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VisitScotland
VisitScotland presents Tour Guide Tales
Welcome to Tour Guide Tales, an exciting and fascinating new podcast brought to you by VisitScotland. Each week, Grant Stott hears the eclectic and often incredibly rich history found only in Scotland from those who know and tell it best – the country’s captivating tour guides. From locations used to film the hit TV series Outlander to the National Wallace Monument, join us each week to hear expert guides and born storytellers recount their enthralling tales and personal experiences, just for us. Now, if you’ll follow this way, let’s move on and have a listen…
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Ratings & Reviews
5.0 stars from 15 ratings
Superb Podcast
Being from Edinburgh but living overseas, I do miss Scotland so much. This podcast gives a great insight to some of the places which I’d now love to visit when back home. Grant is the perfect host leading the guests into some great stories.
BawbagMcTavish via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 01/18/21
I’m addicted!
Love listening to Grant each day on BBC Scotland (afternoon there, morning here in the US). This podcast is so well done! Have been to Scotland several times and these episodes give me many more reasons to return. Keep them going, please!
Kat Stenger via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/24/20
Next best thing to being there!
My 2020 trip to Scotland was canceled this year due to COVID-19. I am craving Scotland right now and this podcast is really hitting the spot. It’s wonderful to meet these passionate tour guides and learn so much about the wonderful sites they represent and are passionate about. Well done and...Read full review »
Jenfeb via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 08/06/20
Recent Episodes
In our last episode of the series, Grant is joined by Gerry Durkin from the Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life. Based in Lanarkshire, the museum commemorates Scotland’s industrial and social history, with a particular focus on the mining industry and its role in shaping the people and places of...
Published 05/05/21
Joining Grant in this episode, the penultimate of the series, is Lara Thomason. Lara has lived on Shetland all her life, and now takes great pride in taking tourists around the beautiful and rugged islands. With a diverse range of things to see and learn about, from the amazing wildlife, to the...
Published 03/24/21
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