Multi-Sensory Haunted Underground Vaults Tour in Edinburgh
Overview
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.
What's Included
- Small group experience
- Exclusive access to the famous Blair Street Underground Vaults on this high-spirited tour
- Listen to the Exclusive Sounds Of Edinburgh Tour Playlist
- Take home an exclusive ghost story gift!
- Exclusive multi-sensory experience; with master Storyteller guides
Meeting Location
High Street
Edinburgh EH1 1RF, UK
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
28 Blair Street
Edinburgh EH1 1QR, UK
Mercat Tours, 28 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR. This tour ends after a visit to our Blair Street Underground Vaults.
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Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- 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.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 18 travelers
Frequently Asked Questions (7)
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Balloon Tours customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (GMT).
- Small group experience.
- Exclusive access to the famous Blair Street Underground Vaults on this high-spirited tour.
- Listen to the Exclusive Sounds Of Edinburgh Tour Playlist.
- Take home an exclusive ghost story gift!.
- Exclusive multi-sensory experience; with master Storyteller guides.
The minimum age to participate is 5. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Multi-Sensory Haunted Underground Vaults Tour in Edinburgh is as follows:
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Multi-Sensory Haunted Underground Vaults Tour in Edinburgh will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Small group experience
- Exclusive access to the famous Blair Street Underground Vaults on this high-spirited tour
- Listen to the Exclusive Sounds Of Edinburgh Tour Playlist
- Take home an exclusive ghost story gift!
- Exclusive multi-sensory experience; with master Storyteller guides
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- 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.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 18 travelers
