Edinburgh Ghost Tour: Chilling History Unveiled

Embark on a thrilling 2-hour ghost tour in Edinburgh to uncover the city’s chilling history of ghosts, murderers, and witch hunts. Explore narrow streets, visit a haunted cemetery, and encounter the infamous ghost of Edinburgh Castle.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • St Giles’ Cathedral - In front of St Giles’ Cathedral, this area is explored for its historical significance as the political, religious, and judicial center of Edinburgh, where power and punishment were intricately connected.
  • Mercat Cross - Once a hub of public justice, this site was known for punishments and executions. Discussions here…
What's Included
  • Professional guide
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Pick up and drop-off
Additional Information

Accompany your guide as you navigate down the slender lanes of Edinburgh, absorbing the city’s eerie history of specters, killers, and witch trials.
• Uncover tales of witch trials, killers and specters
• Stroll down the confined city lanes at dusk accompanied by a Spanish guide
• Explore a graveyard renowned for its intense paranormal occurrences…

Location
190 High St
High Street
190 High Street. Please look for our guide with the 'LochNessBus' umbrella, at the top of Old Fishmarket Close.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Archis_b
Sep 16, 2024
Great experience - It was a great experience. It was just me and my girlfriend on the tour, So it felt like a private tour. The tour guide Manuel was amazing.
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Weikitw2020
Nov 26, 2023
Amazing spoiky walking tour with Alex Duffield - Alex Duffield is an amazing guide! He is very knowledgable and shares many spooky history of Edinburgh. He is also very approachable and helpful, accommodating to her limited mobility while keeping things interesting. We are very happy to have him as our tour guide!
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Sandraponcealcaraz
Oct 24, 2021
Great experience - The favourite part of the experience was Selina’s bubbly and very friendly personality. She was very kind, funny and most importantly informative about the knowledge she gave us on Edinburgh about the history and ghosts. Totally recommend
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Clair
Aug 16, 2020
#gordiegirlsontour. - Very educational & interesting. Host was brilliant he knew his stuff, he was very proffesional & humorous . A great experience, well recommended.
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Clive
Dec 9, 2019
Good Value For Money - We had a Spanish tour guide called Alex. He was very friendly and very knowledgeable. Highly recommended
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Argyro_v
Jun 9, 2023
Nice experience - A very pleasant tour of the city, with interesting historical facts for each place we saw. Our tour guide alex was very friendly and amusing.
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Suzanne_r
Jun 15, 2023
History not ghost experience - Our Guide Alex was super nice and well versed in the history of the area. Kudos to him. It didn’t however have much to do with ghosts. A 2 hr tour turned into 2.5 hrs. Felt it was long. Family was a bit bored.
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Richard_j
Jul 8, 2021
Don’t Bother - It was rubbish, we were at the appointed start point at the correct time but the tour had been cancelled and no one had bothered to tell us.
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up to 15 guests
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).