World Famous, Award Winning, Underground City & Haunted Graveyard Tours
(featuring the legendary Mackenzie Poltergeist)
Researched and designed by best-selling historical author and award winning novelist Jan-Andrew Henderson, our walks enter two of the most haunted locations on earth and combine the weirdest stories, wickedest humour and wildest history.
‘Will set your imagination RUNNING WILD…. led by a mixture of historians and thespians whose ability to scare is as refined as their ability to WEAVE a GOOD YARN… laced with enough HORROR to leave you sleeping with the lights on for a week’ The Entertainment Guide
Named ‘One of the Britain’s Best Ghost Walks’ by Scare.com, Yahoo! Travel and Virgin Media, ‘One of the UK’s Spookiest Tours’ by The Sun Newspaper, ‘One of Edinburgh’s top 10 Attractions' by USA Today and ‘Edinburgh’s Best Ghost Tour’ by Lonely Planet. Short-listed for the prestigious Screamie Awards (3 times), winner of ScareTour’s ‘Best Ghost Tour Award', highly recommended by TripAdvisor (including ‘Best Halloween Event’) and awarded the Viator Badge of Excellence.
Which proves good doesn’t always triumph over evil.
'Puts the city's other tours IN THE SHADE' - Edinburgh Evening News
‘Will set your imagination RUNNING WILD…. led by a mixture of historians and thespians whose ability to scare is as refined as their ability to WEAVE a GOOD YARN… laced with enough HORROR to leave you sleeping with the lights on for a week’ The Entertainment Guide
Named ‘One of the Britain’s Best Ghost Walks’ by Scare.com, Yahoo! Travel and Virgin Media, ‘One of the UK’s Spookiest Tours’ by The Sun Newspaper, ‘One of Edinburgh’s top 10 Attractions' by USA Today and ‘Edinburgh’s Best Ghost Tour’ by Lonely Planet. Short-listed for the prestigious Screamie Awards (3 times), winner of ScareTour’s ‘Best Ghost Tour Award', highly recommended by TripAdvisor (including ‘Best Halloween Event’) and awarded the Viator Badge of Excellence.
Which proves good doesn’t always triumph over evil.
'Puts the city's other tours IN THE SHADE' - Edinburgh Evening News
Poltergeist 'Attacks'
Follow us, if you dare!
LATEST REVIEWS
(full reviews on Google and TripAdvisor)
Brandon Steber
★★★★★ 13/3/2025
Tour guide Ross was excellent. I learned a lot and laughed a lot. I hope he knows how much we...
Marian
★★★★★ 12/3/2025
We absolutely loved the Double Dead Tour in Edinburgh! Our guide, Alistair (I hope I’ve got
the spelling right), was absolutely brilliant.
Oliver Coultas
★★★★★ 11/3/2025
Really great tour, Alistair made it really enjoyable with a nice mix of spookiness as well as...
David Mateus
★★★★★ 11/3/2025
Fantastic tour with our guide Alistair, we did at Saturday night was awesome experience. A tour...
Catherine Gogerty
★★★★★ 10/3/2025
I had a brilliant evening on the double dead tour, Fiona was our guide and she was perfect, told the...
Seagre
★★★★★ 10/3/2025
We had a fantastic time! Our guide Ben was hilarious as well as knowledgeable. He is a
gifted storyteller and the tour was well executed.
Filip Zeman
★★★★★ 09/3/2025
Ben was very enthusiastic, full of energy and had a great story telling. Very enjoyable tour with a....
halomonkey6
★★★★★ 08/3/2025
Very creepy history and stories and our host Nat was hands down the best at making it feel more like a
personal tour. You get the real experience of what it would’ve been like living...
GAT
★★★★★ 07/3/2025
Lou did a wonderful, respectful, and entertaining tour of the underground tour. He was excellent...
Josh Rosenthal
★★★★★ 06/3/2025
Fiona was amazing! Very informative and funny and engaging. She was receptive to everyone’s needs...
Mel Plank
★★★★★ 06/3/2025
We had Nat as a tour guide. She was very passionate and kept things interesting and left us on our.....
Archol5
★★★★★ 05/3/2025
We did 2 ghost tours - great experience! Fun, informative, with the sprinkle of thrill. Both Lou and Nat were great! Highly recommend.
Bob Felgendreher
★★★★★ 04/3/2025
Just fantastic! Ben offered fun and entertaining insight on this tour. Time went by in a flash....
Q5134WPpeggyg
★★★★★ 03/3/2025
My fiancé and I had an amazing time on this really atmospheric and interesting tour.
Xander our tour guide was the perfect mix of friendly, enthusiastic, informative, and spooky!
Crocky119
★★★★★ 03/3/2025
This was the second time we've been on this tour, and was amazing again.
Ben was a wonderful tour guide with great stories and a fun banter with the group.
V1018PUalexm
★★★★★ 02/3/2025
Beth was great, very informative with the history and included all the members of the tour.
Katie
★★★★★ 02/3/2025
Our tour was really enjoyable. Lots of interesting stories to hear, and things to see.
