What are Edinburgh's Blair Street Underground Vaults?
By Simon Bendle, Mercat Storyteller Descend into the secrets of the city’s past on an...
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Where Is The Edinburgh Vaults Entrance?
Visitors often ask us "where is the Edinburgh Vaults entrance"? In this short video our...
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The History of Scotch Whisky and Edinburgh's Vaults
There’s an old saying: today’s rain is tomorrow’s whisky. At time of writing,...
Read StoryPutting Victims of Scotland's Witchcraft Trials on The Map
Written by Mercat Tours Storyteller Simon Bendle You don’t have to join an underground...
Read StoryWhy did people once believe in witches?
Written by Mercat Tours Storyteller Simon Bendle “The good old days” is not a phrase...
Read StoryWho Were Scotland's Witches?
Who Were Scotland’s Witches? Written by Mercat Tours Storyteller Simon...
Read StoryEdinburgh History: A Letter to the Pope
In this series, we tell the stories of a range of characters from Scottish history. In all of them...
Read StoryEdinburgh History | Corstorphine Hill & Clermiston Tower
Written by Mercat Tours Storyteller Scott. In addition to having a lot of history, Edinburgh has...
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