Best Salem Witch Tours
The best overall is Secrets of Salem Hidden History Walking Tour — two hours, nine stops, 4.45 from 208 reviews, from $35. Six more follow, each with the one reason to book it and the one reason to skip it.
Best Salem Witch Tour: The Top Three
The best salem witch tour for most people is Secrets of Salem Hidden History Walking Tour: two hours, nine stops, rated 4.45 from 208 reviews, from $35. It is not the cheapest and not the highest rated, but it has the best balance of both, and the most stops of any walk that states them. If you have only an hour, take the Witch Trial History and Salem Haunts walk for $29; if you have children, the Witch Trial Walking Tour, the one walk the partner marks as suitable for all ages.
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Best Salem Witch Tours Ranked
These are the best salem witch tours among the walks that start in Salem or Salem Village, in one order. Day trips from Boston and hands-on workshops are ranked on their own pages; SEE IT ALL, which starts at the train station, is new and has no reviews yet, so we leave it out of the order rather than guess.
Book it if this is your first visit
Skip it if you cannot walk more than a mile — the partner says so itself — or use a wheelchair
Nine stops in two hours from outside the Salem Five bank at 210 Essex Street; the partner asks you to arrive 15 to 20 minutes early. It covers how a Puritan town became the Witch City, the Charter Street burying point, and the Bewitched and Hocus Pocus filming locations.
Book it on a budget or with a wheelchair
Skip it if you want to stand at the Memorial: the listing does not name it
The most reviewed and the cheapest guided walk: a little over a mile, eight to ten stops, from 8 Central Street by the purple signs of the 1805 Custom House. The partner calls the route fairly flat and wheelchair accessible and uses an amplifier for large groups.
Book it if you have an hour between other plans
Skip it if you want depth: an hour is an overview, and one reviewer called it exactly that — “the perfect length”
The highest-rated walk with more than a hundred reviews. One hour past the Witch Trials Memorial, McIntire and Washington Square, with a licensed guide, from outside Not Ya Mama’s Vegan Cafe.
Book it if you want the wider story of witchcraft, not only 1692
Skip it if rating matters to you: 3.91 is the lowest of the guided walks here
Two hours from 210 Essex Street with a guide in a white shirt and a yellow flag, from the European witch hunts to the Memorial, where it finishes.
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Book it if you bring children or want the trial sites themselves
Skip it if you dislike uncertainty about the start: the text says Salem Five bank, the map pin says Salem Common, so confirm after booking
The only walk in Salem that names the Memorial, the Charter Street burying point and the Witch House in one route, and the only one marked “suitable for all ages”.
Book it if English is not your language
Skip it if you want the trials: the listing names none of the five places of 1692, and nine reviews are a thin base
A personalised walk in your own language that visits witchcraft shops, with an optional tarot or palm reading at extra cost.
Book it if you have read about 1692 and have a car
Skip it if you do not: selected dates July to October only, no bathrooms, and no train to the start
Not in Salem but in Danvers, where the accusations began: the parsonage site and Ingersoll Ordinary, led by Daniel A. Gagnon, author of A Salem Witch.
Best Salem Witch Tour for First-Timers, History Buffs, a Rainy Day and Kids
For First-Timers
Secrets of Salem Hidden History Walking TourSecrets of Salem. Nine stops give the story of 1692 a shape, and the 208 reviews say it works for people who arrive knowing little.
Check dates →For History Buffs
Witch Trial Walking TourThe Witch Trial Walking Tour for the sites, then the Salem Village walk in Danvers for where it began. If you can spend a day, a private trip from Boston goes inside the Witch House and stops at Proctor’s Ledge — no walk in Salem does either.
Check dates →For a Rainy Day
Secrets of Salem Hidden History Walking TourSix walks state they run rain or shine, Secrets of Salem among them. If you would rather be indoors, the Witch House ($17) and the Salem Witch Museum ($19) are the two paid stops of 1692, and the broom workshop is indoors too.
Check dates →For Kids
Witch Trial Walking TourThe Witch Trial Walking Tour, marked for all ages, 90 minutes. Avoid the Lucinda Lipol walk, which is adults only, 21+, with proof of age.
