Smartphone tickets Instant access to your tickets Duration: from 30 minutes to 40 minutes Available in English Dive into Aberdeen's shadowy past with this top-rated self-guided audio tour. Starting at Mercat Cross, uncover centuries of eerie history, from piracy and slavery to rebellion. Learn about heroes like "Indian Pete" fighting against child slavery, all at your own pace. Just grab your smartphone, the tour kicks in automatically at the right spots - no need for internet! Perfect for those ready to explore Aberdeen's darkest tales.

Explore the city centre and learn about Aberdeen’s colourful characters on a free walking tour from TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice winner 2020 and 2021 Scot Free Tours. Sure, we all know about the oil and the granite and the weather. But there is more to this city than that. There are stories that you will never have heard. Stories about death, pirates, wizards, infra-red telescopes, and Lord Byron. And more death. SFT’s flagship history tour takes in the Castlegate, Marischal College, Provost Skene's House, Union Terrace Gardens and St Nicholas Kirk. You will see the highlights of Aberdeen city centre, while you find out about Aberdeen's social history, its quirky inhabitants and how it got to where it is today. Scot Free Tours is the top-ranked tour provider in Aberdeen, collecting TripAdvisor Certificates of Excellence in 2018 and 2019 and a Travellers’ Choice Award in 2021, with more than two hundred five-star reviews. The tour lasts between one and a half to two hours and a half hours and starts at the Mercat Cross in the Castlegate. Tours are funded entirely by donations.

Meet at the Mercat Cross in the centre of Castlegate - in front of the Salvation Army Citadel at least 10min before the start (5.50pm! Latecomers will be left ahint!) (Parking down the far end of Commerce Street, Miller Street, Gallowgate/Greyfriars Carpark) One of our several true crime tours including tales from the last 400 years: The Tale of Indian Peter Burning Times The Murder of the Black Drummer The Justice Port The Highland Houdini The Whippin' Stane and Marischal College's Frankenstein Doctors. No doggos please, not on this tour. Suitable for children of 12 and above. Not suitable for those with poor mobility. Tickets only. Please book in advance to avoid disappointment. Tour finishes outside Marischal College on Broad Street and lasts approx 2hrs.