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Salem Witch Trials: Insightful Boston Day Tour
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37 Ratings
Boston
Uncover the dark history of the Salem Witch Trials on a day trip from Boston. Explore the sites where the hysteria unfolded and learn about the events that drove a quiet community to the brink of madness.
Duration:
7 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Long Wharf - Board the Salem Ferry and sail past the Boston Harbor Islands, along the coast of the North Shore, where you’ll dock in Salem.
What's Included
- Local English-speaking guide
- Entrance to the Salem Witch Museum
- Expertly guided walking tour
- Round-trip Ferry tickets from Boston-Salem
What's Not Included
- Hotel Pick-up/Drop-off
- Gratuities
- Lunch
Additional Information
Salem, Massachusetts: once a peaceful, unassuming Puritan village that was disrupted with strange occurrences causing fear of witchcraft and leading the community to shatter under the strain.
Famous for the notorious 1692 Witch Trials, Salem presents a singular chance to explore the real events in the very location where the tales unfolded. Journey through eight important locations and understand what pushed the normally rational villagers to complete madness on this well-orchestrated day excursion from Boston.
- This is a walking tour. Guests should be able to walk at a moderate pace without difficulty.
- This tour can accept wheelchairs/strollers. Please note that sections of this tour cover busy areas of the city & areas with brick/ cobbled roads.
- Walks / Devour complies with all local government regulations. Please refer to local government guidelines for the most up-to-date information.
- 9:30 am tour only: Entrance to the Salem Witch Museum
- 9:25 am tour only: Entrance to the Real Pirates Museum
Location
200 Atlantic Ave
Atlantic Avenue
This tour meets at City Cruises Boston, GATE 5 - 200 Atlantic Ave. Boston, MA 02110. From Tia's walk towards the water (Marriot on the right, Christopher Columbus park on the left) to Gate 5. Your guide will be holding a green Walks sign.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Hannah_f
Jun 12, 2024
Excellent tour! Highly recommend! - Stephanie delivered a wonderful tour of Salem for us. She had so much knowledge to share. She was friendly and was truly interested in making sure we has a good tour. Highly recommend.
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Flyer08832154285
Jun 12, 2024
Salem walking tour - Great tour! Guide was fantastic! Very knowledgeable. Enjoyed walking tour. Liked that we had time at end to do our own thing
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Kirk_l
Jun 6, 2024
Great Guide - Stephanie our guide was the absolute best! She was so knowledgeable. Did not really care for the Witch Museum, but everything else was Fabulous.
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Amy_s
Jun 4, 2024
A great time! - The Ferry was awesome. Our tour guide was absolutely amazing! 10/10 recommend. My husband and I enjoyed her vast knowledge of all things Salem and Boston. She had a real zest for the area and it showed!!!!
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Mjp13126
Oct 15, 2023
Fun and informative! - Our guide Jason was great! He was waiting for us with a sign, when we exited the ferry in Salem. He kept the tour fun and was very knowledgeable! There was a total of 12 people taking the tour. It was nice not having to worry about parking, by taking the ferry. Highly recommend! (The only issue those of us on this tour had, was when we tried to board the ferry at our return time. Our tickets wouldn't scan, so we had to go over to the building and the ferry personnel gave us comp tickets, to board)
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Katlyn_p
Oct 25, 2023
Great Experience - Jason was AMAZING! Couldn’t have asked for a better guide. The Ferry was a great experience, tour through Salem was even better. Learned so much and had a great time.
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Herb_s
Jun 18, 2024
Mediocre - We took our 12 year old grandson on this tour, it was a lot of walking just to be told this is the house that was owned by…built by etc. fewer houses that we could have toured would have made the trip more worthwhile.
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Melissa_s
Jun 11, 2024
A let down of a tour - Not what I expected. We just walked around and our guide just pointed things out rather than visiting the sites.. we couldn't hear our guide at all. She needed a microphone.. I seen other tour guide had them and they seemed more lively. We ended up leaving the tour and going off on our own... we received more highlights from the locals..
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Tammy_g
Jun 10, 2024
Overpriced and underwhelming - Not worth the money. Couldn’t hear the guide. A lot of standing in the rain talking about what we were going to do. Salem is worth seeing but not on this tour.
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Lauren_t
Jun 19, 2024
Couldn’t even go! DO NOT BOOK. - Showed up to the ferry and my entire family was told we could not board and they could not find anyone’s reservation but mine, despite having the confirmation code. Upon calling to check, our group had been “cancelled by the operator”. Mine wasn’t cancelled. They REFUSED to refund it even though I could not leave my group of 14 to take a 7 hour tour alone. HORRIBLE experience. Do not book this.
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