Edinburgh Old Town Ghost Tour: Discover the Terrifying History of Scotland's Capital

Experience the chilling history of Edinburgh’s Old Town on a 75-minute ghost tour. Explore haunted locations, hear terrifying stories, and visit a haunted graveyard and underground vaults.

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Royal Mile - Visit Edinburgh’s most famous haunted locations
    Explore the world’s most haunted graveyard
    Escape the streets above into the depths below, where nobody can hear you scream…
What's Included
  • Led by a guide in period costume playing a real historical character.
  • All stories are based on actual individuals and events.
  • Descend into the South Bridge vaults and discover their secrets.
  • Marvel at the darkened Gothic splendour of Greyfriars Kirkyard.
  • Learn more about the gruesome history of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
  • 75 minute tour of the Old Town, Greyfriars Kirkyard and the South Bridge vaults.
What's Not Included
  • None
Additional Information

Allow us to send a chill down your spine with a spooky 75-minute tour of Edinburgh’s Old Town late in the evening. The past of Scotland’s capital isn’t simply filled with kings and queens, inventors, authors and academics, but it also includes murderers, witches, grave robbers, and even cannibals. Experience the thrill with one of our dressed-up guides,…

Location
124 High St
High Street
City of Edinburgh Tours Old Police Box, 9 hunter Square, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH1 1QS, UK Edit
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Sps01
Nov 11, 2024
Great tour guide Dr Knox well worth it. - Absolutely brilliant. Funny as well as educational. Dr Knox was brilliant what a tour guide. Will definitely do again.
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Leeanneb927
Nov 10, 2024
Spooktacular Dr Knox! - It was an awesome experience and very eiry. Our tour guide, Dr Knox, was both very informative and entertaining. Thank you. Lee-Anne and John
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Eightbitmike
Nov 9, 2024
Don't miss Dr. Knox! - We love you Dr. Knox xxx 😘 in all seriousness Dr Knox was an incredible tour guide, hilarious and fascinating all at the same time, worth every penny, will recommend to anyone visiting Edinburgh
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Kristint797
Nov 2, 2024
Dr. Knox is the bomb - Took our kids on this tour of haunted Edinburgh and we all loved it! Beware of salty language if that is a concern for you with kids, but Dr. Knox was an absolute gem. Quick witted, hilarious and very knowledgeable. Highly recommend!
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Totonchas
Oct 28, 2024
Fuuuun!!! - Definitely a must do! Super fun and historical. Our guide was The Great Lafayette and he was great. He was fun in the old town and the cemetery. And very respectful in the underground part. We learned a lot and had a great time.
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696selinap
Oct 27, 2024
Perfect for spooky season - Great tour led by Sawney Beane. Very interesting stories and great performance. Claustrophobics beware though. Can recommend.
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Xathrus13
Oct 25, 2024
A nice evening walk with excellent gruesome history. - Knowledge friendly host...good pace round the tour. Hamming it up at all the appropriate moments. Good recommendations for other things to do while walking. An excellent 75 mins well spent.
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Z2896wpkatiej
Nov 4, 2024
Great experience if you want gruesome historical stories with some ghosts, highly recommend - Tour guide John Kinceaid (spelling may be wrong?) was great, told the stories well and had a great ‘character’/personality for the tour and there were some very gruesome stories and interesting facts. Only thing we’d say was that the name of the tour doesn’t quite reflect the tour itself, not very terrifying.
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Charlesfm2862yn
Nov 1, 2024
Tour of Terror, but no Terror - The name implied there would be some fairly scary stories of the horrors around Edinburgh and its history, with a grim and dark figure leading us through the ancient streets. What we got was an energetic tour guide taking us around to some good spots on, and just off the royal mile, telling us a few historical tales along the way. I didn’t dislike the tour, but it was not what I was expecting based on the name “Tour of Terror.” Captain Gray was very knowledgeable and a lot of fun, but did not lean into the spooky side of things. I’d definitely recommended this tour if you’re interested in seeing some highlights around the royal mile and getting a taste for the history, but if you’re looking for spooky tales and a scare, this tour didn’t deliver.
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U1875qojm
Oct 29, 2024
Terror of a tour! - This tour was a big disappointment. Unfortunately our guide was not a natural story teller! His delivery was random, disjointed and not at all engaging. We spent 75 minutes silently walking to 3 locations to then be told what seemed like random snippets of gruesome tales. We did go around a graveyard and there were some tales about grave robbers. However be warned the tour does not include underground tunnels, we were taken down some stairs into an underground flat done up to look old and scary and a neighbouring vault, before exiting out of the door we first came in. Sorry but we felt it was a total waste of money and would not recommend.
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From $24
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).