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Salem Historical Tour: Exploring Witchcraft and War
4.9
342 Ratings
Salem
Experience Salem's fascinating history on a daytime walking tour, from witchcraft hysteria to pirate legends. Customize your tour and uncover the city's secrets!
Duration:
1 hour, 45 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- At Lappin Square, your guide awaits (the location of the ‘Bewitched’ statue) opposite the Black Cat Curiosity Shoppe. Head in for check-in, from where you will be guided to your guide.
What's Included
- Professional guide
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Our daylight historical journey is a narration of Pirates and Puritans, Magic and Mayhem. We traverse the streets of Salem, unfolding its exceptional past. Starting from its simple origins as a city built on universal peace, to the location of the greatest modern-day witchcraft frenzy, discover its evolution into one of the largest shipping harbors in America. Meet the city that hosted renowned authors and uncover its best-kept secrets!
Our daylight strolling tour takes approximately one hour and forty-five minutes, spanning a mile of the downtown area. The walk is comfortable, though we advise wearing suitable shoes and attire for the weather. Our tours do not follow a script and are adaptable to each group’s unique interest fields!
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
234 Essex St
Essex Street
Please check in at the Black Cat Curiosity Shoppe
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(342 Ratings)
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Q7880fxwilliams
Nov 25, 2023
This is Your Salem Walking Tour! - This was a terrific tour. It was both well-paced, and it included an extremely knowledgeable guide. Highly recommend! Also, don't miss out on the Black Cat Shop before or after as well.
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780adaliaj
Nov 21, 2023
A Great Experience! - Excellent! We had a great time exploring Salem and learned many new things. Our tour guide David was very knowledgeable and did a fantastic job. I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone looking to learn more about the history of the city.
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Adrianne_h
Oct 30, 2023
Amazing tour great experience - We really enjoyed the tour with Jeremiah. He was very knowledgeable about the local history, which we appreciated.
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Jasminefi9661hb
Oct 30, 2023
Best history tour! - This was our first time in Salem and we were excited to learn more about the city, Jeremiah was fantastic and super knowledgeable! We had a fun and informative time! Thanks!
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Aminamk4544ru
Oct 30, 2023
First time in Salem - The tour was so much fun despite it being a rainy day. Jeremiah was such a good tour guide and was so nice to answer any questions we had. He also gave me some recommendations for things to do and food places. 10/10 would recommend.
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Dominique_d
Oct 16, 2023
Great Tour! - Jack knew so much and was such a fun tour guide! We really enjoyed all his fun facts! Would definitely recommend this tour!
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Lukedavidcarlson
Sep 2, 2023
Highly Recommended - Our tour guide (Daniel) was incredibly knowledgeable, entertaining, and engaging. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to learn more about the history of Salem!
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H9959jnnancyr
Apr 30, 2023
This is the walking tour to book. - This is the walking tour to book. Daniel was so knowledgeable. In addition to exhaustive information about Salem’s history, he fielded all of our questions about engineering, etymology, where did the river go? He recited poetry. He translated Latin. He taught us some French. He wears a feather in his cap. I was only sorry we didn’t make time for the nighttime tour that Black Cat runs. But I guess we’ll just have to go back!
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Anna
Nov 14, 2022
Dan the man! - My mom and I had planned a tour here with some family friends in early October-little did we know how busy it was going to be! Black Cat tours was so accommodating and was able to reschedule us. We ended up going on a Sunday and it was just us on the tour which was awesome! Daniel was incredible and so knowledgeable. His history knowledge was actually jaw-dropping at times. In addition, he was respectful of our time. Would absolutely recommend this any time of year to local and out of town tourists!
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Claudebd5578ch
Oct 24, 2023
Null. We paid for a tour in French, the guide made no effort to slow down his English flow. Scam - We took photos but there were a lot of people. The guide didn't wait, we concentrated on trying to understand what he was saying.
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