World Famous, Award Winning, Underground City & Haunted Graveyard Tours
(featuring the legendary Mackenzie Poltergeist)
WE HAVE EXTRA TOURS FOR EASTER WEEKEND. See HERE for details.
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)
anasB45
★★★★★ 20/4/2025
The tour was very informative and Fiona was great at explaining and making things a little...
henrybV4298IM
★★★★★ 20/4/2025
...would highly recommend for people looking for a weird experience plus Nat was an awesome tour guide
OLLI_S_
★★★★★ 19/4/2025
Unser Guide Ben hat eine sehr interessante und abwechslungsreiche Führung gemacht, in der er nicht nur viel Wissen und interessante Fakten geteilt hat, er hat uns auch mit einigen lustigen Späßen aufgeheitert....
S7651HLruim
★★★★★ 18/4/2025
The tour guide (Ben) was very knowledgeable, funny and scary too 👻. Highly recommended.
★★★★★ 18/4/2025
Thank you !!! It was perfect !
Claire Binetruy
★★★★★ 19/4/2025
I am of sceptical nature, but that tour with Ben was really interesting. I got back with 3...
Georgia
★★★★★ 19/4/2025
Rebecca was a great tour guide… very spooky tour
emma ok
★★★★★ 18/4/2025
Nat was amazing! Nat's knowledge, engagement and enthusiasm brought a spooky and thrilling vibe....
annelies deswarte
★★★★★ 18/4/2025
My partner and I had a fantastic time. Our guide, Fiona, did an amazing job. We learned a lot about...
Julie W
★★★★★ 17/4/2025
We were guided by Gerry who was knowledgeable, funny, and full of fascinating historical facts...
502juliam
★★★★★ 16/4/2025
Great tour with Nat. We learnt a lot about the history of Edinburgh and the underground vaults were very spooky!..
Boubakar B
★★★★★ 15/4/2025
It began at their "office" when we found the flyer of the tours. I entered to seek more info and I did not expect to get frightened by a masked figure sitting on a couch!... The guide (Beth) was really nice and funny, mysterious and scary, all at once!
David_M
★★★★★ 15/4/2025
A very entertaining and informative walk through the dark side of Edinburgh by our host, Nat. Well worth doing...
Mélanie Mauron
★★★★★ 15/4/2025
I enjoyed the tour. the vaults and the graveyard are interesting places but most importantly, Ben......
Stefen Sanders
★★★★★ 14/4/2025
Our City of the Dead tour was unforgettable, thanks to our phenomenal guide, Nat. Equal parts...
lindsaycam3
★★★★★ 13/4/2025
If you’re in Edinburgh and even remotely into ghost stories, history, or just a really entertaining evening, do NOT miss the City of the Dead tour – especially if you’re lucky enough to get Sarah as your guide...
512iaing
★★★★★ 12/4/2025
Was a great 2 hour walk with a good mix or real historical perspective and fairly modern stories of the paranormal. Our guide was Sarah and she has a vast historical knowledge of all the parts of Edinburgh...
Garvan P
★★★★★ 11/4/2025
Had Fiona as our guide and she made the tour very fun...
David_M
★★★★★ 10/4/2025
A very entertaining and informative walk through the dark side of Edinburgh by our host, Nat. Well worth doing.
nelmonster1
★★★★★ 9/4/2025
Jenny was a great guide for this tour of the vaults. Her storytelling lent a suitably spooky air to...
Elisa_F
★★★★★ 8/4/2025
We had a great time. The guide was entertaining and very knowledgeable...
U5408OEkaties
★★★★★ 7/4/2025
Fun and engaging tour! Alastair was an excellent guide and told the story of Edinburgh very
well. He even went out of his way to help me find a specific grave I was looking for in the
Covenanter's Prison. The best tour I've done in Edinburgh!
rachellW1092IZ
★★★★★ 7/4/2025
Had such a good time on the tour with Ben, super friendly, funny & informative. Was satisfying being able
to walk past other tour groups who weren’t allowed in the parts we were...
Krishnapriya Agarwal
★★★★★ 6/4/2025
Beth, the tour guide, was just amazing. She knows her stuff too well and is quite funny too. Loved.....
Serena Jonathan
★★★★★ 6/4/2025
Xander was our tour guide and he was amazing! Such a GREAT story teller!!! We stayed in Edinburgh...
Timothy Adkins
★★★★★ 5/4/2025
What a blast this was! It was 45/7.2 degrees and slightly raining and we STILL had an amazing...
suse806
★★★★★ 4/4/2025
This tour is excellent ,Ross the story teller is the best , my daughter (14) loved it , and was pulled in by the stories ,well worth doing the tour.
Jacob Bates
★★★★★ 3/4/2025
Our tour guide Fiona was fantastic! My friends and I did The Underground City of the Dead tour and...
Hannah Hibbs
★★★★★ 2/4/2025
Fiona was the BEST tour guide! She had so much information and presented it in such an interesting...
