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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 ...

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Stranger 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 ...

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New 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 ...

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Has 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 ...

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Dark 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 ...

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Romance on the Close

Yesterday, visitors witnessed what could well be the first marriage proposal at The Real Mary King’s Close in over 400 ...

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Celebrate 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 ...

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Cupid On The Close

To mark its tenth anniversary since opening as a visitor attraction, The Real Mary King’s Close is offering couples who ...

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Ten 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 ...

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Investment 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 ...

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Kilts on the Close

The Real Mary King's Close has launched its very own tartan to mark its tenth anniversary since the attraction first ...

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Captain on the Close

Italian Captain MiIgliorino Ubaldini is the latest character to be brought back to life at The Real Mary King’s Close ...

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Awarded 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 ...

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Halloween 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 ...

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First Ever 'Close Fest'

For the first time ever, The Real Mary King's Close, is to launch 'Close Fest', a week long programme of ...

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The 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 ...

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Mary 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 ...

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Christmas 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 ...

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Mary - 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 ...

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Family February!

Family February has arrived at The Real Mary King's Close and to mark the occasion, we are introducing our first ...

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The 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 ...

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It'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 ...

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The 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 ...

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Shortlist Success

Last year marked a landmark birthday for The Real Mary King's Close, and now the Edinburgh attraction has even more ...

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Continuum Is Streets Ahead

There may be more than 200 miles and over 400 years between them but now the nation's most watched street ...

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Celebrating Excellence

Operators of The Real Mary King's Close - Continuum Leading Attractions - celebrate a raft of success across five of ...

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Death 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 ...

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Family Fun This October

Families visiting the Real Mary King’s Close this October can enjoy 15% off as the popular Edinburgh attraction brings back ...

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The 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 ...

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Rare 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 ...

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Going Overground

After years of roaming the warren of underground streets hidden below Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, the characters of The Real Mary ...

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History 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 ...

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Lord 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 ...

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The Dark Truth Tour 2015

As Festival fever hits Edinburgh, step back to a time when corpses were a commodity and delve deeper into the ...

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A 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 ...

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Groups 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 ...

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Industry 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 ...

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New 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 ...

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The 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 ...

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Groups 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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