Check dates →How We Ranked Salem Witch Tours
Our pick sits first: Secrets of Salem, for the most stops of any walk that states them and 208 reviews behind it. The rest are ranked by review count multiplied by rating, so 4.23 from 364 comes before 4.61 from 150, and 5.0 from 4 is not ranked at all — four reviews can be the guide’s friends. Ties go to the walk that names more of the five places of 1692. Walks with fewer than 20 reviews are listed after the ranking, with their numbers, not given a place in it.
Price plays no part, because six of the seven walks cost between $25 and $35 and the seventh $80. We did not rank by commission, and no operator has paid to be listed or moved. Where a listing says nothing, we write “not stated” rather than assume a no.
What Reddit Says About Salem Witch Tours
People search for salem witch tours reddit because they want an opinion that is not an advert. We do not quote threads here: posts are anonymous, often years old, and many recommend operators that do not sell through GetYourGuide, so we cannot check the price or the route they describe.
What we can do is answer the questions those threads ask with numbers you can check. Which walk reaches the trial sites? The Witch Trial Walking Tour. Which is worth it for a first visit? Secrets of Salem. Is any of it free? The Memorial and the Charter Street burying point are. Treat any single post — and this page — as one opinion, and read the recent reviews on the partner page before you pay.
Best Salem Witch Tours Reviews
Between them the two walks below carry 572 reviews: 208 for Secrets of Salem at 4.45 and 364 for the 1692 Witchcraft Trials Walk at 4.23. The quotes are short extracts from GetYourGuide reviews with the first name and the month; the full reviews are on the partner page.
“No need for fancy costumes, just book this tour guide who has all the information you need.”
“Packed with tons of information and stories, this 90 minute tour satisfied the little girl history geek in me.”
Before You Book
Three things decide more bookings than the rating. The start: two walks meet at 210 Essex Street, two at 8 Central Street, and one gives a pin that contradicts its text. The distance: Secrets of Salem and Ultimate Witches warn that they cover more than a mile. Cancellation is the easy part: every walk here is free to cancel up to 24 hours before.
Best Salem Witch Tours Compared
The top three side by side. They cost within $6 of each other, so choose by time: one hour, ninety minutes or two. Only the Witch Trial Walking Tour names all three central places of 1692; Secrets of Salem names the burying point; the one-hour walk names the Memorial.
Best Salem Witch Tours FAQ
What is the best witch tour in Salem?▾
For most people, Secrets of Salem Hidden History Walking Tour: two hours, nine stops, 4.45 from 208 reviews, from $35. For one hour, the Witch Trial History and Salem Haunts walk at 4.61 from 150; for children, the Witch Trial Walking Tour, marked suitable for all ages.
Which salem witch tour has the best reviews?▾
By rating with a solid base, the Witch Trial History and Salem Haunts walk: 4.61 from 150. By volume, the 1692 Witchcraft Trials Walk: 364 reviews at 4.23. Higher ratings with fewer than ten reviews exist, but we do not rank them first.
What is the cheapest good salem witch tour?▾
The 1692 Witchcraft Trials Walk, from $25 for 90 minutes and the most reviewed walk on this site. The self-guided audio tour is cheaper at $10 but rated 3.48.
Which salem witch tour visits the most trial sites?▾
Among walks in Salem, the Witch Trial Walking Tour and SEE IT ALL each name three of the five places: the Memorial, Charter Street and the Witch House from outside. Only day trips from Boston add Proctor’s Ledge or go inside the Witch House.
Are salem witch tours worth it?▾
If it is your first visit, yes: the places of 1692 are small and unmarked beyond their plaques, and a guide tells you what happened where. If you know the story, the free self-guided route covers three of the five places.
Are the best salem witch tours wheelchair accessible?▾
The 1692 Witchcraft Trials Walk says its route is fairly flat and wheelchair accessible. Secrets of Salem lists itself as not suitable for wheelchair users. For the rest, ask the operator through GetYourGuide before booking.
Do I need to book salem witch tours in advance?▾
In October, yes — it is the busiest month, with Haunted Happenings from 1 to 31 October. The rest of the year you can often book on the day; the partner page shows live availability.
Is a ghost tour the same as a witch tour?▾
No. A witch tour follows the trials of 1692; a ghost tour tells haunting stories, usually after dark. The Witch Trial History and Salem Haunts walk mixes both in one hour.