The 11 Audio Tours in Scotland That Earn Their Price

1.Harry Potter’s Edinburgh: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 42 reviews · 40 minutes to 1 hour (approx.) · from $11Our pick

Explore Edinburgh’s Harry Potter connections at your own pace, from Edinburgh Castle to Greyfriar’s Kirkyard, with an affordable offline audio tour.

“Audio guide is fine but is very difficult to hear. To much noise in the street.} I said everything. I said everything.I said everything.I said everything.I said everything.I said everything.I said everything.I said everything.I said everything.I said everything.I said everything.I said everything.I said everything.”

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2.500 Years of Crime and Punishment: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 29 reviews · 45 minutes to 2 hours 15 minutes (approx.) · from $8

Explore Aberdeen’s darker past on a flexible audio walk covering gaols, witches, bodysnatchers, harbour punishments, and more.

“My husband and I were able to take the tour at our speed, stopping where we wanted to stop and adjust as we saw fit. This was perfect for getting to know a new area with the stories and history. It is my absolute favorite way to see a city. I will definitely be checking out more as we travel in our future. Thank you.”

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3.The Dark Side of Aberdeen: A Self-guided Audio Walk

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 21 reviews · 30 to 40 minutes (approx.) · from $8

Explore Aberdeen’s darker past on a GPS audio walk covering piracy, slavery, harbour history, and landmark buildings for $8.99.

“This audio tour works really well but it had less dark side stuff than I expected. Although the the slavery stuff was harrowing. The GPS trigger for audio worked great!”

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4.Made in Dundee: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 20 reviews · 1 hour 10 minutes (approx.) · from $7

Explore Dundee’s comic icons, museums, fountains, and gaming history with a flexible one-hour audio tour for $7.99.

“Actually a very good idea, but the app doesn't work well. I didn't know where ti go next because the app was already ten steps ahead and didnt stop playing the audio. So I had to open google maps to navigate myself. Also, when I took some photos the app stopped.. Really annoying. I prefer doing normal walking tours with experienced guides.”

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5.Discovering Inverness: A Self-Guided Audio Tour of the Capital of the Highlands

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 19 reviews · 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $9

Explore Inverness on foot with a flexible audio tour covering the cathedral, river, castle, Old Town, and Ness Islands for $9.99.

“We had a lovely time on this walking tour. We happened to be in Inverness the day of the Queen's funeral and because of that, the tour we originally had planned that day was canceled and everything was closed. When looking for things we could do instead we found this tour and while it would have been more fun to do being able to go in to the book shop it mentioned and other things along the way, it was still a lovely day of seeing the city and the Ness islands were so beautiful. It probably could use to be updated as the Inverness castle is currently closed and…”

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6.Aberdeen’s Union Street: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 9 reviews · 50 minutes (approx.) · from $5Best value

Walk Aberdeen’s Union Street at your own pace with an affordable audio tour covering granite landmarks, gardens, cemeteries, and Marischal College.

“I’m a slow walker so was afraid of taking a walking tour that I would have to struggle to keep up with the group. I was able to do this tour at my own speed and really enjoy. The guide was very knowledgeable and provided historical background information on all the sites we were viewing.”

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7.Highlights from Edinburgh’s Old Town: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours (approx.) · from $11Top rated

Explore Edinburgh’s Old Town at your own pace with an affordable audio walk covering the Royal Mile, St Giles Cathedral, and more.

“It was our first time using the app. Overall, the experience was relatively good. Sometimes it knew exactly where we were, but sometimes it didn't, which was a bit challening. This particular tour was very focused on the city's architecture, which I didn't recall from the description, so if you aren't as interested in that aspect of the city's history, you may want to try another tour.”

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8.A History of Witchcraft in Edinburgh: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $9

Follow Edinburgh’s Royal Mile through witchcraft tales, John Knox, torture, and the last witch of Scotland with an offline audio tour.

“I had a great time with the narrated tour by Kat. The facts were interesting but not overly dry and "textbook"-focused. Focused more on the storytelling aspect, which I really liked.”

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9.Highlights from the Royal Mile: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes (approx.) · from $19

Walk Edinburgh’s Royal Mile at your own pace, from the Witches Well to Holyroodhouse, with stories of royals, crimes, and old ghosts.

“We loved the ability to set the pace and enjoy stopping to shop or take in scenery. Loved hearing all of the history”

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10.Rebels, Romance & Raisins St. Andrew’s Walking Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $7

Explore St Andrews’ cathedral, castle, golf connections, and Hamish the cat with a flexible offline audio tour for $7.99.

“Great tour for the cost! Would highly recommend if you are in St. Andrews for a short day and want to see some good points of interest.”

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11.Glasgow Scavenger Hunt and Highlights Self Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $9

Explore Glasgow’s city center with a flexible audio scavenger hunt featuring riddles, local stories, GPS navigation, and 10 historic stops.

“Never done anything like this before & it didn’t disappoint.”

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