Your evening tour begins at a designated meeting point in Edinburgh Old Town. Greet your guide and receive an introduction to the city’s dark history.
Wind your way down the cobbled streets surrounding Calton Hill and North Bridge, beneath which lies the Blair Street Vaults. Discover tales of torture and treason interspersed with stories of pagan festivals and dramatic historical events.
Get acquainted with the deceased residents of Canongate cemetery, and discover the truth behind the gruesome exploits of Burke and Hare, the notorious Edinburgh grave robbers.
Your tour concludes on the Royal Mile.
Updating Map... Coaches can't get to these places and we got to see several important cemetaries, learn about the new city and the story of the bridge, see some curious city building failures atop a hill with a view and hear about tales of the carrying out...More
We went on this tour on the 12th December.It was a dry but chilly evening which added to the atmosphere.Our guide Keith was very informative,made the tales very interesting,perfect for the job.We had to walk to walk up some dark,creepy footpaths up to the hills...More
This tour took us to interestimg places we would have never thought to go to and the windy chilly atmosphere was perfect for the spooky stories. Keith was particularly handsome in the dark...
We have never been on a walking tour before, we really enjoyed our tour. Keith was our guide and was excellent. The level of creepy was upped after we stumbled upon an active crime scene in the dark. Driving down country lanes in the dark...More
It was a dark, cold, windy night in December but the stories were so fascinating that I hardly noticed the cold. Keith was an interesting story teller and we went back the next day to follow up on some sights.
