Santa Barbara Ghost Tours: Invisible Becomes Visible

Uncover the enchanting history and mystery of Santa Barbara on our exclusive ghost tour. Hear stories from the Old Spanish Days and experience encounters with visiting ghosts.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park - El Cuartel and the Chapel

What's Included
  • Experienced guide
Additional Information

Welcome to the city of Friendly Ghosts!

An exclusive experience with your professional ghost and supernatural storyteller. It is a perfect way to end your evening while enjoying SB.

Our 1-hour walking tours feature curated content from firsthand accounts. You’ll hear stories from as far back as the Old Spanish Days and from the different cultures that have called Santa Barbara home.

We do not “summon the dead.” Our visiting ghosts do pop by occasionally to surprise you!

This is an “outdoor” walking tour only.
This tour is “history heavy.”

This tour is a traditional history and ghost/legend walking tour.

Your guides have diverse backgrounds, including tour guide experience on the Queen Mary and at Old Mission Santa Barbara.

This tour is organic and enchanted, not script-based. Each tour is unique and filled with imagination and, at times, encounters with visiting ghosts. Our ghosts do not come to stay…they return (many times during your tour) for a sentimental holiday.

  • Stay home if you are sick
  • Please keep your distance and remain 6 feet apart at all times
Location
836 Anacapa St
Anacapa Street
We meet on the steps of the downtown post office.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Trisha_j
Jul 25, 2024
Fantastic History/Ghost Tour! - Julie was amazing!! We were her first 4 pm tour and it was fantastic! My mom and I had never been to Santa Barbara and it was wonderful learning about the history of this beautiful town. Julie was very knowledgeable and the ghost stories were fascinating! Highly recommend!
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K6229dymelissac
Jul 24, 2024
Bring your camera and open mind - A great walking tour to learn some history and paranormal sightings throughout this amazing city. The guide is really knowledgeable and loves to share her stories with guests.
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Gisiel_t
Feb 17, 2024
Recommend ! - Knowledgeable and kind ghost tour guide, Allison, made our trip exciting and memorable. My husband and I had so much fun learning the history of Santa Barbara.
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Relax32483011011
Sep 26, 2023
A must for ghost enthusiasts - Julie is an amazing tour guide. Her passion for Santa Barbara history shines through in every ghostly tale. Her enthusiasm is infectious and made the tour all the more enjoyable. Highly recommend!! 👍👍
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Christine_p
Feb 18, 2023
A great experience! I... - A great experience! I cannot recommend this experience enough. The stories were so engaging and the ability to fold the city’s history into the ghostly tour was so so cool!! Loved it!
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887colleenm
Feb 2, 2023
Ghost Stories with an Amazing Storyteller (Plus, there's wine!) - We visited our daughter, who had recently moved to Santa Barbara. She wanted to go on a ghost tour, so we let her choose which one. We couldn't have been more delighted than to do a combo wine tasting and ghost walking tour. Our host, Miss Julie, was superb in her knowledge of the city and in her telling of 'friendly ghost' stories. The details she shares brings the characters to life as we walked through the city, taking in landmarks and sights and sounds where these people once lived and walked these same streets. The tour started with a sit down wine tasting at a very nice location. Miss Julie shared a sweet gift bag with each of us that contained some candy and trinkets, a nice touch and unexpected surprise. We also got to keep a picture of a friendly ghost that she would describe and tell us about in detail. We loved the tour. We felt a connection with Miss Julie and didn't want the evening to end! We highly recommend signing up for one of her tours!
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856matthewq
Dec 28, 2022
Incredible Ghost Tour and History! - Julie was incredible with the history of Santa Barbara and was so detailed with the ghost’s stories as well. We felt very safe even though we were listening to ghost stories at night! The gift bags were such a nice touch, and we were invited back for a time travel tour that we will definitely be back for. My group of 3 definitely felt like we saw, smelled, or experienced something supernatural along the tour and talked about it for days after the tour. I would highly recommend taking any of Julie’s tours and you will love it!
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Ji5683pj
Oct 24, 2022
Great Tour - Really interesting tour covering both some historic sites and history and some more low key ghost stories.
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Lizsp7131uy
Oct 21, 2022
Fantastic! - Julie's tour was fantastic! I would recommend for out of towners but also locals. Being a local it was exciting to hear about all the ghosts in SB but also to learn so much about the historical sites we visited. Julie is so knowledgeable about everything she talked about and has a real passion for SB history and of course ghosts! It was so much fun. I've been on other tours like this in bigger cities and this was by far the best experience I have had. I will definitely be doing it again, especially when friends or family visit.
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Paul_b
Jul 22, 2022
wonderful historic ghost tour - part history, part friendly ghost (for the most part!) tour with a wonderful guide. great for family, couples, groups. very entertaining
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