Immersive Haunted Underground Vaults Tour in Edinburgh
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, exclusively accessible with Mercat Tours. 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.
Your cloaked Mercat Tours master storyteller will lead you through the shadowy closes of Edinburgh’s Old Town. These dark and dreary streets are untouched by daylight, filled with a strange silence – their damp walls carrying only the faintest echo of the crowds on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.
Options
Small Group Scheduled Tour
Maximum group size of 18: Ghostly Underground Vaults daytime tour - because things don't only go bump in the night!
What's included in Immersive Haunted Underground Vaults Tour in Edinburgh
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Mercat Cross
Tour meeting point.
Edinburgh Old Town
Encounter true stories of murderers and vagrants and tales of the spirits that may still linger. Tread quietly...
Mercat Tours
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.
Inclusions
- Exclusive multi-sensory experience; with master Storyteller guides
- Small group experience
- xplore the famous Blair Street Underground Vaults on this high-spirited tour
- Enhanced with hand-picked sounds of Edinburgh and delivered through TourTalk audio devices
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please note that we cannot accept babies or children under the age of 5 on this tour.
- Tours are guaranteed all year round, so please dress for the weather, with comfortable shoes.
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- 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.
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Ticket Redemption
To provide a fully immersive experience, we'll provide a personal audio device. Your Storyteller will use a headset with microphone to ensure you hear every word over the hustle and bustle of Edinburgh's lively Old Town. You are welcome to bring your own headphones (3.5mm jack) or use a pair of ours. Please arrive at the Mercat Cross on The Royal Mile (High Street) EH1 1RF, 15 minutes before the start of your tour and check-in with the on-street representative from Mercat Tours.