City of the Dead's Double Dead Tour: Explore Edinburgh's Underground Vaults and Greyfriars Graveyard

Experience the ultimate ghostly adventure in Edinburgh with the Double Dead Tour. Explore the haunted South Bridge Vaults and the Covenanter’s Prison in Greyfriars Graveyard. Book now!

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • City of the Dead Tours - The worst of both possible worlds. This tour goes into two of the most haunted places on the planet
  • the South Bridge Vaults AND the Covenanter’s Prison in Greyfriars Graveyard.
What's Included
  • Local, expert guide
What's Not Included
  • Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Information

Still choosing between the Underground City of the Dead Tour or the Spooky Graveyard Tour? No need. Experience the spine-chilling thrill of both with our Double Dead Tour.
A skilled guide will accompany you into two of the world’s most supernaturally-active locations – the South Bridge Vaults and the Covenanter’s Prison in the Greyfriars Graveyard. The…

Location
St Giles' Cathedral
High Street
All tours leave from the "Tree of the Dead" outside St Giles Cathedral on the pavement facing the Royal Mile. Please arrive at the meeting point 15 minutes prior to departure.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Bilby2009
Nov 7, 2024
Excellent Tour - Excellent tour that included the vaults and the graveyard. Extra atmosphere as weekend before Halloween. Guide was well informed and tour was well paced. Ensure to wear warm clothes, comfy shoes and bring your umbrella for the weather in case.
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Triggerpounce
Nov 5, 2024
Alastair was a funny and engaging guide - The tour had two parts under the bridge in the vaults, and then greyfriars kirkyard. Going under the bridge you really felt the desperation and how difficult it was to live in. That part was unique and extremely good. The kirkyard was mostly talking about the mass graves and bloody McKinsey, which was also good.
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Tourist07422517385
Nov 1, 2024
Best way to spend Halloween in Edinburgh - Got mildly cursed but it was totally worth it for ben. He was great the most handsome tour guide 10/10. We all survived. Boooooo! 👻
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Beth4oliver
Nov 1, 2024
Spooky! - Ben was an amazing guide; he provided great knowledge about the ‘other side’ and built a palpable ambience! Mr Boots entered my dreams last night. Would truly recommend this to all, skeptics or believers.
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167gandalf
Oct 31, 2024
Fantastic! - We did the double dead tour on Halloween and it was fab! Ben, the tour guide was lovely - very knowledgeable and funny and spooky. He's great at his job. We were only in Edinburgh for one day and the tour did not disappoint. Loved that the guide had keys to an area of the cemetery that other tour companies don't have. There were several groups so it was really cool to get away from them. The little touches such as the candles really makes this the best ghost tour. 100% recommended.
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Pioneer37363954502
Oct 31, 2024
Love me Ben - Ben was so cool and funny and handsome. Can you give him my number? 07523783488. I was wearing a trench coat and have a fringe. I went on Halloween. Call me!
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T9318audavidv
Oct 24, 2024
A great spooky adventure - Great spooky tour led by Nat (a great lady telling the story i the right spooky enthousiastic way). We can recommend it for sure.
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R3619owmichaelv
Oct 22, 2024
Double Dead tour Edinburgh - Very nice evening activity to do when you are in Edinburgh. We had Ryan as Guide. He was super good. told the story in a great way. Nice to see this part of the underground city and close it in the cemetery.
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Cruiser67306436634
Oct 19, 2024
Best haunted / underground tour in Edinburgh - We did three underground tours in Edinburgh and one ghost tour and this one was by far the best!!! Nat, our guide, was the best part - bringing the perfect blend of knowledge, spookiness, and humor. We were truly scared and think we may have captured some activity on our phones! This tour also has the keys into a part of the cemetery that no other tour does, which was really cool and very eerie!! We learned about this tour as it was highly recommended by someone else, and we will 10/10 be recommending it to anyone we know going to Edinburgh.
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Companion23027223787
Oct 13, 2024
Double dead tour - amazing journey through time - Amazing tour, with loads of history and fun facts about Edinburgh. There were some spooky moments but it felt safe and not too scary. Our guide Sarah is a true entertainer and is a natural storyteller with so much knowledge it feels unreal that the tour only lasted 2h as she had so much to tell! This was my second time doing this tour (decided to bring the family with me this time) and I love it just as much as the first time around - definitely worth the price.
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