Mercat Tours - Spirits of Halloween

Walk with spirits and drink with the dead this Halloween.

Tradition has it that Samhuinn, or Halloween, is the time when the veil between this world and the next is lifted, when the spirits of the dead rise and visit the living. It is the perfect night to visit one of Scotland's most haunted locations.

Get into the spirit of Halloween with a spine-tingling ghost tour of Edinburgh’s medieval streets and haunted vaults, before ending the night with a reviving Halloween cocktail.

Descend into the spirit world.

Your tour begins in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town, where your Storyteller will lead you along cobbled streets once steeped in the blood, guts and gore of the city’s grisly past. They might even teach you a centuries-old tradition or two to protect yourself on Samhuinn, a time when spirits enter this realm.

You’ll then descend into the famous Blair Street Underground Vaults — a candlelit labyrinth of subterranean chambers that are certain to maintain a ghost or two within their ancient walls. After, calm your nerves with a glass of witches’ brew in our underground Megget’s Cellar as your Storyteller weaves more tales by candlelight.