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    Auld Reekie Tours

    4.0 (43 reviews)
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    This was what happened when I attempted to take a vault pic. The # 666 displayed in lights &  a friend sent me their photo for comparison.

    Daron was an amazing tour guide. Tour took place June 4, 2025. His humor and timing was impeccable. The tour group was larger that usual but he was able to be heard and everyone was able to be included. He handled any surprise issues very well. I hope he sees this review because we didn't have any paranormal activity during the tour so I hope this picture made up for it.

    Vaults
    Dave C.

    Our tour took an hour with a guide named Alex. She led the Haunted Vault tour, which covered some scary parts of Edinburgh history and then down into the actual vaults. She was a fantastic story teller, giving us goose bumps. By the end, she dared people to step into a circle - and out of our group of 16, NO ONE would do it.

    Dale H.

    First off, James was amazing! If you're lucky enough to receive James as your tour guide, you're in fantastic hands. He's very knowledgeable, informative, and super fun to engage with. He has the perfect personality for this. For us, the adult only Terror Tour was awesome. I assure you that you will not be disappointed. Thanks for making this experience better than we expected. I've gone on some other underground ghost tours of south bridge in Edinburgh, and this one definitely stood out over the others. Thank you Auld Reekie Tours and most importantly Thank you James! Cheers from Dale and Teri, the witch of the group. Lol

    above ground section of the haunted vault tour!
    Sydney H.

    If you want to do a vault tour in Edinburgh, Auld Reekie is the way to go! We did the Haunted Vault tour, which took us thru some of the scary parts of Edinburgh history and then down into the vaults themselves. I really thought I wasn't going to be scared on this tour but I was WRONG! By the end I was fully eyes closed holding onto my husband. Our tour guide, Andrew, was an amazing storyteller. He had us laughing, jumping in fear, and wanting to run out of the vaults!! It was a great time and I would ABSOLUTELY recommend this to anyone who wants to learn some spooky history while also having a good scare.

    John B.

    Amy was amazing, very knowledgable and entertaining. Loved the tour and learned so much about the undergrounds of Edinburgh. Highly recommend this tour for anyone who visit the city and if you're lucky, Amy will lead the way.

    Pretty cool religious society used to channel spiritual energy in the vaults and their belongings can still be seen today on this tour.
    Mihaela B.

    Daren was our tour guide and he did a fantastic job. Great jokes, fun times on the tour; I'd recommend it.

    Wiccan temple in Edinburgh vaults

    My family and I went on the Grey Friars Cemetery and Edinburgh vaults tour on our recent holiday. We all loved the tour. Our guide, Sophie, was outstanding! She taught us so much and was very entertaining. I have brain cancer and have to be very careful with my mobility. It was a bit challenging at times (as was stated before we booked the tour,) but I was able to make it through. Sophie was very attentive to me throughout. I think this was the best part of our holiday! Also I heard a man growl in the tunnels from an area we were not in.

    Minimal lighting down in the vaults
    Carolyn M.

    Ok, so I am a huge fan of anything ghost related (ghost hunting shows, haunted house type shows, etc), not because I want to see one or have any interest in coming in to contact with anyone beyond the grave, but I am at least a potential believer in ghosts, so stuff like this interests me. I've been on this particular tour three times now, each time with people visiting us and it's no less scary than the first time I went. My guy has been a great sport and been on this tour two of the three times I've been, each time biting his tongue from saying that anything like this is complete rubbish. He is truly a non believer. The tour starts up near the Tron Church where we're given a quick walking tour and some information about the start of the underground vaults and what life was like back then. The guides are very knowledgeable and it seems as though they're really enthused about their job and taking us on this journey down in to the vaults with them. Once we get to the Auld Reekie HQ, we're asked to pay and then we're on our way. A short walk more and some more info about the area and we head in to the vaults. This particular walk is a day walk, so I'm assuming it's a little less scary than if you went on a night walk they have. I'm too much of a chicken and really hate the dark anyway, so this is about as much as I can manage as far as being in a haunted vault. The vaults are dark and damp, so dress accordingly. Although you're not down there too terribly long (30-45 mins tops), it can get a bit cool down there. We're taken in to three different areas of the vaults and more stories are told about the various happenings down in the vaults. I won't give away any of the details for those of you who plan on taking a tour or two, but I will say that it's well worth the money. It's not expensive at all and sometimes you can find deals on itison or groupon, so check out those sites before your trip, just in case. All in all, this is a great tour to take if you want to learn a bit about the underground vaults and their history.

    image courtesy of www.auldreekietours.co.uk
    Fiona H.

    When I moved here, I kind of felt like I had to do one of these haunted walking tours of Edinburgh, but the hard part was choosing which tour guide group to go with. As is usually the case when there are 15 of you, we went for the closest place, which happened to be Auld Reekie's big sign outside the Tron Kirk on the Royal Mile. It was definitely a good shout - although the tour wasn't particularly scary, it was the most fascinating touristy thing you can do in the whole city. In fact, it's embarassing how often I hear myself repeating their stories to anyone who will (or won't!) listen. I'll try to restrain myself here, and simply tell you that you wander up the Mile to the former parliament, you go to see the spot where they burned witches, and then you go down into the vaults underneath South Bridge. The tour winds up back at their Niddry Street office, which is conveniently located next to the oldest pub in the city centre, and supposedly the most haunted, where they give you a voucher for a free drink. It'd be a pretty pointless thing to do during the day, as the atmosphere is so much better at night. If you haven't already done one of these tours, then do one. And do it with Auld Reekie's.

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    Departing from the Tron Kirk, and descending in to the Niddrie Street Vaults, these tours are genuinely terrifying.

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