Tours, sightseeing tours, activities & things to do | Viator.comEdinburgh Historic Vaults Afternoon Walking Tour
based on 9 reviews
Duration: 60 minutes (approx.)
Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Product code: 293404VAULTS
9 reviews of Edinburgh Historic Vaults Afternoon Walking Tour
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The guide was highly knowledgeable, open to questions and very inspiring. I am very glad I booked this!!!
Reviewed by: Michael V, Germany, July 2008
Very informative.
Reviewed by: Londa N, South Africa, June 2009
I went with 3 of my friends a couple of weeks ago, and we all found it very interesting! The historical background is very exciting, and the tour guide was very good! He mentioned at the beginning of the tour that this was not a ghost tour - but the ghosts wouldn't know that! And we did hear a couple of unexplained noises down there that made even the guide stop and re-think what he was doing! Even if you don't believe in ghosts, it's still very exciting to learn about the past of Edinburgh.
Reviewed by: Rikke P, United Kingdom, March 2009
The guide was very knowledgeable on the history of Edinburgh and brought the vaults to life with his interesting tales of days of yore. He had a good strong voice being a retired school teacher, so all could hear him. He was also very safety conscious throughout the tour, however, the ground was uneven therefore good walking shoes would be recommended. The lighting is very poor for atmosphere so if you are nervous of the dark don't go. The group we were with was rather large for the space in the vaults, our guide commented upon this several times. We thought that the whole idea of pre-booking was to avoid this situation by the company supplying sufficient guides. About half the group were people who had not pre-booked which spoilt the tour as our guide advised that we could not enter various area because of the amount of people. Not recommended for people with walking difficulties or young children.
Reviewed by: Graham S, United Kingdom, August 2008
The guide was great.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States of America, July 2007
This tour was very good.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States of America, October 2006
This was a bit disappointing. We had expected to be taken on a socio-historical tour of the vaults, which is what this was. But we had not expected to see only four underground rooms and spend the rest of the time standing in them, talking about how people used to live in Edinburgh. Although this was very interesting in its own right, we think the tour would be much better if it was an actual walk.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, Netherlands, June 2009
Interesting, but it wasn't what I thought it would be, and I'm not sure if I'd recommend it. If you have only 1-2 days in Edinburgh, I wouldn't do it.
Reviewed by: Eric P, United States of America, August 2008
It was very disappointing. We thought we had booked a ghost tour and at 4pm because it was winter, but at the end it was mentioned ghost tour I believe at 7pm.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United Kingdom, February 2009
