Small-Group Historic Coffee Tour in Edinburgh | 90min

Name: Small-Group Historic Coffee Tour in Edinburgh | 90min
Start: 2025-09-20T10:00:00.000+03:00
End: 2025-09-20T11:00:00.000+03:00
Location: Edinburgh

Explore Edinburgh’s Old Town through the unique lens of its historic coffee trade with this one-of-a-kind tour. Discover the sites where bustling coffee houses once stood before the Great Fire of Edinburgh changed the cityscape and access a former 18th-century cafè where famous (and infamous) local characters gathered underground. Learn about the importance of the coffee trade for the city centuries ago and what it looks like today.

Meeting point: John's Coffee House & Tavern 1a Parliament Sqr, Edinburgh EH1 1RF, UK

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Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Group size up to 8 persons

Children allowed

English

Mobile ticket

Full refund for cancellations up to 24 hours

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund

Details

The Lost Close
We have exclusive access to a hidden, underground space, which was once a coffee house dating back to the 18th century, used by prosecutors and pirates alike.

For the second half of our tour, we'll be exploring a series of underground rooms, where we'll drink coffee and finish our tour. There are also toilets and water available here.

Old Town
The Old Town of Edinburgh has a rich history of coffee houses, we'll visit a few of the locations on a walk. For the first half of the tour, we will be outside exploring the closes and wynds, the narrow alleys of Edinbuurgh's Historic Old Town.

Most of the ancient coffee houses have long since perished, through fire or changing business, and we'll be hunting these down on our adventure.45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free