PRIVATE GLASGOW DARK SIDE TOUR

Quick Details

Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Start Time: Any date & time!
From only £99: For a group of up to 4
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: 4.8/5 from 2800+ travellers on Tripadvisor & GetYourGuide

WALK THE DARK SIDE OF GLASGOW

This is a journey through the city’s darker streets, stranger stories and more unsettling past.

A city well-known for its turbulent past, Glasgow has a lot of secrets. Built by industry, shaped by its working class, and run by gangs operating out of ice-cream vans. With your own local guide, uncover the murders, criminals, prisons, ghosts, gangs and grim tales that have shaped Glasgow over the centuries.

Walk through the historic streets around Glasgow Cathedral, the old prison quarter and the Clyde, hearing stories of notorious inmates, unsolved murders, grave robbing, the Gorbals Vampire and Glasgow’s connections to the slave trade.

And this isn’t just history… some of these stories are surprisingly recent.

Key highlights:

Hear the stories behind Glasgow’s most notorious crimes
Discover the city’s grim prison and punishment history
Uncover Glasgow’s darker connections to the slave trade
Hear tales of gangs, criminals and notorious characters
Meet the mysterious Gorbals Vampire
Explore Glasgow’s ghostly stories and urban legends
Discover stories of grave robbing and resurrectionists

Start time & location: choose your start time in the booking form. This tour starts outside Glasgow Cathedral, this meeting point cannot be changed.

Fun and informative tour of the spooky highlights and history of Glasgow

This was a fun and informative tour of the spooky highlights and history of Glasgow. It started at the spectacular Cathedral and Necropolis with the very spooky Royal Infirmary backdrop and continued along and through the city and its darker locations like the former gallows. Our guide, Gabriel, was incredibly knowledgeable about everything we asked of him whether part of the itinerary or beyond it. He even stayed with us while we awaited a taxi (which he called for us).

– Emily, Get Your Guide

Dark side of the city tour

We did the dark side of Glasgow tour with our guide Lauren. It was a fantastic tour with lots of interesting facts about Glasgow that I never knew. I can’t wait to book another one in the daytime.

– Reviewer, TripAdvisor

Highly recommend this tour!

We went on a Halloween weekend Dark Side walking tour with Dave, and it was everything I hoped it would be and more. Despite living in Glasgow, I learned loads of new information, was thoroughly entertained and the pace/level of walking was perfect. Dave was really funny, attentive, thorough and friendly. Felt it was great value for money, too. Highly recommend.