Haunted History Walking Tours of Edinburgh

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  St Giles' Cathedral

  A huge Neo Gothic style church with a spire that defines the Edinburgh city skyline, beginning the tour Haunted Edinburgh.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 2
  Edinburgh Castle

  From the statues of King Robert the Bruce and William Wallace we see a stunning perspective of Edinburgh. An organic medieval centre, neighboured by an urban planning masterpiecs and surrounded by a the Scottish landscape. The views from Edinburgh Castle, The Old Town, The Firth of Forth, the Forth Bridges and so much more, is remarkable. The spooky stories of Royalty, Witchcraft, Military and Prisoners of War echo through the Castle Dungeons and deeper places still. The entire history of this fortified Scottish Baronial Castle is steeped in a rich and diversified history.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 3
  The Vennel Viewpoint Edinburgh Castle

  One of the most dramatic views of Edinburgh Castle, next to one of the remaining sections of the old Flodden wall. The City's boundary over 500 years ago. Built to keep attackers and smugglers out, with the unintentional consequence of keeping criminals, fire and disease in.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4
  Grassmarket

  The beautiful, historic and lively Grassmarket with some of the oldest pubs and restaraunts that lie under the monumental Edinburgh Castle. We explore executions, torture, and the lost lives of loved ones in medieval hotel rooms.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 5

  We will explore the most hauntes graveyard in Edinburgh! Greyfriars holds hundreds of thousands of lost souls. From the great mass graves of various plagues to tortured covenanters put into concentration camps. Greyfriars also holds famous ghosts such as the Mackenzie Poltergiest, and the grave of inspiration of the Harry Potter villain, He Who Most Not be Named "Voldermort".

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6
  Edinburgh Vaults

  We will view where the Edinburgh vaults are underneath the South Bridge. Here is where crime and poverty reached a new low in Edinburgh in the cold, damp underworld that were the Edinburgh Vaults.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 7
  Scott Monument

  We end our tour at the site of many witch trials and ghostly stories. Those that would have inspired the 30 or so effigees that Sir Walter Scott has standing on his monument. We will learn all about the haunted gardens that today look so harmless; and explore the life and the many fictional characters of Sir Walter Scott.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 8
  Old Calton Burial Ground

  We will go past the Old Calton Hill Burial ground and learn about Burke and Hare illustrious careers as Grave Robbers and worse! We will also visit the tombs of David Hume and Robert Burns.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

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