Edinburgh: Walking Halloween Fright Night Vaults Tour

Experience supernatural chills on a 1.5-hour adults-only walking tour in Edinburgh’s Old Town. Explore hidden vaults and hear tales of the city’s dark past.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Edinburgh Old Town - Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, the heart of the Old Town.
  • Edinburgh Vaults - Visit our Torture exhibition and hear about how the items were used. See th famous Niddry’s Wynd Vaults under Edinburgh’s South Bridge.
What's Included
  • Professional guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Experience supernatural chills on this 1.5-hour adults-only guided walking tour in Edinburgh at the witching hour. Take a journey along the cobbled streets of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town with a guide and delve deep into the city’s dark past. When darkness has descended on the city, explore hidden underground vaults once used to hold criminals of deepest guilt — and others — and take in top city landmarks including St Giles’ Cathedral by night. Hear of the notorious Tolbooth Prison and the troubled souls it held, and enter the terrifying torture museum.

  • Minimum age is 18 years
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Our location and content can sometimes cause genuine distress. Customers attend at their own risk.
  • Vaults are accessed via a 2ft stair with further average size stairs inside the vaults.
  • Anyone under the influence of alcohol or drugs will be turned away.
  • Filming or live streaming of the tour is strictly forbidden. You may be ejected from the tour.
  • No toilets available at meeting point or throughout tour.
  • Non service animals are not allowed.
Location
300 Lawnmarket
Lawnmarket
Tour guide will meet everyone at the Tourist Information Ticket Booth outside of 300 Lawnmarket, EH1 2PH. This is on the opposite side of the road to Deacon Brodies Tavern. Please be 5-10 minutes early as we depart on time and will not wait for latecomers.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Navigate04078136917
Jun 21, 2024
Amazing Ally - Ally has been an exceptional guide not to mention her excellent wry sense of humour - great visit and surely a great understanding of Edinburgh chequered past
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487garancel
May 16, 2024
Great tour - First time in Edinburgh. Interesting and fun experience. Fraser really got us into the stories. Thanks you very much for the tour!
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622usmanb
May 3, 2024
Excellent - Excellent experience with Ali she was absolutely amazing. I will definitely be coming again. I also really enjoyed all the ghost stories.
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Rbecrod
Jun 13, 2023
Weird and fun! Don’t miss it - Loved our tour, super entertaining filled with cool weird and gory facts you wouldn’t learn anywhere else. Our host Ally was brilliant, you could tell her passion and knowledge.
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Vickiw979
Jan 16, 2023
Great fun - Nora our guide for the night was excellent. It was a great tour, lots of stories and visiting the vaults in the bridge was brilliant. Although it could be argued the walk back to out hotel afterwards past Edinburgh's youth on a night out had some scarieir sites. Would recommend for a fun thing to do while in the city.
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Maria
May 7, 2019
Hen Party Activity - there was a large group of us attended this event. We were slightly late but the tour met us and continued through. It's highly educational but very sad as to what happened to people in the 17/1800s and definitely an education we shouldn't forget. Our guide was excellent with the right mix of entertainment and seriousness. Needless to say there was some frights given. I also must thank them because we had someone with difficulty who was going to leave however he went above and beyond providing her with a chair so she wouldn't miss out on the tour. Great event.
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