Edinburgh Ghost Tour: Mind-chilling Underground Vaults Trip with Free Drink
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430 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.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
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.
  • Mercat Tours - An informed look at Edinburgh’s ghostly past.

Explore the Blair Street Underground Vaults with an expert storyteller.

Recover with a dram of Dewar’s 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
Additional Information
  • 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.

Customer Ratings
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Gianluca_tettamanti
Mar 17, 2024
A unique and unforgettable guided tour - This guided tour was so incredibly brilliant! Our guide, Anastasia, shared tales with such charisma, talent, and knowledge that made us all dive very deep into the dark side of Edinburgh. The underground walk was honestly spooktastic and extremely satisfying for history and ghost story lovers alike. The visit concludes with a detailed exhibition room that adds some extra quality to the whole experience. Highly recommended!
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Shellybk6113du
Mar 16, 2024
Definitely book this tour! - My boyfriend and I had a wonderful time on this ghostly tour. Martin, our guide, was a great storyteller who added an air of spookiness but also comedy. We walked a bit through Edinburgh before descending into the underground vaults and hearing about the entities that still occupy the space. The whiskey at the end was nice as well. Definitely recommend doing this tour for a fun, unique evening in Edinburgh.
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Phillip_v
Mar 12, 2024
Brilliant experience - Brilliant guide, great history with humour loved it. The guide was knowledgeable witty and engaging. If you are in Edinburgh do this!!
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Kc872018
Feb 25, 2024
Family ghost tour - Took our 15 year old nephew on his first ghost tour and what better than around our own hometown of Edinburgh. Loved it from start to finish. Neave (Hope I spelled that right!) was a great guide and provided us with very insightful stories and facts about Edinburgh. Loved being down in the vaults, as spooky and unsettling as it was. All 3 of us experienced something we couldn’t explain, my partner is a total sceptic and even he was a bit puzzled by what he experienced! Would do it again and now looking to book a visit to Niddry Street vaults!
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Traceyp281
Feb 21, 2024
Devilishly informative tours - Informative tour both for believers and sceptics. Linda was an enthusiastic, witty and knowledgeable guide. Great opportunity to go down into the city vaults. If you are unsteady on your feet perhaps not for you in the vaults. Who knew what history we are walking above. Definitely recommend
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Twchh
Feb 15, 2024
Gripping stories, told with vigour. Fantastic experience! - This tour was extremely interesting from the offset! Every single story had me captured, from the very start at the Mercat Cross (you really get thrown straight into it, which I loved) all the way to the last story, told with your drink. Our guide was Neave and she was absolutely spectacular. That girl has such a passion and a way with words, and was 90% of the reason I was so engrossed. The vaults themselves are eerie, and the candles really helped the ambience, however my only criticism would be that we had such a large group that it really diminished the effect of the vaults on me. I really wanted to get sucked into the stories and the atmosphere but when you have someone coughing/clearing their throat/whispering amongst themselves all the time it can really take away from the experience. A group of 6-8 perhaps would've been ideal whereas we had closer to 16. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed it, I would recommend it heartily (the whisky is nice too). I only wish it was a more intimate experience, to help me feel the eeriness. Shoutout to Neave.
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W2706ybhelenj
Feb 3, 2024
A brilliant tour of the Vaults and historic Edinburgh. - We went on the Merkat Tour of the Vaults, and it was amazing. Our excellent Tour guide Martin, was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. He was Brilliant, and the whole tour was Brilliant. I highly recommend you pick Martin as your tour guide, to hear about the history of the people in Edinburgh in times gone by, and to find out what happened in the vaults many, many years ago!
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Leisah2022
Jan 28, 2024
A Great Experience! - We booked an Evening with Ghosts & Ghouls, a two hour tour meeting at the Mercat Cross on the Royal Mile. Our guide, Neave (hope my spelling is okay!) was so friendly and entertaining - a great story teller. The tour was informative and fun, and of course spooky! Starting above ground with tales of life in old Edinburgh (some ghostly) before heading down to the vaults; more stories, very atmospheric and interesting! Finishing with a choice of drink in a cosy candlelit cellar, the perfect setting for more tales to end the evening. Both myself and my children (18 & 23) had a great time. Highly recommended!
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Macdonaldm69
Mar 31, 2024
Informative family fun - Linda was a great guide and storyteller. It was the right amount of historical information about the city, woven in with some creepiness! If you are a ghost believer or not, it was time well spent.
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Memay9
Feb 4, 2024
Not ghostly just stories of days gone by - Our guide Neave was very knowledgeable however one of the party fainted twice (due to lack of food as she mentioned she had only eaten a salad all day). Thankfully myself, my partner and another person in the group immediately assisted whilst Naeve went to advise her superiors? As a result the walking part had to be cut short. After these incidents the tour kinda went downhill and I lost interest in what was being said as did my partner. It put a downer on the experience as a whole and I won’t book another in the future ….
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