🏨 Small-Group Sinister Old Town Walking Tour of Edinburgh Activity

Small-Group Sinister Old Town Walking Tour of Edinburgh

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From $17.34

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 1 hours

Departs: Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Discover the sinister side of Edinburgh’s Old Town, from villains to aristocracy and slums, prisons and execution sites to the time encrusted architecture of the high and mighty. Our costumed guide will regale you with tales of Edinburgh’s chequered past. Travel in the footstep of our capitals most wretched characters who roamed these very streets, learn of the abominations they committed or received and the legacy they left. Hear the deprived antics of our ancestors at the Grassmarket, truly a place of grime and punishment, before we embark on the most macabre of destinations, Greyfrairs Graveyard. We’ll resurrect the dark deeds of this ancient cemeteries expired inhabitants. Blood curdling haunted, you might just encounter the infamous MacKenzie Poltergeist. Surviving that, we’ll unveil the sobering sinister secrets of the not always so majestic Royal Mile.

What's Included

Professional Guide

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Traveler Information

ADULT: Age: 5 - 99

Additional Info

Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Public transportation options are available nearby
Social distancing enforced throughout experience

Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Public transportation options are available nearby
Social distancing enforced throughout experience

Cancellation Policy

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

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers

What To Expect

Grassmarket

Hear the history of Edinburgh's Grassmarket, a historic market place, with the earliest recorded mention being from 1363. It was also a traditional place of public executions.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Greyfriars Kirkyard

Hear the history of this famous graveyard and some of it's most notorious inhabitants.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Royal Mile

See and hear the history of the Majestic Royal Mile, with iconic buildings such as St Giles Cathedral, The City Chambers, and The Tron Kirk to name a few.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Gladstone's Land

See the outside of this surviving 17th Century High tenement house standing at 6 storeys tall.

• Admission Ticket Free

Heart of Midlothian

See the mosaic of the Heart of Midlothian that marks the site of the Old Tolbooth and hear of its significance and the local tradition associated with it.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St Giles' Cathedral

The guide will stop outside St Giles' Cathedral and tell you some of the history of this 14th Century Kirk.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Edinburgh City Chambers

See the meeting place of the Edinburgh City Council. Originally built as the Royal exchange and designed by the Scottish architect, John Adams.

• Admission Ticket Free

Mercat Cross

The tour will end at the Mercat Cross.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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