Royal Mile Treasure Hunt Tour
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Tour ID:1517
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Tour theme:Historic Old Town Walking Tours,
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Duration:1/2 Day - 2 hours
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Starts from:Edinburgh
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Tour Description
Keep your eyes peeled, and listen to your guide's every word. This two-hour private tour is an immersive treasure hunt through the ghoulish history of the Old Town and the Blair Street Underground Vaults. Listen carefully - the clues are everywhere.
You'll begin with a private tour of the darker, gloomier closes and wynds of Edinburgh's Old Town. Your cloaked guide will show you where the city's ghosts still tread, and spin tales of torture, murder and hangings. Then your group will divide into teams, and you'll have 30 minutes to solve our devilish riddles, with clues hidden along the length of the Royal Mile.
Descend into the vaults
Meeting back at the Mercat Cross, we'll head deep into the Blair Street Underground Vaults. Your private group will see into the darkest corners of the vaults, beyond the reach of the dim candlelight. Emerging a little ruffled, a little chilled, you'll gather with your guide in Megget's Cellar, where the winners will claim their prize.
BOOK THIS TOUR IF YOU'D LIKE TO...
- Hunt for clues along the Royal Mile, against the clock
- Explore the Old Town and Blair Street Underground Vaults in a private group
- Tease fact from fiction as you untangle our fiendish riddles
Hidden and hunted treasure hunt
Prices & Dates
What's Included
Duration: 2 hours
Start: Mercat Cross, High Street
Finish: Blair Street Underground Vaults, Blair Street, off Hunter's Square
Departure & Map
Leaving From Edinburgh
Mercat Cross, High Street
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.
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