Self-Guided Smartphone Ghost Walking Tour in Salem
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Salem, USA
- 40 to 50 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
If you want to explore Salem's haunted history without getting lost in the crowd, go at your own pace with an affordable, self-guided smartphone tour. Simply download the touring app to your phone, and start and stop the tour on your own schedule as the pre-recorded narrator shares the history of haunted locales like the Ropes Mansion, Salem Witch House, and Old Burying Point Cemetery, where many witch trial victims were laid to rest.
- Hear Salem's ghost stories the flexible and affordable way
- It's easy to social distance on this contactless, self guided tour
- Budget-friendly app works on four phones for the price of one
- Good option for travelers who don't want to commit to a scheduled tour
What's Included
- Smartphone Guided Walking Tour
- Recap tour you can take after taking the in person tour
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Ropes Mansion and Garden318 Essex St, Salem, MA 01970, USA
The tour starts at the front of the Ropes Mansion on Essex Street, just near the front door.
End point
- Salem Witch Trials Memorial24 Liberty St, Salem, MA 01970, USA
The tour ends at the Salem witch trial memorial grounds next to the burial ground.
Operating hours
- 10/11/2020 - 10/05/2027
Monday - Sunday : 12:00 AM - 11:30 PM
Itinerary
Once you’re ready to start your self-guided ghost tour of Salem, simply download the app to your phone and get the pre-recording ready to play.
Follow in the footsteps of the GPS on the app and listen to the audio narration as you stop at historical stops in Salem that have a spooky story to tell.
See top ghostly highlights, such as Ropes Mansion and Garden, the Witch House at Salem, Joshua Ward House, and Salem Witch Trials Memorial, at your own pace. This Salem ghost tour also makes it easy to take breaks when needed during the route—just pause the audio until you’re ready to go again.
Follow in the footsteps of the GPS on the app and listen to the audio narration as you stop at historical stops in Salem that have a spooky story to tell.
See top ghostly highlights, such as Ropes Mansion and Garden, the Witch House at Salem, Joshua Ward House, and Salem Witch Trials Memorial, at your own pace. This Salem ghost tour also makes it easy to take breaks when needed during the route—just pause the audio until you’re ready to go again.
1
Ropes Mansion and Garden
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
2
The Witch House at Salem
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
3
The Salem Inn
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
Bewitched Statue of Elizabeth Montgomery
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Salem Old Town Hall (Pass By)
5
Rockafellas Restaurant
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
6
Joshua Ward House
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
15 Front St (Pass By)
7
Charter Street Cemetery
2 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
8
Salem Witch Trials Memorial
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
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We found this a very easy app to navigate. The GPS worked well and followed us accurately. Great history lesson!
We only made it to 2 stops. Gps was not accurate. We got so frustrated we finally
Gave up and went to our next destination.
Very informative & fun. Go at your own pace & enjoy the sites. Would do it again!
Wear comfortable shoes though.
The narration was great and the sound effects really added to the experience. I have the following advice: Pay close attention to the directions given in the app. Take a few minutes to navigate in the app. One of the guests in my group struggled a little bit. Also I didn’t discover that the EMF meter in the app worked until near the end. But that’s on us.
Wasn’t able to use it due to personal issues, headphones broke. GPS was very confused, lots of internet issues in Salem. Downloaded everything before hand as others suggested it didn’t help us
Enjoyed this narration throughout Salem. Great low cost option to get all of the historic information.
Couldn’t access audio … walkntours app kept freezing and making my phone both mad and sad. up my phone. Book! And not in the witchy way.
We couldn’t get the self‑guide mobile app to work, and the support team wasn’t available when we reached out. They should provide clear instructions on accessing the booked service through the app and have support available as advertised. I booked this to explore the place at our own pace, but it ended up wasting our time and money. I’ll choose an in‑person guide next time.
Great for when you don’t have a lot of time but want a tour! I do day trips often and this is a great alternative if tours don’t line up! This way you can get a tour on your timeline.
