'Haunting Aboot!'

The Old Town is a different place at night, and the stories are better for it. As darkness settles over Edinburgh, your private guide leads you from your hotel into the closes off the Royal Mile, where the city keeps its secrets and the cobblestones have plenty to tell.

The evening begins at Greyfriars Kirkyard, where more than 100,000 souls lie beneath your feet and a poltergeist of its own is never far away. From there come Deacon Brodie, who lived two lives on the same street, the Last Drop Tavern, named for exactly what you think, and the plague streets that were bricked up with people still inside them. Along the way you hear tales of torture, witchcraft and betrayal, and of the fairy gateways said to whisk the daring away.

It is entirely private, so the pace is yours and every question gets an answer. The stories are told rather than performed, and they are all the better for it.