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The Edinburgh Pass will help you See More and Save More. In fact, it's sightseeing made easy! There are over 30 top attractions in the Pass, so whether you're into history, haunted tours, culture, nature or full on fun, the Edinburgh Pass is a must have for a city break in Edinburgh. Why not visit one of our Tourist Information Centres at Edinburgh Airport and 3 Princes Street where they can help you book tours and make the most of using your Edinburgh Pass!

The 3D Loch Ness Experience

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(You save £5.95)

The 3D Loch Ness Experience takes you on a virtual reality journey to discover the World's most famous body of water



The Cadies & Witchery Tours- Ghost & Gore Tour

Ghost & Gore Tour

Ghost & Gore Tour
(You save £7.50)

Your guide is Alexander Clapperton (deceased) who was an Edinburgh Cemetary Director during the 1840's. Pre-booking recommended.



Camera Obscura and World of Illusions

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(You Save £7.95)

The Camera Obscura Show is the essential Edinburgh tour. This Victorian Eye in the Sky has fascinated visitors for 150 years. Also enjoy spectacular 360° rooftop panoramas and three floors of mind boggling hands-on illusions.



Edinburgh Butterfly & Insect World

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(You save £5.95)

It's Creepy- It's Crawly- It's a JUNGLE in here! Visit one of Europe?s largest exotic butterfly exhibitions with hundreds of free flying butterflies in a large indoor rainforest.



Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour

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(You save £10.00)

The original, award winning Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour is a brilliant and witty dramatic romp through the wynds, courtyards and pubs of Edinburghs Old and New Town.



Glenkinchie Distillery

Glenkinchie Distillery

(You save £5.00)

Glenkinchie- The home of the Edinburgh Malt- A short pleasant drive from the City Centre out into the rolling farmland of East Lothian.



John Knox House

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(You save £3.50)

John Knox House is Edinburghs oldest Royal Mile mansion- the home of Mary, Queen of Scots Catholic goldsmith and the final resting place of Scotland's controversial religious icon



Maid of the Forth

Maid of the Forth

(You save £9.50)

Relax n Cruise on our 1.5 hour sightseeing cruise under the famous Forth Bridge and enjoy magnificent views of our world famous Bridge, wartime fortifications and the Edinburgh panorama. See seals, puffins, fulmars, guillemots and the occasional dolphin or porpoise.



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The Vaults Tour

The Vaults Tour
(You save £7.50)

Visit authentic 18th century vaults beneath the South Bridge. Pre-booking recommended.



Foto: Modernity in Central Europe 1918-1945, 7th June-31st August 2008

Photo of the Dean Gallery

(You save £6.00)

Organised by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, this exhibition explores the breathtaking success of modernist photography in Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Austria, during a time of tremendous social and political upheaval.



Impressionism & Scotland - 19th July to the 12th October 2008.

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( You save £8.00)

This major international exhibition explores the Scottish taste for Impressionism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries



National Museum of Flight Concorde Experience

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(You save £8.50)

Take a seat on the new Airfield Explorer to travel our site and trace the aviation story: military planes, passenger travel and the ultimate Concorde Experience.



Gladstone's Land

Gladstone

(You save £5.00)

Discover what life was really like in 17th century Edinburgh.



Nelson Monument

Nelson Monument

(You save £3.00)

High on Calton Hill stands the monument to the victory, and death, of Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar



The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection:The Baroque 13 November 2008- 8 March 2009

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(You save £5.00)

The drama of the Baroque comes to Edinburgh in part two of The Art of Italy, which focuses on the 17th-century.



Scottish Seabird Centre

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(You save £7.95)

Exciting Discovery Centre with amazing live cameras to watch wildlife on the islands. Wildlife cinema, interactive displays, kids' play zone and giant aquarium with fish feeding, daily.



Surgeons' Hall Museum

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(You save £5.00)

Scotlands largest medical museum houses one of the most significant surgical collections in the world

Auld Reekie Tours-Terror Tour

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(You save £10.00)

Edinburgh's scariest, most haunted underground ghost tours, as featured on 'Most Haunted live' Halloween 2006. Acclaimed as their scariest location ever.



The Cadies & Witchery Tours - Murder & Mystery Tour

Murder & Mystery Tour

(You save £7.50)

Your guide is Adam Lyal (deceased), highwayman, who was executed in Edinburgh's Grassmarket on 27th March 1811. Pre-booking recommended.



Dynamic Earth

Dynamic Earth

(You Save £9.50)

You will have the Mother Earth of all adventures as you travel back to explore our planet's past, embrace our planet's present and predict our planet's future. Child Pass not valid here.



The Edinburgh Dungeon

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(You save £12.50)

The Edinburgh Dungeon invites you to a unique feast of fun with history's horrible bits



Edinburgh Zoo

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(You save £10.35)

Enjoy a fantasticl day out at Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland's largest and most exotic wildlife attraction



Hopetoun House

Hopetoun House

(You save £8.00)

Hopetoun House 'Scotland's Finest Stately Home' is situated 12 miles form the centre of Edinburgh



Lauriston Castle

Lauriston Castle

(You save £4.50)

The Castle stands in thirty acres of tranquil grounds enjoying a magnificant view across the Firth of Forth



Mercat Tours

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Secrets of the Royal Mile
(You save £7.50)

Edinburgh's Royal Mile is a treasure-chest of historic gems just waiting to be opened. Pre-booking recommended.



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Writers by the Mile
(You save £8.50)

Your engaging tour of the Old Town evokes the sites and sounds described by some of the world's most famous and respected writers. Pre-booking recommended.



Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008, 14th June- 21st September 2008

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(You save £6.00)

This is the first exhibition to bring together rare vintage prints with contemporary classics from Vanity Fair and the legendary Condé Nast Archive.



Tracey Emin: 20 Years, 2nd August- 9th November 2008

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(You save £6.00)

Tracey Emin is one of the most celebrated, and controversial, artists of her generation, yet remarkably this exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is the first UK retrospective of her work.



Georgian House

Georgian House

(You save £5.00)

Discover High Society living and 'life below stairs' in Edinburgh's New Town- 18th Century style!



Newhailes

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(You save £10.00)

Newhailes is an amazing survival story and is a dignified 17th century home in authentic condition



The Queen's Gallery- The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: The Renaissance, 25 April 2008- 26 October 2008

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(You save £5.00)

Part one of the Collection presents paintings and drawings from the period of the Italian Renaissance, including works by many of the greatest masters of 16th-century Venice, Florence and Rome.



Scottish Mining Museum

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(You save £5.95)

This fascinating museum has something for everyone!



Seafari Adventures: High Speed Boat Trips

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(You save £20.00)

Offering a unique combination of high adventure, pure exhilaration and the thrill of close encounters with some of Scotland's sea life