Salem Witch Trials Walking Tour
4.9
1,621 Ratings
Salem

Uncover the dark history of the Salem Witch Trials on this engaging walking tour. Explore over a dozen locations, learn from local historians, and discover why the true history is more frightening than fiction!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Halloween Museum - Start your walking tour outside the Halloween Museum and follow your licensed guide through the streets of Salem. Your guide will take you to more than a dozen historically significant sites in downtown Salem. Discover the true events of 1692 and other intriguing aspects of Salem’s rich history!
What's Included
  • Licensed professional guide
  • 400 years of historical exploration
  • Guaranteed on-time departure
  • Enchanting Bewitched Walking Tour
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities for your guide
  • Parking is not included. Please allow ample time for traffic and parking.
  • No accommodations can be made for late arrivals. Tours depart on time.
  • We do not have restrooms on site or along the tour route.
Additional Information

2024 Viator Experiences Rising Star Award Winner! Often referred to as the “Best tour in Salem!” The most in-depth look at the Witch Trials the city has to offer. Take a journey back through time and uncover the REAL history of Salem, Massachusetts. With a local historian as your guide, you’ll visit over a dozen locations in downtown Witch City and…

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Location
Halloween Museum of Salem
Essex Street
Tours depart from outside the Halloween Museum at 131 Essex Street
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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926maritzar
Oct 29, 2024
Cold, witch night - Fun, informative tour. Jovan, our guide was great! Enjoyed learning about what took place back then. Walked the city streets to see where things took place.
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B2961jxstevenm
Oct 28, 2024
I great History Tour, the Story of the Salem Witch Trials and You are There! - Just a great tour of Salem made possible by our outstanding guide, Sarah, who eloquently herded a substantial group of tourists in and around Salem through the throngs of visitor sightseers in Salem pre-Halloween. Sarah’s ability to tell the story of Salem and the Witch Trials was captivating. We didn’t want the tour to end. Fabulous time for us! You don’t want to miss this tour, probably one of the best tours and tour guides I’ve had the pleasure of following.
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Crystal
Oct 24, 2024
Great tour if you want to know the real history! - This was my first of three tours, and the guide, Jovian, was wonderful. I really enjoyed his storytelling and portrayals. The tour was incredibly thorough and informative! I highly recommend this one!
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Curious652541
Oct 21, 2024
Great tour! - We had Sara, who was FANTASTIC!!! Tons of knowledge, but I think she also had a masters in history. She was a great representative of Salem, its history and culture. I wasn’t sure if it would be cheesy, given the title, but got great reviews so I took a chance. So glad I did:)
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Devon
Oct 16, 2024
True History! - I thought Jobian did a great job of telling the true back story. I feel like my daughters learned a good life lesson from the history. I appreciated how respectful he was to have the opportunity to tell the story. He was extremely respectful of the community members around him trying to do their jobs. I also appreciated how he respected the privacy of the preschool center located on the tour.
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Venis3
Oct 12, 2024
A must see… well walk… experience - Jobian loves his job and it shows. Enthusiastic, friendly, knowledgeable and so much fun. Every minute of our walking tour was filled with great information from Jobian who not only cares about making you the customer happy, but also respecting the area and its people. We appreciated the Q&A ability as well as Jobian making sure everyone heard him speak. Well worth every penny of this experience.
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Christina
Oct 9, 2024
Great tour! - Great tour!! Lots of juicy info plus the creepy stuff!!!! I would definitely take the tour again!! Our guide was fantastic!
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Ashley_a
Oct 20, 2024
Hopefully history doesn’t repeat itself - A lot about history which is nice but he kept looking and rolling his eyes at other tour groups and kept going on tangents. He could have been a little more focused to wrap it up quicker.
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Mike_b
Oct 8, 2024
The tour guide was great,... - The tour guide was great, very energetic and did his best to bring the story alive. I will say the stories were very hard to follow with the way information was presented.
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Devery_s
Oct 9, 2024
Take a different tour unless you like to view parking lots. - I have booked several tours over the years with Viator for my department when we travel to Massachusetts. All have been fantastic, but this one was terrible. We thought we would be able to see the city of Salem and the stories that created that town. Maybe even some spooky sightings or at the very least beautiful scenery. Instead, we were shown a parking lot with a historic building off in the distance. Our tour guide was more interested in talking about himself and his up and coming acting career. He made is very clear that we were going to be one of his last tours and it was clear he was over it. My team of 17, started wandering off to escape the boredom.
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