Double Dead Tour: Edinburgh's Haunted Vaults

Experience the ultimate ghostly adventure in Edinburgh with the Double Dead Tour. Explore the haunted South Bridge Vaults and the Covenanter’s Prison in Greyfriars Graveyard. Book now!

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • City of the Dead Tours - The worst of both possible worlds. This tour goes into two of the most haunted places on the planet
  • the South Bridge Vaults AND the Covenanter’s Prison in Greyfriars Graveyard.
What's Included
  • Local, expert guide
What's Not Included
  • Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Information

Still choosing between the Underground City of the Dead Tour or the Spooky Graveyard Tour? No need. Experience the spine-chilling thrill of both with our Double Dead Tour.
A skilled guide will accompany you into two of the world’s most supernaturally-active locations – the South Bridge Vaults and the Covenanter’s Prison in the Greyfriars Graveyard. The…

Location
St Giles' Cathedral
High Street
All tours leave from the "Tree of the Dead" outside St Giles Cathedral on the pavement facing the Royal Mile. Please arrive at the meeting point 15 minutes prior to departure.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Erin
Aug 26, 2025
History and Lore Combined - This was a great way to spend an evening in Edinburgh. Our guide, Ryan, was both informative and highly entertaining. We found the history of the vaults and the graveyard fascinating. Ryan did a great job narrating the history of the city as well as interspersing the ghost stories and lore into the tour. Two hours flew by and we were very glad we booked the tour.
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Tomd899
Aug 24, 2025
Creeping through Edinburgh's underground and Graveyards - A great tour though the vaults under Edinburgh and into Greyfriars Kirkyard. Extremely fun and informative tour. Excellent value. Our guide Fiona did a tremendous job offering a tour that was equal parts macabre and fun. Highly recommend this tour for anyone interested in creeping through Edinburgh's underground and dark past.
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Culture19312959492
Aug 19, 2025
Great storytelling - We had a really fun and spooky time on the tour with our guide, Ryan. Ryan was super engaging and very knowledgeable about all of the history and legends of Edinburgh. Definitely recommend :)
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Chapma2014
Aug 14, 2025
Double Dead Tour - History with the chill factor - Highly recommend - We enjoyed the Double Dead Tour very much. Sarah was our guide and she was brilliant. She was a great storyteller and knowledgeable historian, which made the whole tour interesting and engaging. She could maintain the chill factor, but also made it fun. We would highly recommend !
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Wander_the_sea
Aug 6, 2025
Informative and fun - We did the Double Dead tour with Fiona and she was an excellent guide. We were looking for a tour that was more informative than performative and this was perfect. Fiona provided a great mix of historical information and eerie ghost stories while we toured some genuinely creepy locations. Had a lot of fun and felt like we learned quite a bit as well.
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Candicepa6424lb
Jul 27, 2025
So glad we decided to do this tour! - This tour was amazing! We had Sarah as our guide and she was such a great storyteller! The two hours flew by, I honestly didn’t want it to end. Highly, highly recommend!
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Layla
Jul 20, 2025
Fun tour with teens - Nat was a great host, put loads of effort in to bring up the suspense levels. Lots of info, good pace and at 8pm timing matched the mood.
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Quest30992324211
Jul 12, 2025
Fun and informative tour all thanks to Fiona - My husband and I had a great time on this tour. Our tour was on the evening of the 10th July 2025 with our amazing tour guide Fiona. She did an amazing job of showing our group around the city and teaching us a lot about the history of the areas we visited. Fiona knew exactly how to set the scene every time she told a story and was incredibly entertaining. Going through the vaults was such a fun experience and you could really feel how quiet and oppressive the darkness was in there. Greyfriars Graveyard was really beautiful and we felt very lucky to be able to gain special access to the Covenanter’s Prison which you can only get on this tour. The only thing that is a shame about our tour was one of the other tour guides for City of the Dead who was doing the tour for just the graveyard that evening was quite rude towards Fiona. Not sure what his name was but he came across pretty disrespectful to his other fellow tour guides and even those of us on Fiona's tour who were just about to head into the Covenanter's Prison before he pushed through our group so he could do his first. It definitely made me very thankful we had such a wonderful tour guide like Fiona and we would definitely do another tour with her if given the chance.
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Chriscassel
Jul 11, 2025
Really fun, frightening night out in Edinburgh - Really fun and thrilling experience for my wife and I and three teenagers. Hess was a terrific storyteller, super knowledgeable and had really fun energy. Highly recommend!!
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Carriecf7912sd
Jul 11, 2025
Just do it - Ben did SUCH AN AMAZING job!! Had a blast, learned a bunch, got a lil ghostly, and toured a bunch. Really cool tour. My two teenage sons were not a fan of us taking this tour, but both said it was awesome and they had a great time- no easy feat with teenagers. Thanks a bunch Ben!
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