Follow in the footsteps of some of Edinburgh's most famous witches and hear how witchcraft was used to win wars, help find a long lost husband and much more. Learn just how some rituals were performed including bloodletting and more.

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Free cancellation: Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund
Duration 3.5 hours: Check availability to see starting times.
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Live tour guide: English
Wheelchair accessible

Highlights

See the National Museum of Scotland
Visit a witchcraft shop and get a rune stone reading
Enjoy a chakra reading and balance work
See real human remains once used for rituals

Full description

Learn all about the witches of Edinburgh on an immersive tour that explores how witchcraft was used in the city from 1590 until 1690. Follow your guide to some of Edinburgh's most mysterious sites and learn more about the city's most famous witches. Hear how and why they become witches and how they were treated by others. Journey through the supernatural and discover how they practiced their craft. Visit the site where most of them met their fate, see the city's oldest wicca shop and encounter some of the spooky wynds (alleys) off the Royal Mile.

Includes

Guide
Museum visit
Try your hand at Dowsing
Read the witches rune stones
Visit to a real witches shop, if open on the day

Fortune-telling reading
Chakra energy reading
Chakra massage

Meeting point

The tour begins near zebra crossing at the National Museum of Scotland, Chambers St, Edinburgh EH1 1JF. Please note this is not the main door into the museum.

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Important information

What to bring

Comfortable shoes

Not allowed

Pets
Smoking
Smoking indoors

Know before you go

The tour may go up onto the roof of the National Museum of Scotland, depending on the weather at the time of the tour
You will also have the chance to book a fortune-telling reading or Chakra energy reading at the end of the tour
You can also try 1 of the 3 Chakra massages available at the end of the tour; please see the guide on the day

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4.4 /5

based on 77 reviews

Review summary

Guide
4.5/5
Value for money
4.4/5
Service
4.4/5
Organization
4.1/5

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Frank the tour guide is a fountain of knowledge and was also willing to answer any personal questions I had about my own spiritual practices. I paid a fiver for this tour and it lasted two hours. I feel that was a bargain! And I am grateful for the help Frank gave me, too :) It has made a huge difference in my life. If you like the darker, more grim side of history... Give it a whirl!

September 5, 2021

Amazing!!!! I loved all the knowledge of the guide tour, was very nice and funny, the information was great, very entertaining and it took me and my friends to amazing places that not even them being and living in Edinburgh knew about, 5 starts to this tour!!! you can also ask him many thinks about history, symbols, paganism, Wicca etc. AMAZING!

August 1, 2020

Extraordinary

The guide was fantastic and a real well of culture. The tour which should have lasted only 2 hours has turned into a tour of almost 4 hours where none of us has seen the passage of time so interesting. Thank you, we have learned a great deal about Scottish history, the history of religion and witchcraft. Really, we recommend with your eyes closed it was extraordinary and totally unexpected.

September 24, 2019

Edinburgh: The Witches Tour

Edinburgh: The Witches Tour

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