• Mercat Tour's original and most popular tour

• A light-hearted journey into Edinburgh's dark past

• A heady mix of dramatic story-telling, gruesome history and haunted Underground Vaults

• The full tour includes a visit to Megget's Cellar for further stories and a complimentary drink to soothe the nerves!

By day Edinburgh is a bustling metropolis, but at night the old buildings and narrow closes take on a more sinister air. A long history of murder, torture, hangings and plague has left a haunting legacy on the city's Old Town and ghostly apparitions now walk its streets.

Enter the Underground Vaults whose walls, it is said, have absorbed the memories of those who once lived and worked there. This part of the tour is not for the faint-hearted. Cling tightly to the person beside you: we try to leave with the same number as we had on going in!

Choose the full tour and end your experience with a complimentary drink in the atmospheric Megget's Cellar, a candlelit nook located above the Underground Vaults, where the guide will continue to entertain you with eerie tales from Edinburgh's past.

Be Warned: Mercat Tours employs neither sound nor visual effects on this tour. If you see or hear something untoward during your time with us - Be Concerned!

There is a maximum of 40 places per guide on this tour. Tickets sell very quickly on this, our most popular tour, so you are STRONGLY advised to book your ticket in advance.

*For health & safety reasons we are unable to allow children under 5 years of age on any of our underground tours

Tour Details

Tour Guide	This tour is my favourite. There is always a good crowd and they don’t take much persuasion to become ‘the Edinburgh mob’
Visitor Comments	One question: Who lit the candles?
Tour Times	Summer (April - October): 7pm, 8pm and 9pm. Winter (November - March): 7pm and 8pm excluding 24th, 25th, 26th, 31st December
Duration	Full Tour: 2 Hours. Walk Only: 1 hour 30 minutes.
Tickets	Full Tour: £11 adult, £10 concession, £6.50 child, £28.50 family (2 adults and 2 children) Walk Only: £9.00 adult, £7.50 concession, £5 child, £23 family (2 adults and 2 children)
Start	Mercat Cross, High Street
Finish	Megget's Cellar, Blair Street. Off Hunters Square - Full Tour Interpretation Centre, Blair Street. Off Hunters Square - Walk Only
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