- Edinburgh
Ghostly Tours: Blair Street Underground Vaults
Explore Edinburgh's underworld with this guided tour on the city's gruesome past
Doomed Dead & Buried Guided Tour
Take a spooky stroll through Edinburgh's most haunted locations
Start time:
18:30
Max group size:
18
Duration:
1h 45mins
Live guide:
English
Start time:
18:30
Duration:
1h 45mins
Max group size:
18
Live guide:
English
Exploration of Blair Street Underground Vaults and Canongate Kirkyard
English-speaking guide
Small group tour
Gratuities (optional)
Meeting point
Mercat Cross, High Street, EH1 1RF, Edinburgh- Show your smartphone ticket to the guide at the meeting point, the Mercat Cross. Look for the eight-sided monument with a white unicorn on top
- Your guide will be dressed in black, wearing an orange lanyard, and holding a black & orange umbrella and an iPad
Add a little extra in the checkout to make the most of your visit
Packed with detail and written by an expert Mercat guide, this souvenir guidebook gives you the full history of the Blair Street Underground Vaults. It’s lively, readable, and full of incredible stories. Collect your guidebook from your tour guide at the end of your tour. Only available in English.
Think cannibals, body snatchers, deals made with the Devil – and all that's before you even head underground.
Learn about the famous characters whose souls still roam the perpetual darkness of Blair Street Underground Vaults. Meet Canongate graveyard's most famous figures, including David Rizzio, a confidant of Mary Queen of Scots, and the infamous cannibal of the Canongate. This creepy ghost tour of Edinburgh's spookiest spots guarantees sleepless nights.
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