Mercat tour
Haunted Halloween
In Summary
- Uncover the sinister side of Halloween in Edinburgh’s Old Town on a five-star Halloween tour
- Experience the Blair Street Underground Vaults at their most haunted
- Learn about murderers, scandals, and torturers
- This tour explores dark content for adults-only.
- Mercat exclusive audio devices - be immersed and get lost in the stories...
About this tour
This Halloween ghost tour is not for the faint-hearted, taking you on a strictly adults-only journey through Edinburgh's ghoulish underworld that's guaranteed to make your flesh crawl.
Treason. Torture. Blood and gore. No story is off-limits – you will hear it all. And if the horrifying stories from Edinburgh’s ghastly past don’t chill your blood, your brush with the city’s ghostly present surely will.
Deep into Edinburgh's haunted vaults on this adults-only Halloween event
The tour starts after dark in the heart of the Old Town, where your expert guide – in an authentic Halloween costume – will lead you through the narrow closes and wynds of the atmospheric Royal Mile. Then it’s down into the haunted Blair Street Underground Vaults for an unforgettable, spine-chilling, Halloween experience. This is truly the city’s dark underbelly. A labyrinth of gloomy candle-lit tunnels and chambers once home to the city’s thieves, and criminals – and now a place where their restless souls are said to reside.
Tour details
Dates & times
Fri 27th - Tue 31st Oct 2023
These are dark, underground tours; please don’t drink alcohol beforehand.
Everyone has a warm welcome from us at the Mercat Cross. Read more about how we look after you and what to expect on tour on our Accessibility page and Euan's Guide Review.
Duration
- 1 hours
Tour location
- Start point: Mercat Cross, High Street
- End point: Blair Street Underground Vaults, Blair Street, off Hunter's Square
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