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Edinburgh Scavenger Hunt: An Excellent Adventure in Edinburgh

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Two hours. One epic Edinburgh adventure. Your team will solve puzzles, complete challenges, and explore historic landmarks. On this modern day treasure hunt in Edinburgh you will compete for the top spot in your city. You can start your scavenger hunt any time your group is ready. Learn how it works.

This scavenger hunt will help you explore Edinburgh. This top rated Edinburgh scavenger hunt is 1.63 miles and has 10 stops.

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Activity Info: An Excellent Adventure in Edinburgh

Come with us on an unforgettable adventure around Edinburgh, Scotland! On this Edinburgh scavenger hunt, you'll explore the city's most iconic attractions and even find a hidden gem or two. From the storied buildings and monuments to the museums and performance houses, you'll find something new and exciting around every corner. With each stop, you'll uncover the city's rich history. You'll also meet some of the city’s most famous characters, get amazing views, and maybe even find hidden treasure! So grab your walking shoes, round up your friends, and book your Edinburgh, Scotland, scavenger hunt today!

You can do our interactive scavenger hunt at any time. Explore the sights of Edinburgh.

Some of what you'll see: Museum of Childhood, The Writers' Museum, The White Hart Inn

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How It Works: An Excellent Adventure in Edinburgh

Explore Edinburgh like never before. All you need is a phone and some free time! Our cross-platform mobile app (available on iOS and Android) uses GPS and AI photo scanning to help you navigate from stop to stop as you uncover hidden art, history, and culture all around you.

Solve riddles at each stop, complete hilarious photo challenges, and compete with your team to score the most points and top our city-wide leaderboard.

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Activity Type: Anytime Scavenger Hunt

Starting Area: 32 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2JU, United Kingdom

Travel Method: Walking

Walking Distance: 2.62 KM (1.63 Mi)

Time:1.5 - 2 Hours

Skill Level:Friend & Family Fun

Extra Admissions: None


Custom Events For An Excellent Adventure in Edinburgh

Whether you're heading out for a weekend getaway, throwing a surprise birthday party for your best friend, or celebrating your bachelorette party, the fun never stops with ScavengerHunt.com.

Our Edinburgh scavenger hunts are endlessly customizable. Unlock unique challenge types, roles, and other special features as you have a blast, no matter the occassion.

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Earn The Edinburgh Scavenger Hunt High Score

Love a little competition? On your photo scavenger hunt, each player on your team will receive interactive challenges. You'll work together to solve riddles, answer trivia and complete photo challenges for a chance to top the Edinburgh leaderboard—and compete for ultimate bragging rights!

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Max Power

Team: Max Power

Score: 2466
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For the Lolz

Team: For the Lolz

Score: 2363
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1st not Last

Team: 1st not Last

Score: 2113

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This scavenger hunt in the historic city of Edinburgh was so much fun. I loved uncovering interesting facts at each location!

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I loved using the ScavengerHunt.com app for this adventure! It made exploring Downtown so much easier and more interactive.

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If you're looking for things to do in Edinburgh, this is it! The scavenger hunt led us through fascinating spots like The Writers' Museum.

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We had an incredible walking tour of Downtown during the Edinburgh scavenger hunt. It made learning about history enjoyable!

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Exploring the Downtown neighborhood through this scavenger hunt was amazing. Each stop revealed something new about our history.

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What a great outdoor activity in Downtown. The Edinburgh scavenger hunt took us to hidden gems like The White Hart Inn and more.

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This scavenger hunt was a fun date idea in the windy city. We loved solving puzzles while wandering around The Scotsman and The Writers' Museum.

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I had a fantastic time on the Edinburgh scavenger hunt. Exploring places like Edinburgh Castle and Mary King's Close was unforgettable.

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Loved using ScavengerHunt.com for our adventure in downtown Edinburgh. It helped us discover hidden gems we would have missed otherwise.

