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Tickets for Doomed Dead & Buried Guided Tour

Take a spooky stroll through Edinburgh's most haunted locations

Provider:
Mercat Tours
Registered address: 28 Blair St, EH1 1QR, Edinburgh, GB
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Start time: 18:30
Duration: 1h 45mins
Max group size: 18
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Live guide: English
Smartphone tickets accepted

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What's included

Exploration of Blair Street Underground Vaults and Canongate Kirkyard
An English-speaking guide
Small tour group

What's not included

Gratuities (optional)

Important information

* The tour ends at Canongate Kirkyard * Children under 18 can not join this tour * Please do not consume alcohol prior to this tour * Wear comfortable footwear and suitable clothing for the weather

Meeting point

Mercat Cross, High Street, EH1 1RF, Edinburgh

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Packed with detail and written by an expert Mercat guide, this souvenir guidebook gives you the full history of the Blair Street Underground Vaults. It’s lively, readable, and full of incredible stories. Collect your guidebook from your tour guide at the end of your tour. Only available in English.

  • Explore Canongate Kirkyard and visit the resting places of famous figures, like Adam Smith, the father of economics
  • See if you feel a change in temperature in the ever smaller rooms in the darkness of Blair Street Underground Vaults
  • Hear creepy tales of dastardly deeds and ghostly sightings in Edinburgh's most atmospheric locations

Think cannibals, body snatchers, deals made with the Devil – and all that's before you even head underground.

Learn about the famous characters whose souls still roam the perpetual darkness of Blair Street Underground Vaults. Meet Canongate graveyard's most famous figures, including David Rizzio, a confidant of Mary Queen of Scots, and the infamous cannibal of the Canongate. This creepy ghost tour of Edinburgh's spookiest spots guarantees sleepless nights.

  • Show your smartphone ticket to the guide at the meeting point, the Mercat Cross. Look for the eight-sided monument with a white unicorn on top
  • Your guide will be dressed in black, wearing an orange lanyard, and holding a black & orange umbrella and an iPad
  • Cancellation is possible until 24 hours before your visit date.
  • Rescheduling is possible until 24 hours before your visit date.

Ratings & reviews

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Lynda,  United Kingdom United Kingdom
02 Jun 2021
Excellent
Really enjoyed our trip down thoughts and to Cannon Street Cemetery. Margaret Ann was very entertaining And told the ghost stories very well
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Elisabete Neves,  Portugal Portugal
14 May 2022
Excellent
Muito b interessante, com um interlocutor fantástico,,Scott versado em história sobre os assombrados. Mortos, e enterrados. De Edimburgo...gostei muito
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Chantalle ,  United Kingdom United Kingdom
04 Feb 2024
Excellent
Doomed, Dead & Buried Guided Tour

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