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Edinburgh: Dark Secrets of the Old Town Ghost Walking Tour
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Edinburgh: Dark Secrets of the Old Town Ghost Walking Tour

By Scotland City Tours - Somos Escocia
9.6 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$36 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Stroll down winding alleyways in the centre of Edinburgh
  • Learn about Burke and Hare, known as the Westport Murderers
  • Discover the witch and warlock trials that took place in Scotland
  • Visit Scotland's most haunted graveyard, Old Calton Cemetery
  • Hear stories, myths and funny anecdotes from your local guide

Activity location

    • Edinburgh
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 357 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1PW, UK | Meet in front of the entrance to Advocates Close, opposite St. Giles’ Cathedral. Look for the black umbrella with the Scotland City Tours' yellow logo.
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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English Tour
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 5:30 pm
Price details
NZ$35.54 x 2 AdultsNZ$71.08

Total
Price is NZ$71.08

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTour guide
  • What's includedWhat's included Walking tour

Know before you book

  • Not suitable for: Wheelchair users

What you can expect

Discover Scotland’s mythical sites and Scottish faeries as you walk around the city of Edinburgh. Pass by graveyards, aged houses, and the sites where witches and warlocks were burnt on this sinister yet insightful walking tour.
Learn about the black market for corpses in the 19th century and the serial killers William Burke and William Hare. Hear how they sold corpses for dissection at anatomy lectures. Visit the Old Calton Cemetery and Canongate Kirkyard.

Enjoy pleasant views across Edinburgh whilst your guide talks about a particularly dark chapter in the city’s history, the burning of witches and warlocks. Be astounded by the number of people burned for witchcraft and what spells and beliefs caused this.

Unearth the past as your guide explains about the doctors who cured those with the Black Death, a bubonic plague pandemic in the 1300s. Walk past houses where people lived in the 17th-century and explore the mystery and mysticism that surrounds Edinburgh.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    • Edinburgh
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • 357 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1PW, UK | Meet in front of the entrance to Advocates Close, opposite St. Giles’ Cathedral. Look for the black umbrella with the Scotland City Tours' yellow logo.
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • 357 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1PW, UK | Meet in front of the entrance to Advocates Close, opposite St. Giles’ Cathedral. Look for the black umbrella with the Scotland City Tours' yellow logo.
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom