Festive Events at Edinburgh Castle

For more information on any of these events visit Historic Scotland here. Historic Scotland Members’ discount available.

Christmas Lunch at Edinburgh Castle

• Selected dates from Friday 7 December 2018 to Friday 21 December 2018
• Make Christmas 2018 special with a three course lunch in the opulent Queen Anne Room at Edinburgh Castle, and enjoy a dining experience fit for royalty.
• View our Christmas lunch menu
• Times (subject to availability): 12 noon, 12.30pm, 1pm

Traditions and Tales of Christmas

• Thursday 20 December 2018 to Saturday 22 December 2018
• At this festive time visitors will have an opportunity to learn about the tales and traditions of a Victorian Christmas. They will learn the origins of such this as a Christmas Cracker, Christmas Cards and other festive traditions.

A Very Mary Christmas

• Selected dates from Sunday 23 December 2018 to Sunday 30 December 2018
• It is the festive season at Court. While Reformation Scotland shuns Christmas festivities, Mary, Queen of Scots is celebrating the Twelve Days of Christmas with her courtiers. Come and be part of this and join in the fun of celebration.