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Edinburgh: Historic Underground Vaults Daytime Tour

By Mercat Tours
9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
Free cancellation available
Price is £25 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 15m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Explore the history of the famous Blair Street Underground Vaults
  • Hear how real people lived, and worked, in the Vaults
  • See, and touch, artefacts from 19th Century
Activity location
    • Edinburgh
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Meeting/Redemption Point
    • High St, Edinburgh EH1 1RF, UK | Meeting point is at the Mercat Cross, an 8-sided stone monument on the Royal Mile, next to St Giles Cathedral and opposite the City Chambers.
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Edinburgh: Historic Underground Vaults Small-Group Day Tour
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 15 minutes1h 15m
    1h 15m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 16:30
Price details
£25.00 x 1 Adult£25.00
Total
Price is £25.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Shared or private tour (depending on option selected)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Visit to the Discovery Room
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    TourTalk devices
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Exclusive access to Blair Street Underground Vaults

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Pets (assistance dogs allowed)
  • Not suitable for: Children under 5 years, People with mobility impairments, Wheelchair users
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

The Story of the Underground

This is a chance to visit our Underground Vaults – the deepest, largest and most extensive in the city in the company of a Mercat historian. After sitting unexplored for two centuries, there are many questions waiting to be answered…Why were the Vaults built? When and who by? Who used the Vaults? When and why? How did they work, and play?

Your guide will recount their history, recall their stories and answer your questions during this glimpse into our past.

Location

Activity location
  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    • Edinburgh
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • High St, Edinburgh EH1 1RF, UK | Meeting point is at the Mercat Cross, an 8-sided stone monument on the Royal Mile, next to St Giles Cathedral and opposite the City Chambers.
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom