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Price is NZ$308 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

    • Discover the darker side to St Andrews with your local guide
    • From rabbits wars to Al Capone's dark links to St Andrews, see it all!
    • Do something different on your trip to St Andrews

Activity location

    • St Andrews
    • St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 50 The Scores, St Andrews KY16 9AS, UK | Please meet at the monument (Martyr's Memorial) on The Scores - your guide will be wearing an orange jacket. If you need a different meeting point in the city centre, this is possible, please message/email us directly.
    • St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Local, expert guide!
  • Exclusions
    Admissions to other paid attractions

Know before you book

    • Not suitable for: Children under 12 years

What you can expect

  • Originally run as a sold-out event over Halloween, we're excited to offer our Dark Side Tour as a private tour. A castle, a cathedral, and the oldest university in Scotland - St Andrews is home to iconic stories that have shaped Scotland's past and present, but this tour isn't for the lighthearted.

    From wild rabbits overtaking the Old Course to a mysterious poisonous sausage massacre and even the plague, St Andrews is steeped in dark, mystic history. Walk in the footsteps of gangsters, murderers, and marytrs.

    Tour highlights:
    The Rabbit War
    Al Capone's link to St Andrews
    The ghost of Tom Morris
    The sausage massacre
    …& much more!

    Join your local guide and discover the horrific tales of martyrs, executions, ghosts and more as this quaint town's dark history is brought to life.