Less history and more ghosts and witch stories. But the two story telling guides were very informative and loved the changing characters throughout the tour.

Such a lovely tour! Mony Python style humour, passionate and knowledgeable guides. Great communication with the office via email and phone

Highly enjoyable and entertaining experience! And we learned a lot! Both Alexander and the spooky Monk were fully “in character”, and both deserve an Oscar :) This tour was one of the main highlights of our trip, and we will keep great memories of this evening. Totally recommend to anyone who likes spooky stories and yet wants to learn more of the history of Edinburgh. The tour is mostly held in the area of the Royal Mile, so there was not a lot of walking (but make sure you take an extra layer for the evening, as it gets chilly quickly). It was fun to discover all the tiny hidden courtyards in the city centre we won’t find by ourselves.

Highly recommend this enjoyable evening! We felt welcomed from the first moment and laughed, oohed and aahed throughout the evening. We heard interesting details, and would recommend this to anyone wanting a great experience. Thank you Mr Claperton and the Mad Monk!!

This was my second time on the Ghosts and Gore Walking Tour, and it did not disappoint! My first experience was over New Year's last year with friends, and I enjoyed it so much that I brought my dad along in September. This tour is hands down one of the best I've ever been on—it's incredibly well-produced, hilariously entertaining, and an all-around fantastic experience. I can't recommend it enough, and I'll definitely be returning for another round next time I am in Scotland!

Extremely enjoyable experience. First class knowledge of the comperes with great attention to detail and engaging interaction with the group. The costume character played the role really well together with Mr Clapperton whose knowledge supplemented the act. FRIGHT factor was great !!! worked really well and would certainly recommend 😀

Great tour, super guides, both very informative, lots of laughs and good fun. There were about 20 on the tour, which was a good number, we could all ‘coorie in’ and get close enough to listen. The main guide really looked the part in his costume, however, the wee jumper-ooter guy could do with a new skeleton mask. I struggled to make out part of what he was saying when he was dressed as the witch (Agnes Finnie) as he had a face covering on, so quite muffled (especially if you’re a tourist on the tour, I’m ok as I’m from Edinburgh). I still managed to learn lots of new stories, great tour, and will defo bring the kids when they are a bit older. The tour was meant to be 90 minutes, but we were informed at the start that this may run over as they have lots to tell us and checked if that was ok with everyone for trains, buses, pick-ups. We walked down from the Witchery and into James Close, where we stood for some time, then a very short walk to Makars Court, into Parliament Square (I was the chosen witch) into the car park at the back of St Giles Cathedral, interesting to be shown John Knox Grave (Number 23) Stopped at the Heart of Midlothian and headed back up towards the Witchery. It would have been quite nice though to maybe see a few more closes, quirky building or parts of the Royal Mile? But a great tour. Thanks

I can't talk about the tour and the museum since I didn't try them, but it's the second time I come to the shop and I still love it. Beautiful products and lovely staff

A hauntingly informative good time! I cannot think of a better way to spend an evening in old Edinburgh with the dead and buried.

Super fun and learned loads about all the deep dark history of Edinburgh. Expect silly hi-jinks and characters! Good value for the tour as well.

Alexander Clapperton (deceased) was resurrected in 1990 after resting for 143 years led us around old town, his level of knowledge of the city and what befell so many poor folk was amazing - he was interrupted many times by visits from other tOld Town ghosts whose jokes were funny bad - Tour was brill throughly enjoyed but also learnt a lot too - definitely go - we had to leave after 90 mins but our group was still throughly enjoying themselves !!

Came with family and had a blast! Such a fun and hilarious way to learn more about the history and geography of Edinburgh.

Absolutely fantastic tour that rounded off a wonderful day in Edinburgh. We had two teenagers who said it was hilarious and loved meeting all the quirky characters along the way. Our guide Mr Clapperton (Deceased) was charming and knowledgeable, we completely forgot how tired our legs were and got swept along in the fun! 100% recommend this tour. Book it and enjoy! 😉

It was a great tour for knowing the history of Edinburgh but IT IS NOT AT ALL SCARY. I went in thinking it would be a walking tour around Edinburgh's "haunted" areas but it was more of a history field trip. Good if you are going with kids.

Fabulous! Went on the non-spooky Greyfriars small grpup tour. Robin had so much wonderful knowledge about history and so many details, I feel like I need to take the tour again to truly absorb it all. It was lighthearted and fun to learn so much! Thank you!