Haunted Vaults Walking Tour in Edinburgh
Description
Dark as the devil's heart, our haunted underground network of vaults from the 1700s will stimulate and excite your senses as the sinister history of these former slum dwellings, once inhabited by the poor and unfortunate along with criminals and prostitutes, begins to come to life in your imagination! Your pulse starts to speed up as your mouth gets drier due to your heightened awareness of what surrounds you! Once experienced, never forgotten.
Tour Options
Itinerary
The guide will meet the group and then after a brief introduction guide everyone down the Royal Mile to the entrance to our vaults occasionally stopping to tell some of Edinburgh’s history along the way.
The guide will show the group our torture exhibition and explain the whys and hows of how some items were used in Edinburgh’s dark history. The guide will then take the group to our vaults to hear their history and about the paranormal happenings said to have occurred here.
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Vaults entrance/exit is via a 2ft stair followed by a spiral staircase and further average size mezzanine staircases inside the vaults Between the levels.
- Not recommended for children under 12 years of age.
- Children under 16 years of age must be accompanied by a Parent or Guardian
- Anyone under the influence of alcohol or drugs will be turned away.
- Alcohol and Drugs strictly forbidden on the tour.
- Filming or live streaming of the tour is strictly forbidden. You may be ejected from the tour.
- Office hours are 10am-5pm for all calls & emails
- • Some historical content may be of a distressing nature with regards but not exclusively to Torture, Hangings, Death
- • Children under 2 years of age not allowed on tour.
- The walking pace and terrain may not be suitable for those with any difficulty walking.
- We do not provide luggage storage so please make alternate arrangements.
Reviews(2,299)
Our tour guide, Stewart, was patient of our slow walking due to mobility and spoke very well. Stewart was quite funny, very informative and had a good aura for the suspenseful parts. I loved the information about the blue dragon Covern, I went into the stone circle, even took photos inside it, I am sure this is a coincidence but the next day had a violent migraine and lost my eye sight temporarily.
Lisa was a brilliant guide. Great explanations and amazing energy.
James infused a fun and mysterious energy into this tour! Great time!
Our guide, Louisa, was amazing! We had the best time! Would recommend her to anyone anytime!
Had a marvelous time! Charlie, our guide, was knowledgeable, enthusiastic, entertaining and full of facts about Edinburgh and the vaults underneath. Truly a fascinating and (slightly) scary experience - in a good way! If you’re looking for something to do that’s not the usual, can’t recommend this enough!
This evening tour was both fun and informative. I loved learning the history you don’t find in books.
Guide was great and knowledgeable. Dom has a great personality and delivery. We would highly recommend.
The tour was so interesting. Our guide, Lisa, was knowledgeable, kind and very good at her job. We would love to do a similar tour again.
Great time and interesting tour. James was entertaining and explained a lot about the history of the city.
We had amazing time with our tour guide STEWART 😉 His storytelling is in top level. Only one thing as remake: tour guide should be more visible on assemble point. We missed our first trip because we couldn't gong tour guide in croud.
