We might have just caught it on an off day... (City of The Dead Tour (Edinburgh))

Member Name: foxylou1980

Product:	City of The Dead Tour (Edinburgh)
Date:	15/01/09 (47 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good pieces of historical information

Disadvantages: Didn't seem authentic to have an Australian guide, especially one who kept running off ahead!

My husband and I visited Edinburgh in July 2006 and took the City of the Dead Tour while there. We had already taken another ghost tour in the city previous to this one, and I thought the first one was MUCH better. We were not impressed with the City of the Dead Tour at all. It started off fairly well, with some interesting stories of Edinburgh's gory history, but once we left the Royal Mile and started walking down to Greyfriar's the whole thing became a shambles. Most of this was down to the guide, an Australian girl who took off walking at such a speed that i'm sure some of the older people in the group couldn't keep up and were left behind. We were practically running just to keep up and we were in our twenties!

The churchyard itself was very interesting, with the grave of Greyfriar's Bobby and his owner, and the history of the MacKenzie poltergeist was quite frightening. We entered the Mausoleum which was very scary, and the guide was getting us all creeped out telling us about the incidents of people being attacked by the poltergeist, so everyone was very surprised when a guy in a cheap "Scream" mask jumped out at everyone! My husband was the exception, he didn't even flinch! I thought this was just a cheap way to get a scare out of everyone and I wasn't impressed by it at all.

Maybe the tour would have been better if we'd had a better guide; I don't know. all I know is that I wouldn't recommend it and won't be taking it again!

Summary: This might have been ok if we'd had a better guide