A Mercat Tours Storyteller pointing into a room in the Blair Street Underground Vaults, Edinburgh.
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Blair Street Underground Vaults, Edinburgh
Mercat Tours - Halloween Underground
A Halloween underground ghost tour of Edinburgh’s most haunted vaults. Get up close to Edinburgh’s ghostly past and learn what makes Samhuinn the spookiest time of year.
A haunted heart beats beneath Edinburgh's streets.
There’s nothing quite like taking a ghost tour of Edinburgh’s most haunted vaults on the most haunted night of the year: Samhuinn.
The famous Blair Street Underground Vaults are spine-chilling at the best of times: a candlelit labyrinth of gloomy tunnels in which every sound, every shadowy movement, stops you in your tracks and makes your blood run cold. At Halloween, the experience is unforgettable.
Prepare to be spooked
Your tour starts at Edinburgh’s Mercat Cross, a spot where criminals were once tortured and executed. Your Mercat Storyteller will meet and introduce you to the lore of Samhuinn and the world of spirits and the sìdh. Then, they will lead you through the atmospheric Old Town, sharing macabre tales in darkened closes en route.
Finally, you’ll descend into the Blair Street Underground Vaults where you’ll hear more sinister stories of body snatchers, murderers, ghosts and ghouls. Tread softly down there. In the vaults no one can hear you scream...
From £23 per adult
Departure days
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
October — November
Contact details
28 Blair Street
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH1 1QR
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Mercat Tours
'History is a damn good story, what it needs is a damn good telling' Join In! Enjoy immersive storytelling experiences as you explore Edinburgh's Old Town. Stories Connect You'll have a deep connection with the people & places of the past and build remarkable memories of Scotland's ancient & beautiful capital. Good for You, Good for Everyone Choosing us, a local, independent family business and Living Wage employer, means you support an ethical team rooted in our local community since 1985
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