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Tours, Trails & Treasure Hunts in Edinburgh
Edinburgh's Old Town is built for this. Right in the centre, City of Edinburgh Tours takes kids five and up down into the vaults for a proper scare from £16, while The Cadies & Witchery Tours does a similar walk with ghosts and gore for ages 5-15, plus an optional detour round Greyfriars Cemetery. Scottish Secrets covers everything from Harry Potter trails to whisky bottling and ceilidh dancing if you fancy something less grim, and Free Walking Tour Edinburgh runs Old and New Town routes, including its own Harry Potter trail, for nothing beyond a tip. If you've got younger children, the Edinburgh Guided Tour lets under-12s go free and keeps things to architecture and history rather than scares. All-Star Guides has four different routes, so you can pick castle history over the darker stuff, or the other way round, depending on how brave your kids are feeling. Most of these want booking ahead, and they're all on foot, so comfy shoes matter more than the weather forecast.
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WED 7 OCT, 10:00 · +120 MORE DATES
The Vaults Tour
Auld Reekie Tours
From £24
WED 7 OCT · +120 MORE DATES
Night Walk for Edinburgh
Fruitmarket Gallery
Free
WED 7 OCT, 17:00 · +120 MORE DATES
Haunted Vaults Tour
Auld Reekie Tours
From £24
WED 7 OCT, 17:30 · +120 MORE DATES
The Vaults & Graveyard Tour
Auld Reekie Tours
From £26
WED 7 OCT, 21:00 · +120 MORE DATES
The Terror Tour
Auld Reekie Tours
From £26
SAT 10 OCT, 10:00 · +8 MORE DATES
Kit's Magical Tail
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
From £3
FRI 30 OCT, 00:00 · +1 MORE DATE
Halloween Midnight Special Tour
Auld Reekie Tours
From £34
Places for tours, trails & treasure hunts
All-Star Guides
Edinburgh
Four different guided walks round Edinburgh, from castle history to the darker stuff, on foot with a real guide instead of an audio track.
from £16City of Edinburgh Tours
Edinburgh · ages 5+
A guided ghost walk through Edinburgh's Old Town and down into the underground vaults, aimed at kids five and up who like a proper scare.
from £25.50Edinburgh Guided Tour
Edinburgh · ages 0+
A three-hour walking tour through Edinburgh's history and architecture, with under-12s going free.
Booking required
FreeFree Walking tour Edinburgh | GuruWalk
Edinburgh
Walking tours round Edinburgh's Old and New Town, with a Harry Potter trail and after-dark ghost walks on the list.
Scottish Secrets
Edinburgh
A grab-bag of Edinburgh tours and experiences, from Harry Potter trails and whisky bottling to ceilidh dancing and a murder mystery.
Booking required
from £12The Cadies & Witchery Tours
Edinburgh · ages 5-15
A walking tour through Edinburgh's Old Town closes with tales of ghosts, gore and grisly history, plus an optional trip round Greyfriars Cemetery.
Booking requiredGift shop
Good to know: tours, trails & treasure hunts in Edinburgh
Are any of them free?
Yes, Free Walking tour Edinburgh | GuruWalk is free to visit.
What does a paid visit cost?
Paid entry starts from £12 at The Cadies & Witchery Tours. Prices, ages and facilities are listed on every place page, taken from each venue's own published price list.
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