Underground Vaults and Graveyard Ghost Tour in Edinburgh
Ghost Tour
Ghost Tour
Tour Description
Explore the haunted Blair Street Underground Vaults with access no other tour company can offer, then head to the Canongate graveyard, where the spirits of the dead await.
It might be something to do with the change in temperature. Or the perpetual darkness. Or the ever smaller rooms, stretching beyond the weak beam of a torch. Whatever the reason, there’s something unsettling about the Blair Street Underground Vaults - and your expert local guide will reveal the troubling tales on this evening walking tour.
Cannibals. Body snatchers.
Deals with the Devil.
And that’s before we head underground.
Torture. Murder. Hangings. And that’s just what went on in the vaults.
A walk along dim streets to the Canongate graveyard will bring you to the resting place of the city’s most famous figures: Adam Smith, the father of economics; David Rizzio, the lover of Mary Queen of Scots; and James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry - the infamous cannibal of the Canongate.
Book this tour if you'd like...
- to explore BOTH the haunted Blair Street Underground Vaults and the eerie Canongate graveyard
- to hear of infamous spirits and cursed souls
Follow the journey many made just once…
Explore the sinister history that lies beneath our feet and discover tales of Edinburgh characters who were doomed to die and doomed to haunt the living.
This is an exclusive opportunity to visit BOTH the long buried Blair Street Underground Vaults and the atmospheric Canongate graveyard, where the spirits of the dead await you…
Eerie and Exclusive.
*For health & safety reasons we are unable to allow children under 5 years of age on any of our underground tours.
Prices & Dates
Tour Times
7:30pm & 8:30pm daily
Duration
1 hour 45 minutes
Tickets
£17 adults, £15 concession
Start
Mercat Cross, High Street
Finish
Canongate Graveyard
What's Included
Departure & Map
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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.
