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City of the Dead Ghost Tour

TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #20 of 249 attractions in Edinburgh
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Attraction type: Tour
Address: 40 Candlemaker Row Edinburgh EH1 2QE
Scotland
Tel: 44 131 255 9044

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Reviews of City of the Dead Ghost Tour

( 1-10 of 19 )
Jul 22, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

I can´t believe that the other critics are about the same tour ! We were a group of ten people and ALL were very disappeared - it was only silly , uninteresting and boring. A few years ago I made a tour with the cadies/witchery tours and this one was great , so I had great expactations because also of... more

5 of 5 stars
Long Island, NY
Jul 2, 2008
0/1 found this review helpful

I have done all of Edinburghs ghost tours during two visits within a year. City of the Dead is by far the best!! Take the lastest tour possible, it is scary to walk through the cemetary at night. During my first time visiting Edinburgh, we took the tour our very first night there. I have to admit, the man who... more

4 of 5 stars
Oklahoma City
Jun 3, 2008

My husband and I went on this tour in May 2008. I think some changes must have been made to this tour - our tour group size was small (25-30 people) and no one jumped out to scare us at the end of the tour like previous posters have experienced. The setting is very scary (no one needs to jump... more

Feb 9, 2008

Last summer I went on a similar tour in Victoria, Canada, my hometown and had a very interesting experience so when I saw that this tour was supposed to be even spookier I was intrigued. It was all very well done and gave me the shivers a few times but the spook at the end RUINED it for me. I... more

3 of 5 stars
Paisley, Scotland
Nov 29, 2007

Went on this tour on a Saturday evening at 7.30pm. The tour guide Rosie was great and told the various stories well but I feel the experience was ruined by the number of people who took the tour. I reckon there were around 75 people to just one tour guide. In my experience of similar tours there is a limit... more

4 of 5 stars
manchester
Nov 26, 2007
2/2 found this review helpful

Must have chosen one of the coldest nights to go on tour but it only added to the atmosphere of the evening! Tour guide was great and I dragged my husband along who is the worlds best non believer! Loved the graveyard experience and was gripping on to my hubby whilst standing in the very scary mauseleum. Afterwards once outside... more

5 of 5 stars
Grantham, England
Oct 29, 2007
1/1 found this review helpful

got to say...ive been on many a ghost tour but this one was slightly different in that it was funny...interesting...and darn right scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!! our tour guide called derek was brilliant...he certainly know how to grab your attention shall we say!!!! Brilliant brilliant...brilliant!!!! more

5 of 5 stars
Blackburn, Lancs
Oct 21, 2007
3/3 found this review helpful

Now, it must be said I was not happy to be dragged on ghost tour after ghost tour of the fair city of Edinburgh by my overly excitable and ghost obsessive friend, Louise. When she suggested City of the Dead after a day of the Vaults *Yawn*, Mary Kings Close *Cool enough but Yawn*, and the Castle *would have enjoyed... more

4 of 5 stars
Virginia, USA
Oct 8, 2007
2/2 found this review helpful

This was the first "ghost tour" I took while visiting Edinburgh. The guide was very entertaining and did a great job. If you read the historical records of what has happened here over the past few years, you will find that there are several twists on the story. So who knows which is the real story. The scariest part of... more

4 of 5 stars
South East London
Jun 21, 2007
2/2 found this review helpful

A good tour, our guide, whom I forget her name, she was an Aussie, was full of personality and added to the tour. She was great. Somethings I wish I wasn't so much of a sceptic but I honestly can say I didn't really believe much of the stories, but however, they were very interesting. We reterned to the graveyard... more

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City of the Dead Ghost Tour Address

40 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh EH1 2QE, Scotland
Tel: 44 131 255 9044