Edinburgh Vaults

Practical tourist information

Access to the Edinburgh vaults is permitted only as part of the underground tour.

The vaults are located under South Niddry Street and Blair Street in Edinburgh Old Town.

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Attraction Details - Underground Vaults Edinburgh Vaults tourist information including directions.

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Ghost walks in the Old Town Tourist information on day and evening ghost tours in Edinburgh's Old Town

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A visitor's tips for planning an Edinburgh holiday:

Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. The most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', etc.

According to the Scottish Place Names dictionary, the name Edinburgh means 'Fort of the Rock Face'. The 'edin' part comes from Scottish Gaelic and means 'rock face', while 'burgh' comes from Old English meaning stronghold.

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