Kids Multi-Sensory Underground Vaults Tour in Edinburgh

4.9 (39 reviews) Edinburgh, Scotland
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Duration1h 15m
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
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
- Touch original artefacts
- Listen to the tour playlist

A daytime ghost tour for kids full of tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on.

Listen to the distant clatter of a horse-drawn carriage as you explore a city built on body snatching and torture.

Learn the meaning of gardyloo and hope you never hear it, grimace at the tales of Scottish witches and find out what treasure could be found buried in a 19th century graveyard. You’ll even hear what school children, like you, once packed in their school bags.

You’ll finish your tour in our exclusive Blair Street Underground Vaults, once frequented by some of Edinburgh’s less-appealing characters.

What's included

  • See artefacts found in Edinburgh’s secret underground vaults
  • Exclusive access to Blair Street Underground Vaults
  • Enhanced with hand-picked sounds of Edinburgh and delivered through TourTalk audio devices
  • Small-group experience
  • Exclusive multi-sensory tours; with master Storyteller guides
  • Due to Health & Safety, this tour is not suitable for those under the age of 5

What to expect

  1. Mercat Cross
    15m
    To start, you’ll visit the winding closes of Edinburgh’s Old Town. Learn the meaning of gardyloo and hope you never hear it, grimace at the tales of Scottish witches and find out what treasure could be found buried in a 19th century graveyard (clue: it’s not gold and shiny). You’ll even hear what school children, like you, once packed in their school bags on one eventful day.
  2. Royal Mile
    15m
    You’ll hear all about the creepy characters lurking in the past and the hideous real history of how people lived in 19th century Edinburgh. Listen to the distant clatter of a horse-drawn carriage as you explore a city built on witch trials, body snatching and a gruesome past of torture. Your master Storyteller will take you to the places where history lives.
  3. 30m · Admission ticket included
    You’ll finish your excursion beneath the streets in our exclusive Blair Street Underground Vaults, once frequented by some of Edinburgh’s less-appealing characters. Maybe you’ll even catch their whispers as you explore…

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

28 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR. Your visit will end after a visit to our famous Blair Street Underground Vaults.

Additional information

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Tours are guaranteed all year round, so please dress for the weather, with comfortable shoes.
  • Children over 5yrs only

Cancellation policy

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

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