Mercat Tours
About Mercat Tours
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Listed Under Attractions - Guided Walks and Tours
History Walks.
The best way to really experience medieval Edinburgh is to follow your feet – and your guide!
We’ll reveal the closes and courtyards; sites and stories to give you a true sense of our past and our people.
Where the buses can’t take you and the guidebooks don’t show is where our city’s fascinating stories can be found...
We’ll help you discover our fabulous city and make sure you don’t miss the best sites and stories:
Ghost tours, history tours
Daytime, evening
Old Town, New Town
The Royal Mile, Edinburgh Castle and, exclusively, the Blair Street Underground Vaults
So we know we have a tour for everyone.
The True Story of Edinburgh’s Underground
With our exclusive access to the famously haunted Blair Street Underground Vaults, we can show you where the poor souls of Edinburgh's past still haunt her present.
Set in the heart of our bustling Old Town, surrounded by restaurants, shops and hotels, we are the perfect way to explore that little bit further.
We offer our scheduled tours:
Daily - we’ve always a tour to fit your plans
All year round - we’re here whenever you visit
Guaranteed departures - you’ll never be disappointed
Limited group size - to make sure you have the best experience possible
With a warm Scottish welcome, we’ll meet you at the Mercat Cross soon.
Upcoming Events at Mercat Tours
Historic Underground
1st January 2018 - 31st December 2018
Discover a dark, damp world unchanged since the 18th century in this tour of Blair Street Underground Vaults with Mercat Tours.
Raising the dead
26th October 2018
Discover the Blair Street Underground Vaults at Halloween, with access no other tour company can offer. Then tread carefully to the Canongate graveyard, among the restless spirits of the dead.
Halloween Underground
26th October 2018
This daytime Halloween tour of Edinburgh’s haunted vaults takes you eerily close to the spirit world and hear tales of body snatchers, torture, murder and hangings..
Haunted Halloween - the Midnight Hour
26th October 2018
A late night special for the steely-willed! Take a walk through Edinburgh’s Old Town and then venture deep underground, in time for the witching hour, in the dead of night.
Spirits of Halloween
26th October 2018
Raise the spirits of Halloween with a ghost tour of Edinburgh’s spookier closes and wynds, before venturing into the haunted Blair Street Underground Vaults.
Haunted Halloween (over 18s only)
26th October 2018 - 31st October 2018
Delve into the murky depths of Edinburgh’s most unsettling past. This Halloween tour is strictly adults-only, exploring sinister misdeeds and their terrible consequences.
Halloween Games Night Dungeons and Dragons
27th October 2018
At midnight on Saturday 27 October, a unique Halloween adventure awaits Dungeons and Dragons game players in the Blair Street Vaults.
Halloween Underground
27th October 2018
This daytime Halloween tour of Edinburgh’s haunted vaults takes you eerily close to the spirit world and hear tales of body snatchers, torture, murder and hangings..
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
27th October 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Haunted Halloween - the Midnight Hour
27th October 2018
A late night special for the steely-willed! Take a walk through Edinburgh’s Old Town and then venture deep underground, in time for the witching hour, in the dead of night.
Spirits of Halloween
27th October 2018
Raise the spirits of Halloween with a ghost tour of Edinburgh’s spookier closes and wynds, before venturing into the haunted Blair Street Underground Vaults.
Raising the dead
27th October 2018
Discover the Blair Street Underground Vaults at Halloween, with access no other tour company can offer. Then tread carefully to the Canongate graveyard, among the restless spirits of the dead.
Gory Stories - Halloween for Kids
27th October 2018 - 28th October 2018
Discover some horrible haunts, including Mercat Tours famous Blair Street Underground Vault, and hear tales of witches, punishment and unruly school kids. Age 5+
Spirits of Halloween
28th October 2018
Raise the spirits of Halloween with a ghost tour of Edinburgh’s spookier closes and wynds, before venturing into the haunted Blair Street Underground Vaults.
Raising the dead
28th October 2018
Discover the Blair Street Underground Vaults at Halloween, with access no other tour company can offer. Then tread carefully to the Canongate graveyard, among the restless spirits of the dead.
Halloween Underground
28th October 2018
This daytime Halloween tour of Edinburgh’s haunted vaults takes you eerily close to the spirit world and hear tales of body snatchers, torture, murder and hangings..
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
28th October 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Haunted Halloween - the Midnight Hour
31st October 2018
A late night special for the steely-willed! Take a walk through Edinburgh’s Old Town and then venture deep underground, in time for the witching hour, in the dead of night.
Halloween Underground
31st October 2018
This daytime Halloween tour of Edinburgh’s haunted vaults takes you eerily close to the spirit world and hear tales of body snatchers, torture, murder and hangings..
Spirits of Halloween
31st October 2018
Raise the spirits of Halloween with a ghost tour of Edinburgh’s spookier closes and wynds, before venturing into the haunted Blair Street Underground Vaults.
Raising the dead
31st October 2018
Discover the Blair Street Underground Vaults at Halloween, with access no other tour company can offer. Then tread carefully to the Canongate graveyard, among the restless spirits of the dead.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
3rd November 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
4th November 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
10th November 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
11th November 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
17th November 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
18th November 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
24th November 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
25th November 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
1st December 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
2nd December 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
8th December 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
9th December 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
15th December 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
16th December 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
22nd December 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
23rd December 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
29th December 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore and Grime for Age 5+
30th December 2018
Hear tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on with Mercat Tours - Ghosts, Gore & Grime.
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