Afternoon Old Town and Underground Ghost Tour: Explore Edinburgh's Dark History

Embark on a family-friendly afternoon adventure through Edinburgh’s Old Town and underground vaults. Discover the dark history of Scotland through tales of murder, witchcraft, and cannibalism.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • City of Edinburgh Tours - Edinburgh with the fascinating Old Town and mysterious vaults.
What's Included
  • Visit the South Bridge vaults and uncover their history and mysteries.
  • Explore the unique closes of the Old Town and learn about their history.
  • Afternoon tours with a lighter tone, suitable for children.
  • Tour led by a guide in historical costume, representing a real historical figure.
  • 60-minute walking tour of the Old Town and Underground vaults.
Additional Information

Join us for an intriguing, yet suitable for all ages, midday expedition through Edinburgh’s Old Town as well as one of its notorious subterranean vaults. Allow one of our fervent, informed guides, donned in historical attire, to show you around this ancient district while dissemination captivating stories from Scotland’s more gory past, including tales…

Location
124 High St
High Street
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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B_lintm2025
Feb 23, 2025
Must to be try! Search for Lafayette! - Lafayette was amazing! The whole trip was very informative and exciting. I got insigh to a different and very unique atmosphere of Edinburgh.
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Svet5577
Feb 23, 2025
Entertaining and educational tour! - It was super easy to book, and they were very flexible with changing times when we could not make the original reservation. The tour guide was phenomenal - shout out to Brandon McBeth. He knew and loved his city, was super relateble and quite entertaining - it certainly gave our tour some additional charm. I truly enjoyed it!
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Joestone96
Feb 22, 2025
Fascinating and funny - Amazing experience! Our guide (James) was very informative and entertaining. Book this tour! And make sure you get James!
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14gavinm
Feb 22, 2025
A must do tour when in Edinburgh - Thank you Robbie Diggs for a very informative tour, you are a fab guide. The stories of Edinburgh’s past bought to life very skilfully with humour and humility. My wife and I really enjoyed this tour. We fully recommend this as a must do if visiting Edinburgh.
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Explore307732
Feb 21, 2025
Edinburgh afternoon - James Douglas was excellent tour guide walking us through the history of the streets and the underground. Kept us fully entertained for the hour and even remembered everyone's names. Worth the money . John and Anita , Dublin
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709madeliner
Feb 21, 2025
Funny, informative, striking hour long tour - Robbie Diggs was a brilliant, engaging and humorous tour guide. His passion for the city was infectious (not unlike the Black Plague 🤩). My brother and I learnt very much and had a wonderful time - the vaults were incredible too. Thank you 🫧
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D3047qbmarkb
Feb 20, 2025
Superb, and I generally don’t like tours - What a tour guide! Supreme in his knowledge and super knowledgeable and engaging. Got the kids and families involved. Detailed and entertaining
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Jenniferci3713bu
Feb 19, 2025
Old Town/Underground spooky walking tour - We did this ghost tour at night 20:45 (me and 13 year old daughter) with tour guide John Kincade. It was really atmospheric, informative, funny, sad in places, spooky and loads of fun. John was dry, witty, knowledgeable and looked like he was in a goth type punk band, but also a bit like a Victorian ghost. Couldn't really ask for more from a ghost tour guide! Good value for money and loads of fun. Thank you.
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989sagew
Feb 16, 2025
Scary, exciting and humourous😍 - It was so scary but also funny and educational. Jamie was amazing! He was so engaging and answered all our questions. Definitely reccomend for a memorable trip to Edinburgh!
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Mikeyc810
Feb 16, 2025
Not Great - Not much of an underground tour, just 2 sections to shuffle in and out of. Unfortunately, the guide wasn’t the best. Despite knowing a lot of information he was quite flustered & therefore the pace was slow, so was more boring than scary. Needs a few more practices for confidence and then the experience will be more enjoyable for the crowd. Not worth £15-17 , I would say a fiver at most.
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