Mercat Tours - Raising the Dead

A Halloween ghost tour through Edinburgh's Old Town, the haunted Blair Street Underground Vaults and Canongate graveyard with Mercat Tours.

This Halloween walking tour begins at the Mercat Cross, where a Master Storyteller shares darker Samhuinn traditions and true tales from Edinburgh's gruesome past. The route descends into the haunted Blair Street Underground Vaults before continuing through the Old Town's narrow closes to Canongate graveyard for a dramatic finale among the tombs. The tour runs on evenings from 23rd to 31st October 2026.