Dianne was wonderful. Animated, warm, and completely alive to the stories of Salem. She made history feel less like the past and more like something still breathing in the streets around us. Her eye contact drew you in, her passion never wavered, and her love for this remarkable town was impossible not to feel. A beautiful walk through Salem’s history, led by someone who clearly carries a piece of it with her.
beyond the walkfour tours · Salem, Mass.
Salem Halloween tours
October is the month Salem is built for, and the month everything sells out. These are the walks that still have places, what the city puts on around them, and how dark it actually is when you set off.
Tours here4
Price$25 – $385
Length1.5 hours – 8 hours
WhenOctober
Rating4.2 – 4.82
CancellationFree up to 24 h
Salem Halloween tours compared
Every beyond the walk tour we list, sortable by rating, price or our verdict. Three of the four have a page of their own; the rest sit here because the partner publishes too little about them to fill one.
Sorted by our verdict · click a column to re-sort
TourFamilyRatingAccessPriceVerdict
From Boston: Small-Group Halloween Season Day Tour beyond the walk Children welcome from $385 October only, no reviews yet Book
- Best for
- The only product built for the October crowd, and priced for it
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Meets
- Boston, pickup available
- Reviews
- none yet
History and Hauntings Guided Walking Tour night walks Children welcome from $36 Best for most people Book
- Best for
- A first evening in Salem, couples, anyone who wants the whole picture
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Meets
- 32 Derby Square
- Reviews
- 821
Salem Night Tour: Haunt and History night walks Children welcome from $30 Most booked after dark Book
- Best for
- The busiest night walk in town, if you want the crowd and the buzz
- Duration
- 1.5 hours
- Meets
- 127 Essex St
- Reviews
- 711
1692 Witchcraft Trials Walk 1692 trials Children welcome from $25 Best value on the record Book
- Best for
- The cheapest way into the trials, in daylight
- Duration
- 1.5 hours
- Meets
- 8 Central Street
- Reviews
- 362
Prices and ratings read from GetYourGuide on 15 September 2026. Every price is a “from” price and can change; we re-check before we publish.
Best Salem ghost tours 2026
Three of the rows above, and the rule that chose each one. Every link goes to that walk’s own page, not to a search.
Most people book thisHistory and Hauntings Guided Walking Tour2 hours · after sunset · ★ 4.82 · 821 reviewsfrom $36
Cheapest of the group1692 Witchcraft Trials Walk1.5 hours · ★ 4.23 · 362 reviewsfrom $25
Next best ratingSalem Night Tour: Haunt and History1.5 hours · late evening · ★ 4.47 · 711 reviewsfrom $30Where Salem Halloween tours start
The four walks leave from four different addresses. Each tour page carries its own, with a copy button and a map.
- 127 Essex St
- Salem Night Tour: Haunt and History
- 32 Derby Square
- History and Hauntings Guided Walking Tour
- 8 Central Street
- 1692 Witchcraft Trials Walk
- Boston, pickup available
- From Boston: Small-Group Halloween Season Day Tour
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Salem Halloween tours reviews
One review from each of the three best-known walks here, as GetYourGuide prints them. Each card says which walk it belongs to; the score for that walk is on its own page.
Stacy was excellent. She was a great tour guide. Thanks for a fun experience!
Excellent trip with and very informative and enthusiastic guide
Before you book an October walk
Five things people ask about this kind of walk, answered from the same catalogue the table above is built from.
How busy does it actually get?+
Salem has about 45 000 residents. In October 2025 it drew 1.1 million unique visitors, and 96 600 of them were downtown on Halloween day alone. That is the figure to plan around.
When does it get dark?+
Sunset is 18:25 on 1 October and 17:38 on the 31st; full dark follows about half an hour later. An early-evening walk in late October is a night walk.
What is on besides the tours?+
Haunted Happenings runs the whole month. The Grand Parade is on 1 October, 18:30 to 20:30, free to watch; on the 31st there are markets on Derby Square and Salem Common from 10:00, and a drone show at 22:00.
What about parking and road closures?+
The 2026 street closures, satellite lots, shuttle hours and garage rates are not published yet. We will put them here when the city publishes them, rather than repeat last year’s.
Is the small group Halloween day tour to Salem from Boston worth it?+
It is the only product here built for October alone: eight hours from Boston with pickup, $385, and no reviews yet because the season has not run. Every local walk on this page starts at $25.
Dates and availability
Live dates, seats and the final price come from the partner’s own calendar. Nothing is charged on this site.
The calendar below is set to History and Hauntings Guided Walking Tour, our pick of this group. Every other walk has its own on its page.
