Multi-Sensory Haunted Underground Vaults Tour in Edinburgh

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1 hour 15 minutes (approximately)
Offered in: English

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

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.

Itinerary

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes (approximately)
  • 1
    Mercat Cross

    Tour meeting point.

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Edinburgh Old Town

    Encounter true stories of murderers and vagrants and tales of the spirits that may still linger. Tread quietly...

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3

    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.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • 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.
Supplied by Mercat Tours

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Private and Luxury
Historical Tours
Walking Tours
Ghost Tours
Viator Plus
Excellent Quality
Low Supplier Cancellation Rate
Low Last Minute Supplier Cancellation Rate
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

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

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