Immersive Haunted Underground Vaults Tour in Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
1 hour 15 minutes
Walking Tours
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History
What You Will Do
Venture beneath Edinburgh’s streets and discover the city’s most haunted underground vaults — a chilling world of shadows and secrets, the Blair Street Underground Vaults, exclusively accessible with Mercat Tours. This immersive ghost tour offers a spine-tingling glimpse into true tales of Edinburgh’s dark past.
Abandon thoughts of manufactured frights and make-believe scares. In the Blair Street Underground Vaults, it’s the true history that haunts. The skill is in the enhanced storytelling. These vaults witnessed the deeds of mischief-makers and murderers, vagrants, and torturers. It’s said to be one of Edinburgh’s most haunted sites, where restless spirits still tread to this day.
Your cloaked Mercat Tours master storyteller will lead you through the shadowy closes of Edinburgh’s Old Town. These dark and dreary streets are untouched by daylight, filled with a strange silence – their damp walls carrying only the faintest echo of the crowds on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
What's Included?
- Exclusive multi-sensory experience; with master Storyteller guides
- Small group experience
- xplore the famous Blair Street Underground Vaults on this high-spirited tour
- Enhanced with hand-picked sounds of Edinburgh and delivered through TourTalk audio devices
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
Mercat Cross, High St, Edinburgh EH1 1RF. Look for the 8 sided monument with white Unicorn on top. You will find a member of our visitor services team waiting here to check you in. They will be dressed in black, holding an iPad, wearing an orange lanyard & holding a black & orange umbrella.
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Mercat Cross
15 minutes
Tour meeting point.
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Additional Information
This activity is operated by Mercat Tours
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please note that we cannot accept babies or children under the age of 5 on this tour.
- Tours are guaranteed all year round, so please dress for the weather, with comfortable shoes.
Guide Options
- Guide - English
Customer Reviews
Super Stars of Spooky Stories
2023-11-27
A view to the past
2023-11-23
It was a grey afternoon with a high wind on the Royal Mile where we started.
Our tour guide - Linda- soon drew us in to the atmosphere of history. With a lot of information coupled with interaction with the group, Linda was clearly passionate about the history of beautiful, historic Edinburgh. Once underground the vibe continued, inviting you to open your mind and allow your imagination to picture how incredibly hard life must have been for the folk trying their best to survive in those desperate times. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would do it again.
Our tour guide - Linda- soon drew us in to the atmosphere of history. With a lot of information coupled with interaction with the group, Linda was clearly passionate about the history of beautiful, historic Edinburgh. Once underground the vibe continued, inviting you to open your mind and allow your imagination to picture how incredibly hard life must have been for the folk trying their best to survive in those desperate times. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would do it again.
Good but could be spookier
2023-11-22
Went on the 8pm tour on Sunday 12th Nov. It was ok! I have done another Underground Vaults Tour with Mercat which in my opinion was a lot scarier and more interesting. This was good. I suppose Mercat has access to lots of the vaults and the tours cover certain sections. I would recommend it but this tour didn't quite live up to the one I had done previously!
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Thoroughly enjoyed, the vaults themselves very well preserved and would love to come back for another of their tours.