Edinburgh - Dark History
Edinburgh - Dark History
Edinburgh - Dark History
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Ah, Edinburgh! They don't call it "The Jekyll & Hyde City" for nothing. During the day, a respectable figure, with its astonishing architecture and wondrous history. But when the sun sets, it tells an entirely different story...
Hear all about the darker history of Edinburgh: murderers, thieves, cannibals, hangings and decapitations, witches, the Plague and streams of human waste. Learn about the most notorious citizens of Edinburgh and how ghost stories are born.
This is not a ghost tour: we don't need costumes or people jumping from behind the corners, Edinburgh's Dark History itself is enough to make your skin crawl. And oh, how we love to share it with our visitors...
Itinerary
Old Town(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeA walking tour down the Royal Mile of Edinburgh, where your guide will share with you the darker history of Edinburgh.Heart of Midlothian
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeFormer site of the Old Tollbooth, one of Edinburgh's most notorious buildings. Hear about some of the characters once imprisoned and/or executed here, and why it ultimately became recognised by Sir Walter Scott as the Hard of the Midlothian.St Giles' Cathedral
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeWhat seems like the car park hides a secret, as well as the burial place of one of the most controversial figures in Scottish history.Mercat Cross
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeAnother infamous execution site. Hear about the importance of the building in the life of the city, and about a literal killing machine which was once kept inside St. Giles Cathedral.Royal Mile
40 minsAdmission Ticket FreeWalk down the Royal Mile, where you'll hear about some of Edinburgh's notorious citizens, the Black Plague, and how the city's poor sanitary conditions eventually led to a most peculiar tradition.John Knox House Museum
5 minsAdmission Ticket FreeLearn about the architecture of 16th century Edinburgh, and witness one of the most "authentic" corners in the city centre.Canongate Kirk
40 minsAdmission Ticket FreeWander among graves of old, hearing about body snatchers, cannibals, and learn how ghost stories are born.
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