The past comes to life (The Real Mary King's Close (Edinburgh))

Member Name: tangoman84

Product:	The Real Mary King's Close (Edinburgh)
Date:	17/10/09 (35 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Value for money, excellent tour guides, brilliant information given on tours, gift shop

Disadvantages: None

The Real Mary King's Close is a fantastic tourist attraction right at the heart of Edinburgh city centre and I have been to it on a couple of occassions now with my wife and both of us have found it an amazing experience on both of our visits.
The experience itself is one that few places can offer now with people heading underground to the old narrow streets of Edinburgh which were left to stand as the councils of well over 150 years ago took the decision to evict the people from the multi storey houses of the time and use the structures for the foundations of the new developments including the Royal Exchange.
The buildings of the time though thankfully still stand under ground as do the streets that people walked and on your way around with your group and tour guide you get to see the sights whilst having a great amount of history explained to you including the names of those who lived the streets you are walking and even provide you with things like the work they did.
The guides are dressed in clothing of the time era being shown and help to give an excellent experience aswell as a huge amount of information without making it a boring or overloading experience.
If you want to visit then phone ahead and book as this is a hugely popular attraction and when you do this you can pay over the phone using your debit or credit card and this is the way I normally go about doing this when I am going to visit and I recommend it to anyone looking to visit.

Positives:

- Value for money
- Excellent tour guides
- Amazing experience not able to be offered in many places in the world
- A tour that may not be available in years to come due to the fact that more people walking its paths will cause the area to be worn away and as it is foundations for the building above this is something they can't have
- Well placed in the city centre area
- Transport links are very close with a train station and bus stop just about 10 minute walk away
- Gift shop with excellent merchandise

Negatives:

- None

This is a tour I have to recommend anybody who gets a chance sees.

Summary: This is somewhere that offers simply fantastic tours and brings the history to life