Our tour guide Beth was brilliant, full of knowledge, and laughs along the way too
Zoe Dinning
★★★★★ 01/3/2025
Beth was an amazing tour guide she was hilarious yet incredibly informative and terrifying all in...
RetireescomingtoNZ
★★★★★ 29/2/2025
The tour was everything we didn't know we needed. A truly fantastic experience, walking
through the underground Vaults and Greyfriars Graveyard. Our tour guide, Ben, was
extremely knowledgeable and really made the experience!
Victoria Welsh
★★★★★ 28/2/2025
Loved this tour! Our guide Nat was knowledgeable, entertaining and enthusiastic. Highly recommend.
Meagan D
★★★★★ 28/2/2025
Ben was lovely and entertaining, he was our guide for the Underground City of the Dead tour. Thank.....
Dave Welsh
★★★★★ 27/2/2025
Didn't know what to expect. Our tour guide Nat, was brilliant. Great experience. Thank you Nat....
lex depezay
★★★★★ 27/2/2025
Had a great time. Nat was our guide, she was very knowledgeable and good fun. Would recommend!
rianna windust
★★★★★ 26/2/2025
My partner and I booked the City of the Dead, in Edinburgh, and had the incredible tour guide, Fiona. She was...
Alexandre Mota
★★★★★ 26/2/2025
Fiona was a fantastic guide. Totally recommend...
Dominic Horch
★★★★★ 26/2/2025
Fabulous attraction for people who are first time in Edinburgh but also for city veterans! Whether you do believe in ghosts or not the trip is a wonderful experience of unheard history. We were on a double dead tour with Ben and we couldn’t be happier!
Jess O'Neill
★★★★★ 25/2/2025
Had a really fun time on this tour today, Rebecca was really engaging and interactive...
Alex Parsons
★★★★★ 25/2/2025
Beth from Bethlehem - very good, hilarious, informative, extremely knowledgeable and great at...
82alistairk
★★★★★ 25/2/2025
Got Ryan as tour guide; fantastic tour brilliant tour guide
Nattie12345678
★★★★★ 24/2/2025
Beth was our tour guide and she was absolutely amazing so funny, really insightful and really took care of us...
Brian Wagner
★★★★★ 24/2/2025
Had a great time! Beth was funny and informative. The prison and Vaults were really cool.
S S
★★★★★ 23/2/2025
Underground City of the Dead with Ben was incredible! Ben was really knowledgeable on the area and..
Phil Harper
★★★★★ 22/2/2025
I did the Double Dead tour this evening with Beth as the tour guide. It was brilliant. Beth was attentive, hilarious and knowledgeable...
Julie Flynn
★★★★★ 21/2/2025
Possibly my favourite thing we did in Edinburgh. The Double dead tour with Alastair was brilliant!...
Catherine
★★★★★ 20/2/2025
Brilliant. Our guide, Ben, was simply excellent. Very knowledgeable about the city and the
vaults. He made the tour and framed the experience. Highly recommend...
Bethan Hitchcock
★★★★★ 19/2/2025
Was a great experience, Nat was an amazing guide with her story telling and personality...
Andrew
★★★★★ 18/2/2025
Another amazing tour with this company, third time we’ve done one with them and never been let down! Katie was an amazing tour guide
Christian O'Boyle
★★★★★ 17/2/2025
Lou was cool!!!!!
Tiffany McDonald
★★★★★ 16/2/2025
Had a great time with Beth, she was knowledgeable, entertaining and attentive! She ensured our group was safe at all times during the tour. She was also passionate and energetic about the subject matter, I would definitely recommend this tour for anyone traveling to Edinburgh...
(full reviews on Google and TripAdvisor)
Brandon Steber
★★★★★ 13/3/2025
Tour guide Ross was excellent. I learned a lot and laughed a lot. I hope he knows how much we...
Marian
★★★★★ 12/3/2025
We absolutely loved the Double Dead Tour in Edinburgh! Our guide, Alistair (I hope I’ve got
the spelling right), was absolutely brilliant.
Oliver Coultas
★★★★★ 11/3/2025
Really great tour, Alistair made it really enjoyable with a nice mix of spookiness as well as...
David Mateus
★★★★★ 11/3/2025
Fantastic tour with our guide Alistair, we did at Saturday night was awesome experience. A tour...
Catherine Gogerty
★★★★★ 10/3/2025
I had a brilliant evening on the double dead tour, Fiona was our guide and she was perfect, told the...
Seagre
★★★★★ 10/3/2025
We had a fantastic time! Our guide Ben was hilarious as well as knowledgeable. He is a
gifted storyteller and the tour was well executed.
Filip Zeman
★★★★★ 09/3/2025
Ben was very enthusiastic, full of energy and had a great story telling. Very enjoyable tour with a....
halomonkey6
★★★★★ 08/3/2025
Very creepy history and stories and our host Nat was hands down the best at making it feel more like a
personal tour. You get the real experience of what it would’ve been like living...
GAT
★★★★★ 07/3/2025
Lou did a wonderful, respectful, and entertaining tour of the underground tour. He was excellent...
