes. All children must be accompanied.
£5.00 full price / £3.00 concession. Group discounts available. Call 0131 557 9821 or email tour@cityofliterature.com to book your tickets.
The 12.30pm tour on Sunday 2 March has been cancelled, but there will still be a 2.30pm event. Saturday tours will happen as advertised.
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The Jekyll and Hyde City
Gothic City Tour
7pm
meet outside St Giles' Cathedral
Parliament Square. Royal Mile
Through the closes and wynds of Old Edinburgh, discover the darker side of Scotland’s capital. By night the seamier side of the Jekyll & Hyde city comes to life: a past that has been tainted with blood, and has fired the imagination of countless writers. Duration approximately 75 minutes. All children must be accompanied.
£5.00 full price / £3.00 concession. Group discounts available. Call 0131 557 9821 or email tour@cityofliterature.com to book your tickets.
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Deacon Brodie’s Old Town
Storytelling Tour
supported
11am, 1pm, 3pm
meet at the Scottish Storytelling Centre
43-45 High Street, Royal Mile
Join the 18th century villain as he leads followers from the Netherbow Storytelling Centre through the narrow closes and wynds of the Old Town, divulging the life story which provided such important inspiration for Jekyll and Hyde. Free event but places are limited. With Robert Howat. All children must be accompanied.
Free (but ticketed, booking essential). Call 0131 556 9579 or email reception@scottishstorytellingcentre.com to book your tickets.
Edinburgh Online
We have plenty of web resources about Stevenson's Edinburgh and the setting of Jekyll & Hyde - Edinburgh or London? You can now access the online Capital Collections exhibition - digitised photos of Edinburgh through the ages, with a special Stevenson feature.
