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Edinburgh Ghost Tour: Mind-chilling Underground Vaults Trip with Free Drink
4.7
488 Ratings
Edinburgh
Take part in an intimate 5 star group excursion limited to only 18 individuals.
Listen to tales of violence, entrails, and horror in Edinburgh’s Old Town from your lauded storyteller. Enjoy a Scotch whisky in a luminescent, subterranean tavern to stir the soul, as you devote 2-hours delving into the shady aspects of history on this guided trip.
Take part in an intimate 5 star group excursion limited to only 18 individuals.
Listen to tales of violence, entrails, and horror in Edinburgh’s Old Town from your lauded storyteller. Enjoy a Scotch whisky in a luminescent, subterranean tavern to stir the soul, as you devote 2-hours delving into the shady aspects of history on this guided trip.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Mercat Cross - Tour meeting point. Discover what makes this 8 sided monument so historically significant.
- Edinburgh Old Town - Hear grisly tales of witchcraft, torture and restless spirits as you venture down medieval closes.
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Mercat Tours - An informed look at Edinburghâs ghostly past.
Explore the Blair Street Underground Vaults with…
- Mercat Cross - Tour meeting point. Discover what makes this 8 sided monument so historically significant.
- Edinburgh Old Town - Hear grisly tales of witchcraft, torture and restless spirits as you venture down medieval closes.
- Mercat Tours - An informed look at Edinburghâs ghostly past.
Explore the Blair Street Underground Vaults with an expert storyteller.
Recover with a dram of Dewarâs Scotch Whisky in our candlelit cellar
Enjoy a ghost tour of Edinburgh based on real events.
- Royal Mile - Stroll the shadowy closes and soak up the atmosphere of the Royal Mile
What's Included
- Small group experience
- Exclusive access to Blair Street Underground Vaults
- Dram of whisky, glass of pale ale or soft drink
- Award-winning local storytellers
- TourTalk radio receiver to enjoy a more immersive storytelling experience
- Small group experience
- Exclusive access to Blair Street Underground Vaults
- Dram of whisky, glass of pale ale or soft drink
- Award-winning local storytellers
- TourTalk radio receiver to enjoy a more immersive storytelling experience
Additional Information
- Children 5yrs and above only
- Tours are guaranteed all year round, so please dress for the weather, with comfortable shoes.
- Children 5yrs and above only
- Tours are guaranteed all year round, so please dress for the weather, with comfortable shoes.
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.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(488 Ratings)
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Kipclaire
Dec 12, 2024
Top tour 5* - 5* review in all respects...Scotland should to be proud of their young people. Everyone from start to finish on this tour where amazing. The young men in the office where so friendly and the fabulous tour host Mairi. We loved the expireance. Mairi was such a great story teller I actually had a night mare!!!!😬 Keep up the great work,fabulous mercat. See you next year 🙏
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Hoped735
Dec 3, 2024
Martin is the best ghost guide! - Martin was the best guide that we could have ever asked for. Despite the group only being my husband and myself, which honestly we loved! Martin was an amazing guide. He answered all of our questions and told us countless interesting facts along the way. When we got into the cellars, my husband heard a loud noise, come to find out it was one of the ghosts in the cellars. Martin will tell you which one it was and all about that specific ghost. While having our drinks at the end, Martin told us more stories and answered more questions that we had. Both my husband and myself wished that we booked this tour on the first night. We will defiantly be coming back to Edinburgh and booking a few more tours here. We did not know there were certain ones that are more child friendly, which was the one we went on. Needless to say, Martin is the absolute best guide that we could have ever asked for! He made this experience one that we will never forget!
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Sophienh95
Nov 28, 2024
A wonderfully eerie experience - What an amazing tour! Mark was a truly fantastic tour guide who told the eerie stories perfectly, we left feeling well and truly spooked!
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Ariannafiera
Nov 25, 2024
Spooky Edinburgh at its best - A great way to get to know more about some of the Edinburgh ghosts. We were lucky to have Marie as our tour guide as she was truly excellent and I believe she made this tour even better with her own way of narrating the stories. I definitely recommend this tour for a more spooky experience!
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Y9936kaambert
Nov 16, 2024
Wonderful night tour - Nieve was absolutely amazing and I would definitely do another tour with her. She knew so much about the history of the area and the folklore that went with it
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Nate
Nov 14, 2024
Cant recommend these tours enough! - My wife and I came for our second anniversary and Martin is the man. We were the only people in our group but that didn’t matter for Martin, he still gave us one hell of a show. The tour was amazing and the storytelling from Martin was epic. The tour filled was so much interesting information about Edinburgh to include the spookiness of the ghost tour. Highly recommend. We had a wonderful time.
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Brian
Nov 9, 2024
So fun, great experience - We had a very energetic and engaging tour guide -- Marie -- and she did such a wonderful job keeping the tour up tempo and entertaining. Our group included adults and children and Marie made sure to keep the tour family friendly -- despite some of the darker content that this tour covers. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a fun evening adventure around Edinburgh.
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William
Nov 4, 2024
Grisly Edinburgh - Grisly great time. No ghosts seen but a wonderful time delving into the sordid times of Edinburgh. Alister was an excellent guide.
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Catarinam741
Nov 4, 2024
Ghost tour - We loved the experience, visiting the underground vaults, would recommend it to anyone visiting Edimburgh. Our guide Steph was amazing!
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Taram348
Dec 4, 2024
Really Entertaining Experience - Fantastic storystelling from our guide! A nice peak into dark history, and this was a really good tour if you're into ghost stories. Personally I went into it expecting something different, but that was a fault on my part as we were actually looking for the Real Marys King Close. Either way, this was an enjoyable evening out and I really appreciated our guide.
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