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Vintage Shopping Edinburgh

What we do

Welcome to Shopping Safari, the UK's first vintage guided shopping tour!

This tour shall take you off the beaten track and introduce you to Edinburgh's best places to find vintage antiques, clothing, ornaments and memorabilia. Many of the city's charity shops and vintage shops house hidden gems and bargains, antiques and artefacts that are part of the very history of Scotland. Many people who come vintage shopping in Edinburgh do so to connect themselves to this history and find something unique to bring home that will connect them to Scotland forever.

We do the trekking, you do the bargain hunting!

Shopping Safari is a veritable treasure hunt of vintage shopping in Edinburgh!

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Who's it for?

  • Bargain hunters, and shopping addicts
  • People who want to get off the beaten track
  • People who want to experience life as a local
  • People who want to have some fun vintage shopping in Edinburgh
  • Group outings to do something different, including hen dos

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Why you'll love the tour

  • It's fun! The possibility of finding a bargain, an unusual gift, or souvenir is like a treasure hunt around the city.
  • From vintage to designer, collectables, and everything in between, somewhere sells something that you've always wanted.
  • No two shops are the same as all stock is donated, and new stock comes in day by day.

  • We have pre-negotiated discounts at many stores along the way to make your vintage shopping in Edinburgh even more enjoyable.
  • Do you buy immediately, or wait and see and go back later to find it gone?
  • You can set yourself a challenge and put a limit to your spending and see what you can buy.
  • At the end of the tour, there is a complimentary refreshment stop to compare purchases.

 

 

 

 

Who is the guide?

My name is Julie Ann Thomason

I shall be your guide around the vintage shops of Edinburgh!

As an Edinburgh native, who is a trained, experienced tour guide and a former charity shop manager, you are in very good hands. Exploring the city with a guide is much more enjoyable than trying to find the best places on maps or by exploration, where time may be lost trying to find your way through the labyrinth of streets in the Old City. You will spend more time shopping and cover the very best charity and vintage shops in Edinburgh.

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Read our recent reviews!

Clearly very knowledgeable...

The tour with Julie was great. She was full of information about Edinburgh and we visited places on the tour that we wouldn’t have seen had we just explored the city ourselves. Clearly very knowledgeable on the city and it’s history and also gave some good recommendations on good, authentic restaurants & shops. Steven   |   14/09/2021  |   Unknown

Would recommend...

Would recommend spending a couple of hours with Julie. She was interesting and we all really enjoyed it Sandra   |   03/09/2021  |   Unknown

Great tour!...

Great tour! Relaxing and full of interesting information, it will give you a good overview of the city history. Julie is lovely (and fluent in Spanish, in case you need it!) Cristina   |   03/09/2021  |   Unknown

Highly recommend!...

Very nice and interesting tour. Julie was really nice and available to answer to each of our questions. Highly recommend! Nicolo   |   29/08/2021  |   Unknown

A very informative walk...

A very informative walk with Julie. A great way to get to know the area. Julie had lots of knowledge about Edinburgh and would definitely recommend this walk. Fiona   |   27/08/2021  |   Unknown

Highly recommended....

Julie was lovely and flexible! We had a lovely tour with her. She is very knowledgeable and led us into a lot of tiny closes which we would have not discovered just walking around by ourselves. Highly recommended. Anna   |   23/08/2021  |   Unknown

Will keep you fascinated...

Julie is really knowledgeable and will keep you fascinated by the stories and hidden places that uncover a captivating history. Pamela   |   23/09/2021  |   Unknown

Excellent local knowledge...

Had a very enjoyable and informative walking tour of The Royal Mile with guide Julie, who was able to combine interesting historical facts with her excellent local knowledge. Janice   |   16/08/2021  |   Unknown

Highly recommend. Don't miss out!...

A must do when you're in Edinburgh! We learned so much about Edinburgh and what life was like here during different time periods. Julie was an amazing guide and provided great depth of information! Highly recommend. Don't miss out! Megan   |   01/08/2021  |   Unknown

Julie is very knowledgeable...

Julie is very knowledgeable. The tour takes you to some really interesting places that you probably wouldn't see or know much of the history about. She was very sensitive to the fact that my father was hard of hearing and made sure he was always included and could hear her. Very thoughtful. Antonia   |   01/08/2021  |   Unknown

 

 

 

If you would like to book a bargain hunting tour of vintage shopping in Edinburgh, visit our booking page and find a time and date that works best for you.

 

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