Edinburgh's After Dark Ghost Tour: Explore Scotland’s Paranormal Underground Vault History
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794 Ratings
Edinburgh
Experience the spine-tingling Edinburgh After Dark Ghost Tour and delve into the paranormal underground vault history of Scotland's capital. Join us for a late-night walking tour filled with haunting tales of ghosts, torture, murder, and witchcraft.
Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • City of Edinburgh Tours - Not for the faint hearted
What's Included
  • Late night start time helps create a spooky atmosphere.
  • Ideal for fans of ghost stories and the supernatural.
  • 80-minute tour of the Old Town, Greyfriars Kirkyard, and the South Bridge vaults.
  • Vivid, bloodcurdling accounts from Edinburgh’s history.
  • Well-trained, enthusiastic costumed guide playing a character.
  • Not suitable for children or the fainthearted due to late start and subject matter.
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

As the twilight closes in, and the eerie hour looms nearer, accompany us for an 80-minute, late-night, electrifying trek through the historic district and underground of Edinburgh. The harsh history of Scotland’s capital births an unparalleled, impressive, yet somewhat discomforting vibe that’s apt for evening spectral trips. Allow one of our outfitted guides, impersonating a notorious figure from history, to navigate you through the labyrinthine closes of the Old Town, introduce you to the infamously haunted Greyfriars Kirkyard, and unravel one of Edinburgh’s deepest enigmas – the subterranean vaults that crisscross beneath the city. Listen to grisly, yet always amusing and insightful, narratives of spectres, torture, hangings, manslaughter, cannibalism, and sorcery. The thrills on this tour originate not from cheap stunts or startling frights, but from proficient storytelling.

  • Minimum age is 18 years
Location
124 High St
High Street
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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K204svjamest
Apr 3, 2024
A great insight to the history of Edinburgh - A thoroughly enjoyable and informative tour. Our guide Alexander was informative and entertaining. I would certainly recommend taking this tour.
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Carla_a
Apr 2, 2024
Amazing - Amazing tour guide! It was very engaging and he interacted with everyone on the tour, it was also educational
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Caitlin
Mar 31, 2024
Paranormal tour - Guide was excellent very enjoyable experience would do it again highly recommended..guide was very engaging and funny
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D5483grsebastianp
Mar 30, 2024
Humorous yet spooky - Dr. Knox - our tour guide - gave us a humorous yet spooky insight into Edinburgh's history. The tour is interactive and doesn't feel like a lecture. Gladly again!
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Chloemartin1708
Mar 29, 2024
Dr knox - Dr Knox was amazing love you conditionally ! You were amazing had the best time with my partner your great at your job !!!!
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Amanda_t
Mar 28, 2024
Fantastic Dr Knox - Dr Knox was incredible the tour was great but he makes the difference and sets the standards for tour guides across Edinburgh. The locations were interesting and interaction along the tour was superb. We learnt so much and had a great time doing so I can't recommend this enough if you are travelling to Edinburgh it's a must !5/5!!
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Elizabethsx2716tv
Apr 13, 2024
Good Tour - I thought it was a good tour! Agnes our guide was funny and informative. There were definitely some scary parts but overall it was great.
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Frances
Apr 7, 2024
An Experience - We were expecting it to be scary, very educational, informative, and very funny. Loved James our guide, he made our tour.
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Amanda_e
Apr 13, 2024
Disappointing - Disappointing. This experience was interesting but not ‘extreme’, ‘paranormal’ or ghostly and only the last section is underground. Our guide was excellent but overall experience poor as the material did not live up to its claims.
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Whitney_o
Apr 6, 2024
Not a paranormal tour… - The name of this tour really needs to be changed. It was not at all paranormal tour, let alone extreme. It was a walking tour about the history of Edinburgh. Our guide was very interesting and animated. We did enjoy his stories, however we’d heard most of them during a bus tour that afternoon.
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