Evening Ghost Tour of Edinburgh Vaults
Ghost Tour
Ghost Tour
Tour Description
A light-hearted journey into Edinburgh's dark past. With a heady mix of dramatic story-telling, gruesome history and haunted Underground Vaults. The full tour includes a visit to Megget's Cellar for further stories and a complimentary drink to soothe the nerves!
By day Edinburgh is a bustling metropolis, but at night the old buildings and narrow closes take on a more sinister air. A long history of murder, torture, hangings and plague has left a haunting legacy on the city's Old Town and ghostly apparitions now walk its streets.
Enter the Underground Vaults whose walls, it is said, have absorbed the memories of those who once lived and worked there. This part of the tour is not for the faint-hearted. Cling tightly to the person beside you: we try to leave with the same number as we had on going in!
Choose the full tour and end your experience with a complimentary drink in the atmospheric Megget's Cellar, a candlelit nook located above the Underground Vaults, where the guide will continue to entertain you with eerie tales from Edinburgh's past.
Be Warned: guides neither sound nor visual effects on this tour. If you see or hear something untoward during your time with us - Be Concerned!
There is a maximum of 40 places per guide on this tour. Tickets sell very quickly on this, our most popular tour, so you are STRONGLY advised to book your ticket in advance.
BOOK THIS TOUR IF YOU'D LIKE TO...
- Take an informed, chilling 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
*For health & safety reasons we are unable to allow children under 5 years of age on any of our underground tours
Ghost and Gouls Tour of Edinburgh Vaults
Prices & Dates
Tour Guide: This tour is my favourite. There is always a good crowd and they don’t take much persuasion to become ‘the Edinburgh mob’
Visitor Comments: One question: Who lit the candles?
Tour Times:
Daily 7pm, 8pm, 9pm
Duration:
Full Tour: 2 Hours.
Tickets
Full Tour: £19 adult, £17 concession, £12 child
Start: Mercat Cross, High Street
Finish:
Megget's Cellar, Blair Street. Off Hunters Square - Full Tour.
Interpretation Room, Blair Street. Off Hunters Square - Walk Only.
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.
