The Real Mary King’s Close
Hidden beneath the Royal Mile lies Edinburgh’s deepest secret: a warren of hidden ‘closes’ where real people lived, worked and died. For centuries they have lain forgotten and abandoned…Experience the sights, sounds and maybe even smells of an amazing street that time forgot. Where everyday people went about their day to day lives and where you can now walk in their footsteps. Perhaps you'll even get to meet them…
Blair Street Vaults – Mercat Tours
Mercat Tours of Edinburgh provides the best Ghost and History tours in Scotland. We specialise in walking tours around Edinburgh’s Old Town featuring the most haunted locations, the scariest stories and most spectacular candlelit underground vaults.
Camera Obscura and World of Illusions
(The Ragged School)
Explore the wonders of light and Illusion in the Magic Gallery. Gaze in wonder at our stunning 3D hologram display in Light Fantastic. Pick people up on the palm of your hand in the Camera Obscura and enjoy the breathtaking panoramas from our rooftop terrace. Five great attractions in one visit. Camera Obscura and World of Illusions - where seeing is not believing.
City of the Dead Tours
City Of The Dead combines the weirdest history with the wildest stories and wickedest humour around. This tour even has a unique gift shop – located in a graveyard funeral parlour! Best of all, City of the Dead has access to the Covenanters Prison and the Black Mausoleum – lair of the world famous Mackenzie Poltergeist
National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland is an information treasure trove of Scotland’s knowledge, history and culture, with millions of books, manuscripts and maps covering every subject.
Canons Gait Pub
The history of the Canongate is remembered in the name of The Canons' Gait. The building housing the pub is located on the site of Plainstanes Close, so called because it was paved like Canongate itself. In the 1500s Mary Queen of Scots' French tailor Jaques de Soulis lived here. The pub itself is on two levels. A large and friendly lounge occupies the street level, and there is a function room downstairs.
Horrible Histories – Lothian Buses
(Waverley Bridge)
Edinburgh Bus Tours run several sightseeing tours around the city – Horrible Histories, based on the best selling book series by Terry Deary, extends their offering for children exploring the more gruesome side of Edinburgh’s history.
Scottish Mining Museum
The Scottish Mining Museum is the central archive and visitor attraction for the Scottish Mining heritage, social and mining history for Scotland. The Scottish Mining Museum is a 5 star visitor attraction with one of the finest surviving examples of a Victorian colliery in Europe.
Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre
Cameo Cinema
Edinburgh's favourite independent arts cinema originally opened in 1914 as the King’s Cinema. It was refurbished in 1949 when it was renamed The Cameo. The film programme represents the very best in world cinema, bringing you all the latest titles, classic re-issues, documentaries, Sunday double bills and special events with filmmakers.
Frankensteins Pub
www.frankenstein-pub.co.uk/edinburgh
South Niddry Street Vaults
Edinburgh School of Parapsychology
Quaker Meeting House
