Edinburgh Gory Stories Kids Ghost Tour

A daytime ghost tour for kids full of tales of stinking streets, terrible tortures and ghostly goings-on.
Listen to the distant clatter of a horse-drawn carriage as you explore a city built on witch trials, body snatching and a gruesome past of torture. Your master Storyteller will take you to the places where history lives.

To start, you’ll visit the winding closes of Edinburgh’s Old Town. Learn the meaning of gardyloo and hope you never hear it, grimace at the tales of Scottish witches and find out what treasure could be found buried in a 19th century graveyard (clue: it’s not gold and shiny). You’ll even hear what school children, like you, once packed in their school bags on one eventful day.

A time when living in overcrowded closes proved as frightful as the ghoulish apparitions.

Hear what jobs were available for younger members of society and get a glimpse at what a family ‘home’ might look like.

Meeting Point

Mercat Cross

High St, Edinburgh EH1 1RF, UK

Mercat Cross, High St, Edinburgh EH1 1RF. Look for the 8 sided monument with white Unicorn on top. You will find a member of our visitor services team waiting here to check you in. They will be dressed in black, holding an iPad, wearing an orange lanyard & holding a black & orange umbrella.

What's included:

• Small-group experience
• Exclusive access to Blair Street Underground Vaults
• Enhanced with hand-picked sounds of Edinburgh and delivered through TourTalk audio devices
• See artefacts found in Edinburgh’s secret underground vaults
• Exclusive multi-sensory tours; with master Storyteller guides

Not included:

• Due to Health & Safety, this tour is not suitable for those under the age of 5

What to expect:

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

Mercat Cross

Mercat Cross, Edinburgh

To start, you’ll visit the winding closes of Edinburgh’s Old Town. Learn the meaning of gardyloo and hope you never hear it, grimace at the tales of Scottish witches and find out what treasure could be found buried in a 19th century graveyard (clue: it’s not gold and shiny). You’ll even hear what school children, like you, once packed in their school bags on one eventful day.

15 minutes

Royal Mile

High St., , Edinburgh, EH1 2PB

You’ll hear all about the creepy characters lurking in the past and the hideous real history of how people lived in 19th century Edinburgh. Listen to the distant clatter of a horse-drawn carriage as you explore a city built on witch trials, body snatching and a gruesome past of torture. Your master Storyteller will take you to the places where history lives.

15 minutes

Mercat Tours

28 Blair St, Edinburgh EH1 1QR, UK

You’ll finish your excursion beneath the streets in our exclusive Blair Street Underground Vaults, once frequented by some of Edinburgh’s less-appealing characters. Maybe you’ll even catch their whispers as you explore…

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included