A two and a half hour history and architecture tour given by a former guide on the Salem Trolley. The route is less than two miles. We will see Chestnut Street, the Pickering House, Broad Street Cemetery, 3 Hocus Pocus filming locations, and sights related to puritans, the Witch Trials, old architecture, maritime trade, early events of the American Revolution, Hamilton Hall, first-period homes, the most haunted building, the spookiest grave, the Lyceum, the evolution of Halloween, and great restaurants. The tour is not scripted, and hard questions are welcomed.
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What To Expect
The Witch House at Salem
An authentic Salem house restored to what it looked like in 1675 when Judge Jonathan Corwin of the Witch Trials lived there.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Bewitched Sculpture
Statue of Elizabeth Montgomery gives an opportunity to learn about how Salem became the Halloween Capital of the World.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Rockafellas Restaurant
Popular restaurant at the site of the original First Church of Salem, the oldest Protestant congregation in America. Important events of the Salem Witch Trials and the American Revolution happened here.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Turner’s Seafood at Lyceum Hall -Salem
Popular restaurant which was the site of Bridget Bishop’s apple orchard and the Lyceum, a lecture hall where many important literary and scientific events happened.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
John Ward House
A beautiful First-Period house built in 1684. At the time of the Witch Trials, it was located across the street from the Witch Gaol.
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Salem Witch Museum
The most popular tourist attraction in Salem. It’s located in a building that was built as the East Church and the towers used to be twice as high.
3 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Salem Common
Birthplace of the US National Guard. Great collection of Federal style homes. Hocus Pocus High School. Location of stocks, pillories, and whipping post. Site of a tar-and-feathering.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Hawthorne Hotel
Grandest hotel in Salem. Considered one of the top ten haunted hotels in America.
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Gardner-Pingree House
Beautiful example of Samuel McIntire’s architecture. Site of the most famous murder in American history, up to that time.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Peabody Essex Museum
Top ten art museum in North America. Oldest continuously operated museum. Started by Salem sea captains.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Old Town Hall
President James Monroe visited at its opening in 1817. Site of Hocus Pocus Halloween party.
• Admission Ticket Not Included
Joshua Ward House
President George Washington slept there. Considering the most haunted building in Salem.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Hamilton Hall
Samuel McIntire designed this clubhouse for the rich Federalists of Chestnut Street in 1805. Named for Alexander Hamilton.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Pickering House
The oldest building in Salem.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Broad Street Cemetery
Very old cemetery, established in 1655. Ten generations of the Pickering family. Jonathan Haraden’s (greatest privateer) grave. The spookiest grave.
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Ropes Mansion and Garden
Georgian colonial built in 1727. Also known as Alison’s House from Hocus Pocus.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
First Church in Salem
All the accused and accusers of the Witch Trials belonged to this church.
3 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Highlight
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
The tour will happen even if it’s raining, short of a hurricane.
Will not enter the attractions and will just stay outside.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
Max group – 15
