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Mercat Tours

28 Blair Street, Edinburgh EH1 1QR, Scotland (Cowgate)
44 131 225 5445
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Type: Tours
Activities: Group tours/city tour
Owner description: Mercat Tours is the original, largest, and ONLY 5star walking tour company in Scotland. We provide award-winning history and ghost tours of Edinburgh... more » Owner description: Mercat Tours is the original, largest, and ONLY 5star walking tour company in Scotland. We provide award-winning history and ghost tours of Edinburgh revealing tales of the city's past, and it's people, with passion, humour and flair. With guaranteed departures, daily, all year round we have tours daytime and evening; Old Town and New Town; above ground and underground; historical and ghostly. We have tours running from midday until and midnight and after 27yrs of trying and testing our tours, we really think we have a tour for everyone. Please get in touch and we'll help you choose the right tour for you. « less
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Ipswich, United Kingdom
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35 reviews 35 reviews
8 attraction reviews
Reviews in 23 cities Reviews in 23 cities
17 helpful votes 17 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2013 NEW

While in Edinburgh we did 2 tours with Mercat (pre-booked both). Easy to find and appeared to be well organised - the trip down in to the Vaults was interesting and well presented. The secrets of the royal mile also gave you more insight into the history of the city and was presented by a local, enthusiastic guide. I would... More

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Wigan, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2013 NEW

Couldn't fault it, excellent guides, clearly knew their history and created a great atmosphere. Louise and Caitlin (hope I've spelled that right!) were fantastic, pitched perfectly. #Note, this is not one of those tours with people jumping out, deliberately trying to scare you, believe me, the history of Edinburgh and its residents is shocking enough. Give it a go, you'll... More

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Waller, Texas
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2013 NEW

With so many history and ghost tours in Edinburgh, it’s hard to decide which ones to do. It mostly came down to who we could find once we got there. Mercat Tours seems to be a well established tour company. We know this because they hold prominent billing space on the Royal Mile to where other tours do not. We... More

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Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2013 NEW via mobile

Very good did not go on scary ghost tour but felt the amount of history that had gone on here Also several chilling moments and a strange photo

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 May 2013 NEW

Fab, fun, enthusiastically told ghost stories and historical Edinburgh tales too. Not nearly as scary as I thought, but brilliant! Loved the Vaults and the Cannongate Kirk was a great place to hear more stories.

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Plano TX
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6 attraction reviews
Reviews in 14 cities Reviews in 14 cities
10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2013 NEW

I was really looking forward to this tour so I was extremely disappointed with the final result. After months of planning our holiday to Scotland trying to decide on the right tour, I chose Hidden & Haunted. I thought it would offer the right amount of scary along with historical information on the vaults. Well, unfortunately we didn't receive much... More

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MercatToursLtd, Manager at Mercat Tours, responded to this review
20 May 2013

Many thanks for taking time to review your tour with us. We're always keen to hear visitor's feedback and sorry to hear you were disappointed. All our tours are provided by guides trained as storytellers in order to bring the past to life. In addition, our ghost tours are led by cloaked guides through the vaults by candle light in... More

Longmont, Colorado
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2013 NEW

Linda was extremely knowledgable and fun. Highly recommended. Not one of the hokey tours, no ghosts jumping out. Serious facts -- fascinating.

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MercatToursLtd, Manager at Mercat Tours, responded to this review
20 May 2013

We're delighted to hear you enjoyed your tour with Linda! Please do keep in touch on facebook and twitter and we hope to see you back again soon. More

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
1 review
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2013 NEW

This was a fascinating insight into the conditions in the vaults, the stories told by our charming and amusing guide were most interesting and at times tear jerking. The floor is of volcanic rock and quite uneven in parts, with walking in dim lighting quite interesting to say the least. My wife and I have been to Edinburgh several times... More

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 May 2013 NEW

Myself and several others from the Reception team at the Radisson Blu Hotel went on the new Doomed, Dead & Buried tour earlier in the week. The tour was very enlightening and showed us all parts of Edinburgh we had never seen before. Faith - our tour guide was very knowledgable and enthusiastic whilst keeping it very humourous. She was... More

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MercatToursLtd, Manager at Mercat Tours, responded to this review
20 May 2013

Thanks for taking the time to get in touch - great to hear you enjoyed Faith's chilling humour!! We hope you managed to relax afterwards and no lingering nightmares... More

Lyme Regis
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9 reviews 9 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 15 May 2013

I came here yesterday with Robbie and his parents who are visiting from Italy. I have lived in Edinburgh for 3 years now, and this as my first time in the vaults-shame on me! The adult price is £10 for an hour ghost tour in the vaults, whilst we paid £9 being students. Admittedly Robbie's parents don't speak English, so... More

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MercatToursLtd, Manager at Mercat Tours, responded to this review
20 May 2013

Many thanks for your email and feedback. We’re very sorry to hear you felt your tour was a little disappointing. We're very pleased to hear that you enjoyed Lauren’s storytelling and you felt the experience was enjoyable. With regards the length of the tour and the time spent in the underground vaults, we have 11 different tours which vary in... More

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