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Highly recommend this as a thing to do in Edinburgh! The app made it easy to explore and learn about each location along the way.

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This walking tour of Downtown was so engaging. I enjoyed solving puzzles while visiting iconic spots like The White Hart Inn.

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Great way for tourists to see points of interest around Edinburgh. I loved how interactive it was, especially at Witches Well.

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This scavenger hunt was such a fun thing to do in Auld Reekie. Loved learning about The Writers' Museum while wandering around.

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What a fun date idea in the windy city! We enjoyed our time at The White Hart Inn and discovering hidden gems around Downtown.

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I had a fantastic time on the Edinburgh scavenger hunt with my family. The kids loved exploring the Museum of Childhood and Witches Well.

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FAQs.

An Excellent Adventure in Edinburgh will help you discover new exciting things, taking you to popular attractions and secret sites even the locals don't know about. We'll lead you to 'must-see' landmarks and treasures including: The Writers' Museum, Museum of Childhood, The White Hart Inn. Need more details? You can find additional scavenger hunt information here.
Of course! We have a whole team of Edinburgh team building experts at ScavengerHunt.com that can help turn the An Excellent Adventure in Edinburgh scavenger hunt into the engaging, energizing team building activity your company needs. Our team can customize any team building scavenger hunt to include a tailored route, a special starting and ending location, custom questions about your company, and your logo. Click here for more info on how to start your Edinburgh team building adventure.
It's easy! Start by buying scavenger hunt tickets from our store. Tickets can be used for the Edinburgh scavenger hunt or any ScavengerHunt.com city scavenger hunt (we have more than 400 hunts in cities across the globe). After securing your tickets, choose the city you want to explore. Download the Let's Roam app (our awesome parent company), select your adventure/activity, and start your epic journey!
Every scavenger hunt, whether in your home or outside, is designed to bring teams together. Outdoor hunts are a fun way to explore with your friends and family and help groups see the city in an exciting new way. Our In-Home hunts are designed to help kill boredom and help you learn more about each other. Be prepared to learn something new and have a great time. Our software helps us customize your scavenger hunt to your tastes as you solve clues. At the end of your hunt, you'll be ready to do it in another city! Get Your Gift or Tickets
Your scavenger hunt will lead your group across town to the best-known landmarks as well as hidden gems. Along the way, you and your teammates will complete fun photo challenges, test your knowledge of local trivia, and solve riddles that will bring your entire group together. ScavengerHunt.com by Let's Roam is a great way to explore a new city or learn more about an old favorite. Learn how it works.
Yes, our scavenger hunts are socially distant and outdoors. Questions are hidden on plaques, statues, and more outside. You won’t enter buildings and will only interact with your family/friend bubble. These wacky walking adventures are the perfect way to explore in a safe manner. Your group can pause at any time and take a break. Challenges are often off the beaten path and away from heavily trafficked tourist attractions.
Our one-of-a-kind in-home scavenger hunts help you, your friends, family or date explore, discover, and connect. All you’ll need is your phone, your team, and your home. The interactive Let’s Roam app will present you with a series of challenges and questions ranging in difficulty and point value.
Our scavenger hunt tickets are flexible and can be used in any of our locations for up to two years. When you purchase as a gift you will receive an instant printable card for the recipient.
Our scavenger hunts take about 2 hours. You can pause your scavenger hunt if you'd like to explore a stop on the hunt or get drinks/food along the way.
Whenever you're ready to explore! If you're doing an outdoor hunt, daylight may help you find some clues, you can go any day, any time (even holidays). You will never be asked to go inside buildings on your hunt, so you don't have to worry about business hours. No reservation is required for groups of less than 20.
During your hunt each person will be texted photo challenges, trivia, and other activities for everyone to do together. We recommend purchasing a role for everyone in your group and kids over 6. If a person doesn't have their own device, you can have up to 4 roles on a single device. Our app will let you know when to pass the device to them when it's their turn.

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