Edinburgh Old Town Ghost Tour: Journey Through City's Dark Past with Humor and Fright

Embark on Edinburgh’s original ghost tour and journey through the dark past of the city’s Old Town. Explore cobbled passageways, hear tall tales, and encounter guaranteed ghastly appearances with a humorous twist.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cadies & Witchery Tours - Number 84 West Bow, down near the bottom of the not-so-sunny side of picturesque Victoria Street in Edinburgh’s Old Town, is an unassuming address amongst the majesty of this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    In the shop today, you can find a cornucopia (we don’t use the word lightly; we looked it up and everything) of ghoulish…
What's Included
  • Famous ‘Jumper-ooters’ experience
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop off
  • Food and drink, unless specified
Additional Information

This is Edinburgh’s original ghost tour. We’ve been wandering the streets of Old Town Edinburgh since 1984.
Your guide is Alexander Clapperton (deceased), a one time cemetery director. He will blend history with humour and facts with fables, while our creation - the “jumper-ooter” provides guaranteed ghastly appearances.
Explore the cobbled passageways…

Location
The Witchery by the Castle
Castlehill
Meet outside the Witchery Restaurant, 5-10 minutes before the start of the tour.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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L4666vvandrewd
Nov 25, 2024
Excellent, great fun!!! - Excellent tour, the guys were very knowledgeable and also funny. Thoroughly enjoyable and would definitely recommend to anyone visiting Edinburgh
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Ksh4973hb
Nov 10, 2024
Fabulous tour, an Edinburgh must do. - What a fab tour. An easy walk and fun. Our host was well informed and engaging. So glad we went, a real highlight of our trip to Edinburgh.
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Anoekt279
Nov 10, 2024
Spontaneous Ghost and Gore Tour - We stumbled upon a flyer from the Ghost and Gore Walking Tour at the Witchery restaurant and decided to book it spontaneously. Best decision we made! The tour was so much fun. A great combination of history and some small jumpscares that weren't frightening but definitely added to the experience. We had wonderful guides who were really funny and made the evening a big success. Would definitely recommend!
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Lidiabp1969pj
Nov 7, 2024
A fun thing to do in the evening! - Great experience! Very informative, funny and we had a few jumps too. My daughter and I really enjoyed the tour with Alexander and visiting ghosts.
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Pioneer22560597327
Oct 31, 2024
A great informative tour - Absolutly brillaint tour - very recommended, was funny and informative. Had two teenagers with me who had walked all day and it was so interesting they didn't compalin about walking more. Reallyenjoyed it thank you
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Kimwc2017xt
Oct 31, 2024
Brilliant and funny - Brilliant Ghost & Gore tour. Our tour guide Alexander Clapperton Deceased was very knowledgeable and funny. It was set at a good pace with lots of true gruesome stories. The other characters were very funny and gave us a couple of jump scares but it was very funny and good for families.
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Connector26653561775
Oct 30, 2024
MY THANK YOU TO TWO WONDERFUL PEOPLE - I speak as someone who didn't go on the tour, but whose wife did (City were playing that night - a 0-0 at home to Inter, serves me and my choice right, eh?) can I just tell you that, for reasons which will not interest readers, I soon after realised my wife had left with something I needed, so I went back to the shop and asked directions to where they would first and second be. Despite the sometimes side of K2- like shortcut alleyway steps of Edinburgh, I was not only told where to go but taken personally by the proprietor. Now that is what I call excellent customer (or in my case non-customer) service. Thus I implore anyone not sure as to whether to take this walk or that of a competitor, then please take into account what a wonderfully warm, friendly, helpful delight of a couple we are talking about here in the owners. That alone should surely count for something? They saved my bacon in a way that went way beyond the norm. My thanks will be eternal. As for my wife, she loved it, thought it to be the best of its sort she'd ever been on. She promises that she will one day send her own review but is apparently waiting for some specific link on which to do so. Steve
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112merijnk
Oct 28, 2024
Probably the best tour in Edinburgh - It was great. Both funny and actually informative. The true history stories about the visited places were always scarier than the tour itself. Also good to note that the performances, acting and storytelling was outstanding and definitely not something anyone would be able to do after just some practice runs. It felt like a work of passion. Very much recommended.
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Paullewcock
Oct 27, 2024
Ghosts & Gore (and a lot of laughs) - A lot of fun, scares and info. An excellent way to explore areas so close to the Mile you never knew existed. The tour guide was great as were all the ghosts we met on the way.
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Tiffanietiff
Oct 27, 2024
Fantastic! - Learned so much about Edinburgh’s history! All of the characters that ‘helped’ were fab and made the tour really enjoyable. Had a great time even through all the rain.
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