Albert Frankenstein
★★★★★ 1/4/2025
(Translated by Google) Extremely exciting and scary! (Original) Äußerst spannend und unheimlich!
(full reviews on Google and TripAdvisor)
anasB45
★★★★★ 20/4/2025
The tour was very informative and Fiona was great at explaining and making things a little...
henrybV4298IM
★★★★★ 20/4/2025
...would highly recommend for people looking for a weird experience plus Nat was an awesome tour guide
OLLI_S_
★★★★★ 19/4/2025
Unser Guide Ben hat eine sehr interessante und abwechslungsreiche Führung gemacht, in der er nicht nur viel Wissen und interessante Fakten geteilt hat, er hat uns auch mit einigen lustigen Späßen aufgeheitert....
S7651HLruim
★★★★★ 18/4/2025
The tour guide (Ben) was very knowledgeable, funny and scary too 👻. Highly recommended.
★★★★★ 18/4/2025
Thank you !!! It was perfect !
Claire Binetruy
★★★★★ 19/4/2025
I am of sceptical nature, but that tour with Ben was really interesting. I got back with 3...
Georgia
★★★★★ 19/4/2025
Rebecca was a great tour guide… very spooky tour
emma ok
★★★★★ 18/4/2025
Nat was amazing! Nat's knowledge, engagement and enthusiasm brought a spooky and thrilling vibe....
annelies deswarte
★★★★★ 18/4/2025
My partner and I had a fantastic time. Our guide, Fiona, did an amazing job. We learned a lot about...
Julie W
★★★★★ 17/4/2025
We were guided by Gerry who was knowledgeable, funny, and full of fascinating historical facts...
502juliam
★★★★★ 16/4/2025
Great tour with Nat. We learnt a lot about the history of Edinburgh and the underground vaults were very spooky!..
Boubakar B
★★★★★ 15/4/2025
It began at their "office" when we found the flyer of the tours. I entered to seek more info and I did not expect to get frightened by a masked figure sitting on a couch!... The guide (Beth) was really nice and funny, mysterious and scary, all at once!
David_M
★★★★★ 15/4/2025
A very entertaining and informative walk through the dark side of Edinburgh by our host, Nat. Well worth doing...
Mélanie Mauron
★★★★★ 15/4/2025
I enjoyed the tour. the vaults and the graveyard are interesting places but most importantly, Ben......
Stefen Sanders
★★★★★ 14/4/2025
Our City of the Dead tour was unforgettable, thanks to our phenomenal guide, Nat. Equal parts...
lindsaycam3
★★★★★ 13/4/2025
If you’re in Edinburgh and even remotely into ghost stories, history, or just a really entertaining evening, do NOT miss the City of the Dead tour – especially if you’re lucky enough to get Sarah as your guide...
512iaing
★★★★★ 12/4/2025
Was a great 2 hour walk with a good mix or real historical perspective and fairly modern stories of the paranormal. Our guide was Sarah and she has a vast historical knowledge of all the parts of Edinburgh...
Garvan P
★★★★★ 11/4/2025
Had Fiona as our guide and she made the tour very fun...
David_M
★★★★★ 10/4/2025
A very entertaining and informative walk through the dark side of Edinburgh by our host, Nat. Well worth doing.
nelmonster1
★★★★★ 9/4/2025
Jenny was a great guide for this tour of the vaults. Her storytelling lent a suitably spooky air to...
Elisa_F
★★★★★ 8/4/2025
We had a great time. The guide was entertaining and very knowledgeable...
U5408OEkaties
★★★★★ 7/4/2025
Fun and engaging tour! Alastair was an excellent guide and told the story of Edinburgh very
well. He even went out of his way to help me find a specific grave I was looking for in the
Covenanter's Prison. The best tour I've done in Edinburgh!
rachellW1092IZ
★★★★★ 7/4/2025
Had such a good time on the tour with Ben, super friendly, funny & informative. Was satisfying being able
to walk past other tour groups who weren’t allowed in the parts we were...
Krishnapriya Agarwal
★★★★★ 6/4/2025
Beth, the tour guide, was just amazing. She knows her stuff too well and is quite funny too. Loved.....
Serena Jonathan
★★★★★ 6/4/2025
Xander was our tour guide and he was amazing! Such a GREAT story teller!!! We stayed in Edinburgh...
Timothy Adkins
★★★★★ 5/4/2025
What a blast this was! It was 45/7.2 degrees and slightly raining and we STILL had an amazing...
suse806
★★★★★ 4/4/2025
This tour is excellent ,Ross the story teller is the best , my daughter (14) loved it , and was pulled in by the stories ,well worth doing the tour.
Jacob Bates
★★★★★ 3/4/2025
Our tour guide Fiona was fantastic! My friends and I did The Underground City of the Dead tour and...
Hannah Hibbs
★★★★★ 2/4/2025
Fiona was the BEST tour guide! She had so much information and presented it in such an interesting...
Albert Frankenstein
★★★★★ 1/4/2025
(Translated by Google) Extremely exciting and scary! (Original) Äußerst spannend und unheimlich!
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