Blair Street Vaults Tour: Explore Edinburgh's Hidden History

Explore Edinburgh’s hidden history on a 5-star small group tour of the Blair Street Underground Vaults. Discover secrets beneath the South Bridge.

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Mercat Tours - Get exclusive access to the city’s oldest, deepest Blair Street Underground Vaults.
    Discover secrets & stories of Edinburgh’s underworld.
    See and touch 19th century artefacts.
    Visit our Discovery Room with 3D model & display.
  • Mercat Cross - Tour meeting point.
  • Royal Mile - Explore the closes and understand the buildings…
What's Included
  • Small group experience
  • Exclusive access to Blair Street Underground Vaults
  • Award-winning local storytellers
  • TourTalk radio receiver for immersive storytelling
Additional Information

Small, personal 5 star group tour with a maximum of 18 people.
Descend into the unique Blair Street Underground Vaults of Old Edinburgh.
Far below the busy, bustling Edinburgh streets there lies a dark, quiet and forgotten place. These wonderful dark rooms of arched ceilings, fireplaces and 18th century wine vaults lie beneath the South Bridge, one of…

Location
Mercat Cross
High Street
Mercat Cross, High St, Edinburgh EH1 1RF. Look for the 8 sided monument with white Unicorn on top. You will find a member of our visitor services team waiting here to check you in. They will be dressed in black, holding an iPad, wearing an orange lanyard & holding a black & orange umbrella.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Coastal10099541050
Feb 26, 2025
History with a Pinch of Unsolved Mysteries - Our tour leaders, Veni and Marina, were wonderful! They each had distinct storytelling techniques but were both funny and pleasant personalities. This tour was a mix of history and ghost story but leaned more heavily on the historical aspects--so, horror-averse individuals, don't fret!
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Jor907
Feb 24, 2025
Fantastic historic tour! Family friendly - Fantastic tour of the Edinburgh vaults today! Our tour guide Roger was warm and enthusiastic as well as very knowledgeable. The history of the building of the vaults and then the use of the vaults until they were cleared was fascinating. I have always wanted to know more about the 'underground city' in Edinburgh but am not keen on the idea of a haunted tour, not a fan of the spooky stuff! This tour hit the mark exactly, family of 3 including a very hard to please 12 year old had a great time. Highly recommend.
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690shirleys
Feb 17, 2025
Excellent Tour - Just finished an excellent tour with Veni. It was informative & interesting and Veni was very clear to understand. Well worth doing. Thank you Veni😁
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Sashab848
Feb 10, 2025
Interesting tour - Really enjoyed tour of the vaults! Veni our guide was very knowledgeable and her stories of days gone by were so interesting.Highly recommend!
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Roys820
Feb 10, 2025
Great fun and learned a lot about past Edinburgh life - Staying in Edinburgh with a couple of friends and spur of the moment signed up for the ghost and vault tour, great start with our expert tour guide Veni who made it very entertaining, we started above ground and then went into the vaults it was very creepy, at one point Veni turned out the lights and sang ring a roses to wake up the children ghosts I felt a slot tug on my leg which was a bit scary although I didn’t mention it to my friends at the time lol great way to spend an hour if you are visiting the city.
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Nathaliaf692
Feb 9, 2025
Great! - The tour is amazing! Mike the guide is great!!! You have to know English level 10 to understand everything! But the tour and ghost stories are amazing! Recommended thousand by thousand!!!
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Compass12107710900
Feb 8, 2025
Blair Street Vaults Tour - Very interesting and a bit spooky. The guide Charles was very friendly and made sure we were safe. It was very good value for money.
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Mrschippy99
Feb 8, 2025
Great tour for those interested in the history of the vaults - Informative and atmospheric tour of the vaults under South Bridge. Naomi our guide was passionate about the subject and exceptionally knowledgable about the history of the vaults. Her enthusiasm was infectious and made it easy to imagine life underground when the vaults were in use.
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Dean_w
Feb 22, 2025
Interesting - Dont expect too much. Guide Steph was excellent, however was expecting more from the tour considering the fab reviews
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Camilletg7984uu
Feb 9, 2025
Not to be repeated - We didn’t like the tour we were offered. Everything seems to be reconstituted. The guide speaks with a Scottish accent at breakneck speed so the children didn’t understand anything and neither did I. No audio guide in French. A walk in the alleys that are not scary then in a basement where nothing happens.
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