It was nice to be able to go at our pace. We were able to start when we wanted and didn’t have to worry about making the tour in time.
I downloaded the app before we left the campsite. I was prepared to start the tour on my phone. But it kept glitching and pausing on the tour. I had to restart it several times. The tour itself was neat. History behind @ stop was great. Detailed directions were fantastic.
Great experience for our family of 4 (2 teenagers) visiting from Texas. Perfect distance and Length of time. Fun 'spooky' commentary and sound effects. Enjoyed the haunted story telling. Great way to see some highlights in Salem. Thank you!
A friend and I both purchased it and she got it to work and we couldn’t get it to work so it was a waste of money for me.
We gave up on trying. We didn’t know to download the app before we arrived, and each with different cell phones we couldn’t get it so we gave up.
The WalknTours app was easy to use, easy instructions to get the tour downloaded. The tour itself was accurate and well done. Price was right. Would definitely do another one.
Skip the stuffy, crowded tours. These walking tours give you a chance to see what the town has to offer and out-of the-way places that you can go back to later.
These walking tours narration, music and navigation ensures you enjoy the tour and don’t get lost.
Our paranormal activity meter (included!) indicated ghosts in a shop up the block from the Bewitched statue.
It’s was great you got to go at your own pace, could pause if you seen something you wanted to stop at.. gave great detail to subject..
I tried to contact the walknapp and you because the app wouldn't run my phone said it had a bug and when that was fixed I could update the app but it never got fixed so I couldn't do the tour.
This walking tour was awful. Every time I paused it, it jumped back to the beginning of the section of the tour. I spent more time trying to return to where I had paused, so I eventually gave up. That was a waste of money.
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Hi, could you email me more info at info@walkntours.com? I recently updated the app and this issue should not be a problem. Many have taken this tour recently and I've had great feedback :). Please email me, I'm happy to help. Greg @ WalknTours
Some of the building colors are different as owners changed perhaps , but new paint is not always the color noted. Also if doing with a partner, using the same account and sharing earbuds might eliminate variables heard by each individual, hubby would pause his whole walking and I kept mine going so we would have to wait up or catch up at some locations. My suggestion is if using two accounts, decide in advance to walk while it plays the whole time.
The set up is easy and the narration if great. Let’s you take a break whenever you want. I am going to look for this app whenever I travel from now on
This self.guided tour definitely enhanced our time in Salem and kept us engaged during our visit. It was easy to use and had clear directions between locations.
It was the perfect amount of information at each stop. We all learned a lot about Salem and its history.
This was a fun, family friendly experience. It gave a good amount of history, while not making it too scary for children.
Wonderful! Voice was great music and directions were great and stories were wonderful! You get to move at your own pace and avoid all the other tours that are everywhere!
Our ghost walk was amazing. We really enjoyed. The speaker was very detailed,
easy to understand and gave a spooky atmosphere. We loved it.
It was very knowledgeable and interesting. I would recommend this tour to anyone. It was easy to follow along with the narration.
It was a great way to go at your own pace and see other things on your way. It was very informative and pretty easy to follow the path to go.
We got to Salem late before Halloween and didn’t know what to do! Everything was closed after 10 even food was hard to find. This was a perfect way to spend some time with not a soul in sight. My whole group enjoyed it, it ended up taking us about an hour and a half to wrangle everyone together through the tour. I would highly recommend this tour!
Not worth it. Book an actual tour. Very hard to navigate. It is so crowded you cant hear your phone.
Response from Host, Nov 2024
October in Salem is packed and it's best to bring earbuds :). 100K plus show up per day in October, sorry you came during the peak. If you do visit any other month, it's pretty easy to navigate and mostly empty. It's too bad you could not hear the stories of each spot about the witch trials, Harry Houdini, the burial grounds, the Hocus Pocus Filming sites, and all the haunted spots. the tour never expires, so feel free to take it anytime, off season or peak :)
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