Tour 3 - Rosslyn chapel, the borders & Hadrian's wall

10th June 2026 - It's hard to believe it's 20 years since The Da Vinci Code was released, immediately throwing Rosslyn Chapel into the tourist spotlight.  The final scenes of the blockbuster movie were filmed at the Chapel when 'Princess Sophie' Saint-Clair finally learns the truth about her family history.

The Chapel has always been a bit of 'hidden gem' on the outskirts of Edinburgh but in 2006 we decided to try a one day tour to Rosslyn, followed by a drive south through the beautiful Borders to the World Heritage Site of Hadrian's Wall just south of the Scottish border.  Trying new tour routes is always a bit of a gamble but it was immediately a hit and continues to be one of our most popular day trips from Edinburgh.

Looking at the multitude of day tours from Edinburgh it's not hard to see why the tour is so popular.  It's an incredibly interesting combination of  two unique attractions.  Hadrian's Wall is an amazing feat of engineering built almost 2000 years ago to contain the fierce Picts in Caledonia and was designated a World Heritage Site in 1987.  Rosslyn Chapel is an architectural gem with ornate stone carvings relating to Old Testament texts and the mysterious order of the Knights Templar and Freemasonry.   Incredibly, some of the carvings seem to show American plants such as maize and aloe vera carved fifty years before Columbus’s voyages.

We look forward to seeing you on our big day out 'down south'!