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Halloween at Mercat Tours


This Halloween, join Mercat Tours for a range of spine-tingling tours.

Tour Guide leading tour in a close of Edinburgh royal mile at night
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Royal Mile

25th October 2024 - 2nd November 2024
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Venue Key Features

Hearing Loop

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Access guide

Hearing Loop

Level access from entrance to reception

There’s nothing quite like taking a ghost tour of Edinburgh’s most haunted vaults at the most haunted time of the year: All Hallows Eve. And 5-star, walking tour company, Mercat Tours, have an exciting variety to choose from.

Get up close to Edinburgh’s ghostly past, explore the streets of Edinburgh’s Old Town and descend into the Blair Street Underground Vaults, Edinburgh’s most haunted vaults, with Halloween Underground. Spine-chilling at the best of times, at Halloween, the experience is unforgettable. Suitable for ages 5+.

Hooded figure holding a torch in the Blair Street Vault with 3 people on the tour
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Delve into the murky depths of Edinburgh’s most unsettling and sinister past with Haunted Halloween. Starting in the Old Town, make your way through the narrow closes and wynds of the ancient Royal Mile, before descending into the atmospheric Blair Street Underground Vaults. Once home to thieves, and criminals, it’s now a place where restless souls are said to live. This tour is adults only.

Get into the spirit of the most haunted time of the year with Spirits of Halloween. This spine-tingling ghost tour includes Edinburgh’s medieval streets and haunted vaults, before ending the night with a reviving Halloween cocktail. Suitable for ages 5+.

If you like the idea of a spooky stroll through Edinburgh’s Old Town, don’t miss Raising the Dead. Under the cover of darkness you’ll visit the haunted Blair Street Underground Vaults, before visiting Canongate graveyard – known for its restless spirits. This tour is adults only.

Tour Guide with Tour participants in the grounds of Canongate Graveyard
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All tours use TourTalk technology – audio devices that cut out the hustle and bustle of the city. All attendees will be provided with a device and headphones, tuned into the tour Storyteller.

Mercat Tours’ Halloween tours run on selected dates from 25 October to 02 November 2024. All tours should be prebooked online.