Edinburgh Harry Potter Locations Walking Tour

Your experience

Explore Edinburgh on a Harry Potter themed walking tour with an expert German-speaking movie enthusiast guide.

Getting started

Meet your expert German-speaking guide at the designated starting point in Edinburgh and join your group for a Harry Potter themed walking tour. After a short introduction and outline of the route, you set off at an easy pace, covering approximately 1 and 1/4 miles (2 km). The tour operates in all weather conditions, so arrive dressed appropriately for being outdoors.

What to expect

Edinburgh Harry Potter locations

This walking route through central Edinburgh links real city streets with the world of Harry Potter books and films. You move between sites that inspired the Harry Potter movies and books and locations connected to Harry Potter actors and screenwriters.

Features

• A Harry Potter themed walking tour in Edinburgh shapes the entire route, as your guide connects city viewpoints, alleyways, and historic corners to moments from the wizarding world.

• An expert German-speaking guide leads the group throughout, so explanations, directions, and stories are provided clearly in German from start to finish.

• Your movie enthusiast guide, sharing Harry Potter trivia, points out where links to actors and screenwriters appear in the city and adds behind-the-scenes details that deepen each location.

• Early in the experience, you are sorted into your Hogwarts House, then a Hogwarts House sorting and trivia quiz runs through the walk so you can test your knowledge.

• Games during the tour with prize giveaways keep the group involved, with simple challenges woven between stops and small prizes handed out to winners.

• As you walk in the footsteps of your favorite Harry Potter actors and screenwriters, you visit sites that inspired the Harry Potter books and films and hear how specific streets and viewpoints fed into the stories.