Are you brave enough? Dark tours of The Real Mary King's Close
Edinburgh’s premier underground attraction, The Real Mary King’s Close, has got a reputation for being a rather haunting place at ...
View ArticleStranger than Fiction – History with a Twist this Summer
With Edinburgh now rated as the second most popular city for tourism in the UK*, a city visitor attraction is ...
View ArticleNew Kid on the Close!
Sharing the secrets of Edinburgh’s past is set to become a daily occurrence for one Leith resident, as Craig Miller ...
View ArticleHas Your School Got The Fright Factor?
Children from schools around Edinburgh are being invited to write new spooky stories in a competition being run by The ...
View ArticleDark Side of the Close This Halloween
It has been over a hundred years since sunlight last penetrated Mary King’s Close, off Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, but this Halloween, the ...
View ArticleRomance on the Close
Yesterday, visitors witnessed what could well be the first marriage proposal at The Real Mary King’s Close in over 400 ...
View ArticleCelebrate St Andrews Day with us!
We are delighted to be part of the Scottish Government's St Andrew's Day celebrations this year. 'Visit For Free' is ...
View ArticleCupid On The Close
To mark its tenth anniversary since opening as a visitor attraction, The Real Mary King’s Close is offering couples who ...
View ArticleTen Years Making Edinburgh’s Hidden History Unmissable
This year The Real Mary King’s Close marks its tenth anniversary as a top visitor experience with a programme of ...
View ArticleInvestment Adds New Life To The Close
It may have been over four hundred years since she last traded in the city’s old town but now the ...
View ArticleKilts on the Close
The Real Mary King's Close has launched its very own tartan to mark its tenth anniversary since the attraction first ...
View ArticleCaptain on the Close
Italian Captain MiIgliorino Ubaldini is the latest character to be brought back to life at The Real Mary King’s Close ...
View ArticleAwarded Five Stars For Tenth Year
As The Real Mary King’s Close marks its tenth anniversary year, it has even more reason to celebrate as VisitScotland ...
View ArticleHalloween Reaches the Darkest of Depths
This Halloween The Real Mary King's Close gets darker than ever before with a special late night 'The Dark Truth ...
View ArticleFirst Ever 'Close Fest'
For the first time ever, The Real Mary King's Close, is to launch 'Close Fest', a week long programme of ...
View ArticleThe Ghost of Christmas Past
Sunday 22 December 10.15am, 11.30am, 12.45pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.15pm, 4.15pm & 4.30pm This December visitors can expect a further chill ...
View ArticleMary King's Close...to Bursting Burger Battle!
In under just eight minutes, The Real Mary King's Close's foul clenger polished off a whopping 10oz patty burger and ...
View ArticleChristmas Tree Trail Comes to the Close
The Real Mary King's Close has teamed up with local artist Becka Gould to create a Christmas tree with a ...
View ArticleMary - There's Been A Murder!
This year visitors to The Real Mary King's Close could find themselves at the centre of a murder as Edinburgh's ...
View ArticleFamily February!
Family February has arrived at The Real Mary King's Close and to mark the occasion, we are introducing our first ...
View ArticleThe Dark Truth Tour returns with a twist...
It's back with a twist for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014! The Dark Truth Tour: Death & Decay will take ...
View ArticleIt's Raining Underground!
Last week for one day only, visitors to Edinburgh's historic underground street, Mary King's Close, were able to experience rainfall ...
View ArticleThe Modern Apprentice Goes Underground at Top Edinburgh Attraction
Whilst one of Edinburgh's best loved visitor attractions lies concealed deep beneath the Royal Mile, there is nothing hidden about ...
View ArticleShortlist Success
Last year marked a landmark birthday for The Real Mary King's Close, and now the Edinburgh attraction has even more ...
View ArticleContinuum Is Streets Ahead
There may be more than 200 miles and over 400 years between them but now the nation's most watched street ...
View ArticleCelebrating Excellence
Operators of The Real Mary King's Close - Continuum Leading Attractions - celebrate a raft of success across five of ...
View ArticleDeath and Decay Hits Edinburgh's Fringe
After last year's rave reviews, The Dark Truth Tour returns to The Real Mary King's Close this August with a ...
View ArticleFamily Fun This October
Families visiting the Real Mary King’s Close this October can enjoy 15% off as the popular Edinburgh attraction brings back ...
View ArticleThe Real Mary King's Close To Get Miles Better!
The Real Mary King's Close is soon to take pride of place on The Royal Mile as part of a ...
View ArticleRare Dinosaur Species Unearthed on the Close!
As The Real Mary King’s Close prepares for its upcoming redevelopment works, an “eggciting” discovery has been made suggesting that ...
View ArticleGoing Overground
After years of roaming the warren of underground streets hidden below Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, the characters of The Real Mary ...
View ArticleHistory in Your Hands! Schools Competition
History in Your Hands! April 2015 As part of the redevelopments taking place at The Real Mary King’s Close, the ...
View ArticleLord Provost Lends a Helping Hand
The redevelopments that will see The Real Mary King’s Close take pride of place on The Royal Mile as part ...
View ArticleThe Dark Truth Tour 2015
As Festival fever hits Edinburgh, step back to a time when corpses were a commodity and delve deeper into the ...
View ArticleA New Face on the Close
A new face joined the cast of characters at The Real Mary King’s Close for a special one-off performance as ...
View ArticleGroups can enjoy Christmas on the Close
This Christmas, groups visiting The Real Mary King’s Close can delve deeper into Edinburgh’s hidden history as they uncover the ...
View ArticleIndustry leaders gather to mark important milestone at 5* Edinburgh attraction
On the evening of Thursday 17th September, industry leaders from across the tourism sector gathered to celebrate the completion ...
View ArticleNew Food and Beverage Manager
Edinburgh visitor attraction, The Real Mary King’s Close announces a brand new café and appointment of Rod Nisbet as Food ...
View ArticleThe Close makes its Culinary Mark on the Mile
Knives and forks at the ready! The team at The Real Mary King’s Close is set to cook up a ...
View ArticleGroups can discover more for less this winter
Groups booking and visiting The Real Mary King’s Close between November 2015 and January 2016 will be able to save ...
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