Advantages: tour guide, above and below ground, historical, creepy Disadvantages: no noticeable activity during our visit
...Auld Reekie have been running tours of the South Bridge Vaults in Edinburgh since 1995. They offer a range of guided tours throughout the year and special Halloween tours and overnight tours. Daily tours include those who go underground and others go above ground and underground.
Auld Reekie Tours
45 Niddry Wynd
Edinburgh
EH1 1LG
0131 557 4700
www.auldreekietours.com
Ghost and Torture Tour...
Advantages: FANTASTIC TOUR FULL OF SCARINESS Disadvantages: THERE WERE NO DISADVANTAGES
...I was recently asked by some friends who were visiting us what attractions there were in Edinburgh, they wanted something out of the ordinary.
I had seen flyers about the evening walks through the old streets of Edinburgh and thought ? That would suit them?
Of the companies supplying these tours I was most impressed with the Brochure of Edinburgh Horror Tours.
We assembled at the start point...
Advantages: Fascinating Disadvantages: A little claustrophobic
...the net and reading some guide books, my mate and I decided that one thing we must do was take the guided tour of Edinburgh's hidden underground vaults run by Mercat Tours.
Edinburgh's underground vaults have only recently been uncovered after lying abandoned and full of waste for many years. Now open to the public on accompanied viewings only, accessible only via huge locked doors which look like...