Gory Stories Kids Tour of Edinburgh
Tour Description
Tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on. A daytime tour for kids that will take you to some of the city's most horrible haunts including a visit to our famous Blair Street Underground Vaults. You'll hear all about the creepy characters lurking in the past and the hideous real history of how people lived in 19th century Edinburgh. As you walk this city built on witch trials, body snatching and a gruesome past of torture, your expert guide will take you to the places where history lives.
To start, you'll visit the winding closes of Edinburgh's Old Town. Learn the meaning of gardyloo and hope you never hear it, grimace at the tales of Scottish witches and find out what treasure could be found buried in a 19th century graveyard (clue: it's not gold and shiny). You'll even hear what school children, like you, once packed in their school bags on one eventful day.
A time when living in overcrowded closes proved as frightful as the ghoulish apparitions. Hear what jobs were available for younger members of society and get a glimpse at what a family ‘home' might look like. You'll finish your excursion beneath the streets in our exclusive Blair Street Underground Vaults, once frequented by some of Edinburgh's less appealing characters. And possibly still is…
If you're aged 5 and over this is the tour for you and you'll even enjoy a special gift to take home!
Learn about the real history of Edinburgh! Enjoy a family friendly walking ghost tour in a small group! See artefacts found in Edinburgh's secret underground! Hear about the grisly things that were once commonplace in Edinburgh life! Discover strange stories of ghostly apparitions Leave with your take home gift!
Prices & Dates
Tour Times:
11am Saturday & Sunday & holidays
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Tickets
Ticket includes a free gift souvenir for all kids
April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020: £14 Adult, £12 Concession, £9 Child
Start: Mercat Cross, High Street
Finish: Blair Street Underground Vaults, Blair Street, off Hunter's Square
*Please note: For health & safety reasons we are unable to allow children under 5 years of age on any of our underground tours
What's Included
Departure & Map
Terms & Conditions
Terms and Conditions
We are confident you will be delighted with your tour. However, there are some terms which we’d like to draw to your attention...
1. What You Can Expect of Us
- A warm welcome from our staff
- A guide dressed smartly and appropriate to your type of tour
- Staff whose Mercat Tours name badges are clearly visible
- A tour which starts promptly and lasts the time advertised
- A tour which takes you to a variety of locations in and around the High Street
- Stories which are based on the authentic history of Edinburgh
- Stories which are told, as far as possible, in the locations where they occurred
- Stories which are told in an engaging and entertaining way
- A guide who makes an effort to involve the group actively
- A guide who answers your questions or who directs you to where you can find answers to your questions
- A guide who is attentive of your health and safety
- A guide who is unwilling to accept behaviour from any individual that disrupts and spoils the experience of the many
- A company which refuses admission to anyone deemed under the influence of alcohol or drugs
2. What We Expect of You
- That you turn up at the Mercat Cross fifteen minutes before the start of the tour
- That you enter into the spirit of the tour, listening and responding to the stories the guide tells you
- That you reserve questions for the end of stories
- That you are mindful of the health and safety warnings issued by your guide
- That you do not behave in any way that disrupts the tour and impairs the enjoyment of others
3. Your Tickets
- Your ticket is valid only for the tour on which you have booked. It is not transferable. If you miss your tour we will attempt to place you on a later one but customers who have pre-paid for those tours have priority.
- Your ticket is non-refundable. Monies are only re-imbursed when a tour is cancelled by Mercat Tours.
4. Payment
- All pricing is in pounds sterling (GBP). If you have paid from overseas your payment card is charged in pounds sterling at your card issuing bank’s current exchange rate to your local currency. Our tickets include UK Value Added Tax.
- Your personal details and payment card information are held securely and encrypted by our payment card service provider.