Josh Rosenthal
★★★★★ 06/3/2025
Fiona was amazing! Very informative and funny and engaging. She was receptive to everyone’s needs...
Mel Plank
★★★★★ 06/3/2025
We had Nat as a tour guide. She was very passionate and kept things interesting and left us on our.....
Archol5
★★★★★ 05/3/2025
We did 2 ghost tours - great experience! Fun, informative, with the sprinkle of thrill. Both Lou and Nat were great! Highly recommend.
Bob Felgendreher
★★★★★ 04/3/2025
Just fantastic! Ben offered fun and entertaining insight on this tour. Time went by in a flash....
Q5134WPpeggyg
★★★★★ 03/3/2025
My fiancé and I had an amazing time on this really atmospheric and interesting tour.
Xander our tour guide was the perfect mix of friendly, enthusiastic, informative, and spooky!
Crocky119
★★★★★ 03/3/2025
This was the second time we've been on this tour, and was amazing again.
Ben was a wonderful tour guide with great stories and a fun banter with the group.
V1018PUalexm
★★★★★ 02/3/2025
Beth was great, very informative with the history and included all the members of the tour.
Katie
★★★★★ 02/3/2025
Our tour was really enjoyable. Lots of interesting stories to hear, and things to see.
Our tour guide Beth was brilliant, full of knowledge, and laughs along the way too
Zoe Dinning
★★★★★ 01/3/2025
Beth was an amazing tour guide she was hilarious yet incredibly informative and terrifying all in...
RetireescomingtoNZ
★★★★★ 29/2/2025
The tour was everything we didn't know we needed. A truly fantastic experience, walking
through the underground Vaults and Greyfriars Graveyard. Our tour guide, Ben, was
extremely knowledgeable and really made the experience!
Victoria Welsh
★★★★★ 28/2/2025
Loved this tour! Our guide Nat was knowledgeable, entertaining and enthusiastic. Highly recommend.
Meagan D
★★★★★ 28/2/2025
Ben was lovely and entertaining, he was our guide for the Underground City of the Dead tour. Thank.....
Dave Welsh
★★★★★ 27/2/2025
Didn't know what to expect. Our tour guide Nat, was brilliant. Great experience. Thank you Nat....
lex depezay
★★★★★ 27/2/2025
Had a great time. Nat was our guide, she was very knowledgeable and good fun. Would recommend!
rianna windust
★★★★★ 26/2/2025
My partner and I booked the City of the Dead, in Edinburgh, and had the incredible tour guide, Fiona. She was...
Alexandre Mota
★★★★★ 26/2/2025
Fiona was a fantastic guide. Totally recommend...
Dominic Horch
★★★★★ 26/2/2025
Fabulous attraction for people who are first time in Edinburgh but also for city veterans! Whether you do believe in ghosts or not the trip is a wonderful experience of unheard history. We were on a double dead tour with Ben and we couldn’t be happier!
Jess O'Neill
★★★★★ 25/2/2025
Had a really fun time on this tour today, Rebecca was really engaging and interactive...
Alex Parsons
★★★★★ 25/2/2025
Beth from Bethlehem - very good, hilarious, informative, extremely knowledgeable and great at...
82alistairk
★★★★★ 25/2/2025
Got Ryan as tour guide; fantastic tour brilliant tour guide
Nattie12345678
★★★★★ 24/2/2025
Beth was our tour guide and she was absolutely amazing so funny, really insightful and really took care of us...
Brian Wagner
★★★★★ 24/2/2025
Had a great time! Beth was funny and informative. The prison and Vaults were really cool.
S S
★★★★★ 23/2/2025
Underground City of the Dead with Ben was incredible! Ben was really knowledgeable on the area and..
Phil Harper
★★★★★ 22/2/2025
I did the Double Dead tour this evening with Beth as the tour guide. It was brilliant. Beth was attentive, hilarious and knowledgeable...
Julie Flynn
★★★★★ 21/2/2025
Possibly my favourite thing we did in Edinburgh. The Double dead tour with Alastair was brilliant!...
Catherine
★★★★★ 20/2/2025
Brilliant. Our guide, Ben, was simply excellent. Very knowledgeable about the city and the
vaults. He made the tour and framed the experience. Highly recommend...
Bethan Hitchcock
★★★★★ 19/2/2025
Was a great experience, Nat was an amazing guide with her story telling and personality...
Andrew
★★★★★ 18/2/2025
Another amazing tour with this company, third time we’ve done one with them and never been let down! Katie was an amazing tour guide
Christian O'Boyle
★★★★★ 17/2/2025
Lou was cool!!!!!
Tiffany McDonald
★★★★★ 16/2/2025
Had a great time with Beth, she was knowledgeable, entertaining and attentive! She ensured our group was safe at all times during the tour. She was also passionate and energetic about the subject matter, I would definitely recommend this tour for anyone traveling to Edinburgh...
GUIDES WANTED!
City of the Dead is looking for tour guides. Wear black. Be the centre of attention. Get paid.
See HERE for details
City of the Dead is looking for tour guides. Wear black. Be the centre of attention. Get paid.
See HERE for details