Salem and Witchcraft Historical Walking Tour

Overview

The tryals have left a footprint on Salem, and the world, that still echo 330 years later. Join us on our 90min walking tour as we visit historic locations and lay the groundwork to explore and unpack what happened in Salem in 1692. Shedding light on how a community driven by fear and led by religious ideology and zealotus extremism, executed 20 innocent people.We invite you to be part of our story and learn why true history is Better Than Fiction. -All tour guides are licensed by the City of Salem and are professional storytellers .

City: Salem

Wed 06 Nov

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Starting at $26.00

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Wed 06 Nov

Starting at $26.00

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What's Included

All tours are lead by professional storytellers

Stopping at historic sites in Salem with ties to the trials and ending in the Witch Trial Memoral.

90 min Witch Trials Walking Tour

All guides are licensed by the city of Salem

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Note: This is just a walking tour, there's no admission included and we'll just stop at attractions listed
COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
BTF Tours abides by all local and CDC COVID guidelines.

What To Expect

Salem Old Town Hall

A historic building in its own rite, as well as a filming location for the classic Halloween movie, Hocus Pocus. A fitting location for the start of the tour. Note: We'll stop at this location, we don't go inside.

John Ward House

Historic location. 330 years ago this is where the house of Sheriff Corwin, the High Sheriff of Essex county stood. In the scope of the trials he acts as the warrant issuer, interrogator, and torturer, amongst others. Note: We'll stop at this location, we don't go inside.

Salem Witch Trials Memorial

Historic Location. Those who were executed in 1692 were not given any formal burial. this memorial, dedicated in 1993, is what we have today to now pay our respects to those who lost their lives in the Salem Witchcraft Trials. Note: We'll stop at this location, we don't go inside.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (210)

Taylor_G

Oct 2022

This was by far the best tour we went on while visiting Salem. We started our day with this tour and that was the perfect choice! We decided to add it a bit last minute to get some of the true history before some of our other plans later that day. This gave us some great groundwork as to what was going on and a better understanding of the context of the history here. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable, entertaining, and friendly. We only did one tour with this company but this was the best one we selected for our trip. If we could change anything it would be to have booked more tours with this company/guide.

ErCarey

Oct 2022

Caroline was a great guide. Perfect length of tour to learn about the trials and locations. Would recommend for any group.

meilss

Oct 2022

Our tour guide was wonderful! Cannot remember his name but he had red hair and a beard and loved his painted nails. He had an impressive way of stressing the gravity and emotion of the witch trials while also keeping it fun and at times humorous. I learned a ton, even though I have already been on other Salem tours :) Would recommend. The only constructive criticism that I have would be to highlight more of the influence of society structures on the Witch trials ie. racism, slavery, sexism, colonization. I think the tour group did a decent job with language around oppressed groups. However, it could be improved by using the terms "enslaved people", "natives", "colonizers" and emphasizing the dependency of the colonists on native people to survive and the devastation they caused them in turn.