Mercat Tours
Meeting point: Mercat Cross, Parliament Square, Edinburgh, EH1 1RF
Mercat Tours hosts underground and overground tours of Edinburgh. Specialising in history tours of the city and spooky ghost walks. Mercat’s storytellers bring Edinburgh’s tales to life, showing a side of the city that you may otherwise miss. Themed history tours explore different historic topics. For example, tours of iconic landmarks, Outlander locations or interesting statues. While ghost tours focus on dark and chilling tales of the city’s gruesome past.
With exclusive access to the Blair Street Vaults, many of the tours delve deep underground. The Vaults are caverns in the arches of South Bridge, which lie beneath the Old Town. Dating from the the 18th century, they have a rich history, and there are also many myths and ghost stories that surround them. The meeting point for the tours is usually the Mercat Cross on the Royal Mile.
5 things to do on Mercat Tours
- Learn about Edinburgh’s rich and fascinating past on a history tour.
- Be scared silly on a spooky ghost tour.
- Discover places and stories you might have otherwise missed.
- Explore the mysterious underground vaults that lie beneath South Bridge.
- Hear fascinating tales of the city from Mercat’s storytellers.
