Edinburgh’s Master Storytellers, Mercat Tours, are redefining the walking tour, promising to enrich and deepen your connection with Edinburgh’s people and its past far beyond your visit. Take the Story Home: evoke the memories: - Smell the leather and smoke - Listen to the tour playlist - Read your ghost story gift Venture beneath Edinburgh’s streets and discover the city’s most haunted underground vaults — a chilling world of shadows and secrets, the Blair Street Underground Vaults This immersive ghost tour offers a spine-tingling glimpse into true tales of Edinburgh’s dark past. Abandon thoughts of manufactured frights and make-believe scares. In the Blair Street Underground Vaults, it’s the true history that haunts. The skill is in the enhanced storytelling. These vaults witnessed the deeds of mischief-makers and murderers, vagrants, and torturers. It’s said to be one of Edinburgh’s most haunted sites, where restless spirits still tread to this day.
Prices change with the date; the lowest is shown.
Out at sunset: the 3:30 PM departure is under way when the sun sets, around 3:49 PM in the coming weeks.
In demand: 28 of the next 90 departures are already sold out.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Nov 14.
Tour meeting point.
Encounter true stories of murderers and vagrants and tales of the spirits that may still linger. Tread quietly...
This is no ordinary haunted tour — it’s an unforgettable descent into Edinburgh’s unsettling past. Perhaps you’ll experience a cold breath on the back of your neck, or a whisper – then silence. It’s all the more chilling for being absolutely real: there are no spooks, tricks or jump scares on our Edinburgh ghost tours. Feel it. Hear it. The Haunted Underground awaits.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Multi-Sensory Haunted Underground Vaults Tour in Edinburgh lasts about 1h 15min. The itinerary has 3 stops.
Prices start at $36 per person for this Edinburgh experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day, with 10 departures a day between 2:30 PM and 8:30 PM.
Children aged 5–15 pay from $28, adults from $36.
It can: 28 of the next 90 departures are already sold out, so booking ahead is a good idea.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is Mercat Cross, High St, Edinburgh EH1 1RF. Look for the 8 sided monument with white Unicorn on top. You will find a member of our visitor services team waiting here to check you in. They will be dressed in black, holding an iPad, wearing an orange lanyard & holding a black & orange umbrella. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
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| Tour | Duration | Rating | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Multi-Sensory Haunted Underground Vaults Tour in Edinburgh | 1h 15min | 4.7 (1,875) | $36 | |
 Underground Vaults Walking Tour in Edinburgh Old Town | 1 hour | 4.7 (9,646) | $32 | View |
 Haunted Vaults and Graveyard Walking Tour in Edinburgh | 1h 30min | 4.8 (2,204) | $35 | View |
 Exclusive Blair Street Underground Vaults Tour in Edinburgh | 1h 15min | 4.7 (1,586) | $38 | View |
 Small Group Edinburgh Underground Vaults & Graveyard Ghost Tour | 1h 45min | 4.8 (610) | $43 | View |
 City of the Dead Underground Vaults (Day) | 1h 20min | 4.7 (141) | $31 | View |
 Evening Ghost & Underground Vaults Tour with Candlelit Whisky | 2 hours | 4.8 (725) | $43 | View |
The experience is available in EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 18 participants.
Please note that we cannot accept babies or children under the age of 5 on this tour.
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
