Mercat Tours - Raising the Dead

Fear to wander where restless souls roam.

Exclusive access to the haunted Blair Street Underground Vaults, a spooky stroll through Edinburgh’s Old Town and a dramatic finale in one of the city’s most atmospheric graveyards. This tour is the perfect opportunity to explore Edinburgh’s most haunted sites on the most haunted night of the year.

Cannibals. Murderers. Cursed souls.

Your tour begins at the Mercat Cross, in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town. An expert Storyteller will introduce you to the darker side of Samhuinn traditions before leading you down historic streets, spinning true tales from our gruesome past along the way.

Next comes a chilling descent into the haunted vaults, once home to a horde of criminals, miscreants and cursed souls where every small sound and movement will make you flinch.

Then it’s on to the Canongate graveyard for a hair-raising finale among the dark and foreboding tombs of the city’s buried. You’ll soon learn that the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest on Halloween...