Underground Walking Tour in Edinburgh

Greet your guide on the Royal Mile and escape the tourist trail to discover Edinburgh’s deepest secrets on this underground walking tour through the Edinburgh Vaults. These infamous vaults fill all 19 arches of South Bridge in Edinburgh’s historic Old Town. As you walk, you’ll learn the hideous conditions in which Edinburgh’s poorer citizens lived during the 18th century.

Descend into the dark, dank vaults and learn what it was like to live in the darkness—and which criminals sought their prey there. You’ll explore candlelit Niddry’s Wynd, visit a witchcraft temple with a haunted stone circle, and brave the Haunted Vault, where a myriad mysterious events have occurred.

• Get access to the fascinating and rarely visited Edinburgh Vaults
• Enter a sinister underground world beneath Edinburgh’s Old Town
• Travel back to the 18th century, when crime and disease ruled the city
• Discover a side of the capital many visitors—and even locals—miss

The Edinburgh Vaults, one of the city’s most fascinating sights, can only be accessed on a tour. This one focuses exclusively on the vaults, an underground warren below South Bridge in Edinburgh’s Old Town. Step inside with a local guide who’ll reveal tales of hardship and struggle in 18th-century Edinburgh, grisly stories from the city’s dark past, and lead you to a hidden witchcraft temple.

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Children must be accompanied by an adult
not suitable for children under 5 years of age
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
Entrance/Exit to the vaults is via a 2 foot tall step.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 32 travelers