Travelling Minds
Discovering Scotland with Giuseppe
Giuseppe Tour Guide & Director
I am an Edinburgh-based tour guide
working professionally since 2017, specialising in tours for Italian-speaking groups throughout Scotland and Ireland.
📍 Based in Edinburgh, available to travel throughout Scotland and Ireland all year round
Whether you are a tour agency, a private travel party, a cultural association, a school group, or simply a family looking for a meaningful journey, I offer a fully personalised experience for Italian visitors who want to discover Scotland and Ireland through the eyes of someone who knows these lands intimately, and who shares their language and cultural sensibility.
A slightly unconventional guide
My background in education, journalism and cultural coordination has shaped my approach to guiding: attentive, flexible, and genuinely curious. I adapt naturally to a wide range of interests, from traditional folk music and Gaelic culture to Scottish and Irish history, heritage, and landscape. A lifelong love of music, particularly Scottish fiddle and Gaelic traditions, has led me to festivals and communities across Scotland, giving me an insider's feel for the culture beyond the tourist trail.
I have collaborated with media productions at the highest level, including an assignment with RAI, Italy's national broadcaster, for the Superquark series presented by Alberto Angela, in an episode dedicated to Mary Queen of Scots.
Having lived in Scotland since 1993, and in Edinburgh continuously, I am proud to call it home. I hold a BA in Philosophy, Art, Literature, History and Music, and a postgraduate teaching qualification, with which I taught Italian language and culture at the University of Edinburgh. Alongside Italian and English, I also speak Spanish and Catalan.
Let's got lost together
I offer weekly tours throughout Scotland, cultural walking tours of Edinburgh, and bespoke tours of Ireland, all fully adaptable to your group's interests, pace, and travel style.
I am fully available to organise and lead customised tours for Italian groups, from a single day in Edinburgh to a multi-week journey across Scotland and Ireland.
Get in touch at giuseppe.debiasio@gmail.com
I respond quickly, which is more than can be said for Scottish summers :)
Giuseppe
Royal Oak pub, Edinburgh
"A very pleasant vacation that I will keep in my heart. I will feel those emotions again every time I see a landscape or hear a Scottish melody"
Mirella, Bergamo
Callanish, Isle of Lewis
"Thanks to the transport with which you accompanied us, a mixture of stories, music, history and legends, our journey will remain a good memory for a long time"
Franca and Marco, Sassari
Loch Lubnaigh, Trossachs
"Unique journey, you are a guide of great culture, sympathy and kindness with both adults and children. Thanks Giuseppe!"
Marco and Costanza, Siena
Isle of Skye
"Professionally and culturally unmatched, humanly available always in any eventuality, engaging in the narratives, we thank you from the heart!"
Cedas Fiat Association, Turin
