Russell

The Passionate Patriot

  • I live in Edinburgh
  • I speak English
  • Verified Local host
  • Response time less than 16 hours

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Russell

I am a fun and friendly passionate Scot. Born and bred in Edinburgh I love the history of the city. I am a huge sports fan and love to explore cities using pedal power. Edinburgh has fantastic historic sights and traditional food and drink places to experience that I love to visit while mixing it up with increasing urban cafe and pub scene.

  • I live in Edinburgh
  • I speak English
  • Verified Local host
  • Response time less than 16 hours

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Reviews

Melanie
11 February 2025
Wonderful experience! Russell was absolutely fantastic! His knowledge of Edunburgh, and overall Scottish, history was exactly what we were looking for. He also pointed out important architectural landmarks and had a deep knowledge of them and their eras. Plus he was an overall pleasant person. Thank you Russell for enhancing our trip!Withlocals has yet to disappoint.
Jessica
4 February 2025
My family and I (6 adults) booked this tour for our first day in Edinburgh to get our bearings and to get ideas for the rest of our trip. Our tour guide, Russell, was fantastic! He was super knowledgeable and funny. He took us to all the major sites while giving us the history and answering any questions we had. His humor kept us engaged, which was necessary as we were all tired from our travels. Following the tour, he gave us recommendations for places to visit both in Edinburgh and outside of town as well as recommendations of where to eat traditional Scottish food. I would absolutely recommend booking this tour!A Fantastic Introduction to Edinburgh
Verified
3 February 2025
Great historic overview and insightful information! Love Russell pace and picks that he showed us, we extremely enjoyed the tour 🙏Great
Pooja
21 December 2024
My husband and I had a great time exploring Edinburgh with Russell and hearing all about the key landmarks and history of the city - Russell was very knowledgeable and was able to answer all of our questions. We even stopped off at a local pub and enjoyed a drink together 🍻 I would recommend booking with Russell if you want to have a great time while learning all about this beautiful city!Brilliant tour with Russell!
Kara
12 November 2024
We had a great tour of the Old Town with Russell. He was extremely knowledgeable and very pleasant. He contacted us before the tour to ask what we were most interested in seeing, and he catered the tour to us. In addition to seeing many of the standard sites, he recommended other museums and locations that we could stop in to visit on our own time, which was great. Highly recommend!A great Private Tour
melanie
17 July 2024
Russell was absolutely fantastic! His knowledge of Edunburgh, and overall Scottish, history was exactly what we were looking for. He also pointed out important architectural landmarks and had a deep knowledge of them and their eras. Plus he was an overall pleasant person. Thank you Russell for enhancing our trip!Fantastic!
Fatimah
10 July 2024
I had the pleasure of exploring the breathtaking city of Edinburgh with Russell and I cannot express enough how enlightening and enjoyable the experience was. His in-depth knowledge of the city's sights, stories, and hidden gems truly brought the city to life in a profound way. A wonderful experience
Yuliya
22 June 2024
Had a great time with Russell. He was very flexible and showed us some key places and taught us a bit of history. Had a lot of recommendations for as well. It was an enjoyable overview of the town. Would definitely recommend him to my friends. Great overview of Edinburgh.

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