Edinburgh Ghost Bus Tour: An Hour of Haunting Sights and Scary Stories
4.3
2,277 Ratings
Edinburgh

Experience an hour of chilling thrills on the Edinburgh Ghost Bus Tour. Explore the city’s haunted landmarks and listen to spine-tingling stories of executions, tortures, and grave robbers. Get ready to be scared silly!

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Edinburgh Castle - Customers will be provided with information on Edinburgh Castles spiritual and historical past.
  • Edinburgh Old Town - Customers will be provided with information on Edinburgh Old Town’s spiritual and historical past.
  • Royal Mile - Customers will be provided with information on Royal Mile’s spiritual and historical past….
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What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Transport by Routemaster
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Prepare to be scared silly on a 75 minute ghost bus tour around Edinburgh’s ghoulish haunts. Under the guidance of a creepy onboard conductor, cruise around Edinburgh’s most terrifying and impressive sights, such as Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile. Ride in a double-decker ‘Routemaster’ vintage bus and feel your hairs stand on end as…

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Location
Central Library
George IV Bridge
Temporarily moved to George IV Bridge. Outside the Edinburgh Central Library, EH1 1EG
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Bmd01
Sep 29, 2024
Fun thing to do at the end of a day’s exploring ! - We booked the Sat night bus for 9pm as only availability. We were lucky enough to get seats right at the front upstairs on the black routemaster so we were delighted. The conductor Chris (Ghost hunter Hume) was really funny and told lots of spooky tales as we poodled along the roads! We got off once on front of Edinburgh Castle. I was disappointed we didn’t get off at St Cuthbert’s cemetery but think it’s a council decision not to allow this. All in all it was great fun and a hilarious experience. Loved our photos with the conductor too!
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K2867neshirleyd
Sep 23, 2024
Ghost bus was great fun - Great fun. Our guide was Tommy Terror and he was excellent and engaging and told us about ghosts and murderers around the route. There were some fun happenings on the screen we were watching and we got off for ten minutes at St Cuthbert graveyard and church. Definitely recommend this. Lasted just over an hour
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Venture35582227703
Aug 20, 2024
Spooky fun - Fantastic experience. Funny, with some surprises along the way and really informative. Trevor was very entertaining
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Kjmoe2020
Aug 14, 2024
Interesting stories by a great host. - Very fun! The host was energetic and funny. Interesting stories and a lovely tour of the downtown area. There is one stop at a cemetery.
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X9592kljom
Aug 13, 2024
Loved it! - It was one of the best and most entertaining moments of my life! It scared the life out of my youngest who normally can handle jump scares. Tommy handled it brilliantly and my son managed to sleep at night. Overall fantastic experience and I will be crowing about it to my friends and colleagues as one of THE things to do in Edinburgh.
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Z1317bpjenniferb
Aug 12, 2024
So much fun! - Not as scary as expected but SO MUCH FUN! We had a blast with Edgar and Francis. It was a great way to spend the evening. Also, we won a book with a trivia question. Unexpected awesomeness!
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Eb277
Aug 10, 2024
Spooky fun experience - Our bus conductor gave us a fabulous history of grizzly goings on around Edinburgh, with a few clever twists on the usual ghost tour experiences too. The bus is quite distinctive and sets the tone nicely. Thoroughly enjoyed the evening, and learned some things at the same time. If you like this sort of thing, would recommend giving this a try. Good fun 👍
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Naomi
Aug 7, 2024
Not a fair review but… - In all honesty there were a lot of technical issues on my 7:30pm tour on the 6th of August so I don’t think it would be fair to give it a review. However despite being visibly distressed the young man managed it well and was not helped by other guests unfortunately being very rude. I would like to apologise for the behaviour of others in our session. I can only hope management has his back and will attend to the tech issues asap so that others do not have to deal with frustrated customers.
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Sharon_s
Sep 23, 2024
A fun tour to include in your list of things to do in Edinburgh - The Ghost Bus Tour was fun and it was interesting to hear the stories of the history of the ghosts. The host was entertaining and made the stories exciting.
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Zainperacha
Jul 11, 2024
Good but only if you’re with for kids who enjoy such stuff - Although the tour itself was well organized and informative, we found it to be a bit over the top. Maybe good if you’re with kids but not that engaging for adults. The main benefit turned out to be that we travelled through quite a lot of the city - but if you’re really looking to see the city, a city tour might be more suited.
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