Multi-Sensory Haunted Underground Vaults Tour in Edinburgh

4.7 (1,872 reviews) Edinburgh, Scotland
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Duration1h 15m
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LanguagesEnglish
Group sizeUp to 18 travelers

Overview

Edinburgh’s Master Storytellers, Mercat Tours, are redefining the walking tour, promising to enrich and deepen your connection with Edinburgh’s people and its past far beyond your visit.

Take the Story Home: evoke the memories:
- Smell the leather and smoke
- Listen to the tour playlist
- Read your ghost story gift

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 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.

What's included

  • Exclusive multi-sensory experience; with master Storyteller guides
  • Small group experience
  • Exclusive access to the famous Blair Street Underground Vaults on this high-spirited tour
  • Listen to the Exclusive Sounds Of Edinburgh Tour Playlist
  • Take home an exclusive ghost story gift!

What to expect

  1. Mercat Cross
    15m
    Tour meeting point.
  2. Edinburgh Old Town
    30m
    Encounter true stories of murderers and vagrants and tales of the spirits that may still linger. Tread quietly...
  3. Mercat Tours
    30m
    This is no ordinary haunted tour — it’s an unforgettable descent into Edinburgh’s unsettling past.

    Perhaps you’ll experience a cold breath on the back of your neck, or a whisper – then silence. It’s all the more chilling for being absolutely real: there are no spooks, tricks or jump scares on our Edinburgh ghost tours.

    Feel it. Hear it. The Haunted Underground awaits.

Meeting and pickup

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.

End point

Mercat Tours, 28 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR. This tour ends after a visit to our Blair Street Underground Vaults.

Additional information

  • 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.

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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