Multi-Sensory Witches Trials & Truth Tour in Edinburgh
The witching hour has come — it’s time for a reckoning. Follow in the tortured footsteps of real people who suffered in Scotland’s witch trials. Bear witness to the accusations, the trials and finally, the truth.
You’ll be transported back to a dark time ruled by a crazed king and his obsession with ‘otherworldly phenomenon’. Under the spell of a master storyteller you’re invited to listen carefully and perhaps think again...
Persecution of the weak, the wise and skilled? Roused by fear and envy? Inflamed by religious zeal?
There was no justice in court, nor truth in tribunals for accused ‘witches’. On this tour, our award-winning master Storytellers shine a light on the truth behind the trials and the real reasons behind the witch crazes that swept like a plague for centuries, across Scotland and beyond.
The past is calling. Will you bear witness?
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Multi-Sensory Witches Trials & Truth Tour in Edinburgh
What's included in Multi-Sensory Witches Trials & Truth Tour in Edinburgh
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Royal Mile
You’re invited to listen carefully and perhaps think again... You’ll be transported back to a dark time ruled by a crazed king and his obsession with the dark arts, ‘otherworldly phenomenon’. Join us to walk the cobbled paths of Edinburgh’s Old Town and its centuries-old closes.
St Giles' Cathedral
Hear stories about the persecution of the weak, the wise and skilled, inflamed by religious zeal.
Witches well
Our tour ends at the location where Scotland’s witches were once executed, and are now remembered. The Witches' Well is a monument to accused witches burned at the stake in Edinburgh, and is the only one of its kind in the city.
Inclusions
- Exclusive multi-sensory tours; with master Storyteller guides
- Visit the locations where Scotland’s witches were once executed, and are now remembered
- Small-Group tour
- Enhanced with hand-picked sounds of Edinburgh and delivered through TourTalk audio devices
- This tour is not suitable for those under the age of 18
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting Points
- Look for the 8-sided structure with white Unicorn on top (in between Café Nero and St. Giles Cathedral).
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Ticket Redemption
Please have your booking reference number to hand in case it is required upon check-in at the tour meeting point.
