Historic Overview of Salem Walking Tour | 1 hour 30 minutes

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Historic Overview of Salem Walking Tour
2 Adults x $30.00
$60.00
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$60.00

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Guide uses an amplifier so everyone can hear the Salem History
  • 90 minute Historic Salem Walking Tour
  • Local and Professional Guide
  • Hear tales of Maritime and Revolutionary significance.
  • We visit locations that have compelling history unknown to many locals
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel Pick-Up/Drop-Off
  • No food and drink offered, but snacks available for purchase

Overview

The witch trials made Salem infamous, but there’s so much more. Explore Salem’s critical role in the American Revolution, how it led the great Age of Sail, and all about the many important and famous people who’ve called Salem home. Experience as much of Salem's history as possible in our 90 minute tour. We'll discuss a little bit of everything, including the 1692 Witchcraft Trials, the Great Age of Sail, revolutionary history, inventors, famous visitors, TV & Movies shot here and more.The United States just wouldn’t be the same without Salem.

Meeting points

We are part of the pedestrian walkway downtown at the corner of Essex and Central Streets. We are next to Emporium 32 and across from the New England Dog Biscuit Company. Look for our purple sign.

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Return Location: Returns to downtown Salem area. Tour Guide can help direct you to where you want to go.

Itinerary

  • Salem Historical Tours & Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour

    Discover why Salem is the true birthplace of the United States of America with the best history tour in the city. Explore over four centuries of Salem’s remarkable history from its illustrious founding in 1626, to its place as a thriving 21st Century city. The witch trials made Salem infamous, but there’s so much more. Explore Salem’s critical role in the American Revolution, how it led the great Age of Sail, and all about the many important and famous people who’ve called Salem home. The United States just wouldn’t be the same without Salem. The guide will go to as many locations as possible.

    5 minutes

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    Salem has plenty of revolutionary history. You'll visit the location where local revolutionaries met to discuss plans for a potential war with England.

    5 minutes

  • Old Burying Point Cemetery

    Visit the oldest cemetery in Salem and one of the oldest in the country. Dating back to 1637, the cemetery is the resting place of many of the Puritans, including judges John Hathorne and Bartholomew Gedney, Nathaniel Mather, Samuel McIntire, Simon Forrester, Richard Derby and more

    10 minutes

  • Salem Witch Trials Memorial

    Visit the Salem Witchcraft Trials memorial dedicated to the 20 people executed during the hysteria in 1692. THe memorial has a bench for each person that includes name, date of execution and form of execution. The memorial has a lot of symbolism.

    5 minutes

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    Lyceum Hall, home to Turner's Seafood, has significance to the witchcraft trials and additional history. Bridget Bishop, the first woman executed for witchcraft in 1692, lived on the grounds. In 1877, Alexander Graham Bell performed the first public demonstration of the telephone here.

    5 minutes

  • Salem Old Town Hall

    We will discuss Salem's incredible maritime history that began right after the American Revolution. From 1790-1812, Salem was the richest port in the country. Elias Haskett Derby became America's first millionaire in 1793. Portions of Hocus Pocus were filmed at the site as well. And Harry Houdini was put in the jail across the street. He wasn't under arrest, but the police chief wanted to see if Harry could break out of the new jail cell.

    10 minutes

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    Hear a story about George Corwin, the high sheriff of the 1692 Witchcraft Trials, who lived on the grounds where the building now sits. In addition, George Washington visited Salem and stayed in a room in the hotel that is today called the Washington Room. And Amelia Earhart taught English in the Salem Commercial School just one block away.

    10 minutes

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    Rockafellas is in a building that was the fourth location of the first church. The second location was there too. In addition, the Town House Square building was on that spot and that has revolutionary history. Massachusetts was basically declared a state on those grounds. A local congress of representatives met there before going to Ipswich, Concord and finally the continental congress in Philadelphia.

    10 minutes

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    Samantha Stevens of the TV Show Bewitched is in Lappin Park. A handful of episodes of the show were shot here in Salem. The best part is that her statue sits on land that was owned by the hanging Judge John Hathorne. How ironic that a witch sits on his former property.

    5 minutes

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    Before the YMCA was here, Mrs. Brown had a home here with a famous border. That was Alexander Graham Bell. He lived at the home, educated her grandson and then would take the train to Boston to teach at Boston University. He also had an attic laboratory where he worked on the telephone.

    5 minutes

  • The Witch House at Salem

    The Witch House is the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin. It was built in the 1660s and Corwin bought it in 1675. No witches lived here but it is the last home in Salem with direct ties to the 1692 Witchcraft Trials.

    5 minutes

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    Leslie's Retreat happened here at the North Bridge as 140 redcoats led by Colonel Leslie tried to cross the river to take weapons and cannons on the other side. Several colonists stopped them by pulling up the draw bridge. No shots were fired, but the British left empty handed. This preceded Lexington and Concord by two months.

    5 minutes

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Additional Info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
  • Parking available in garages on New Liberty, Bridge, and Congress Streets
  • Parking available in lots at Church Street, Front Street, and Klopp Alley. Metered parking near us. Use Passport Smart Phone App for meters. Bus parking available on New Derby Street and Hawthorne Boulevard.
  • Tour departs at 12 pm. Check in 15-20 minutes before your tour time at Salem Historical Tours office, located at 8 Central Street
  • Traffic and parking can be very difficult and October is much worse with "LA Level" traffic.
  • Our public walking tours can pose challenges for participants with mobility and accessibility concerns. Tours are 90 minutes long and about one mile in length. Each participant must be able to complete the one-mile tour within 90 minutes, providing for frequent stops to view sites and for information from the tour guide. As Salem is a historical city, there are narrow and uneven sidewalks, bricks, cobblestones, and stairs. During events and festivals (and particularly October), with crowds and street vendors, the streets can become difficult to navigate.

Free Cancellation

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  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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56 reviews

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Reviews by TravelOne travelers

Showing 1-5 of 41 reviews with 5 stars

Amazing tour!

Published on Oct, 2024

My husband and I absolutely loved this tour! Our tour guide Bob was very informative and kept it really fun. We learned so much. It was the highlight to our trip to Salem.

Brilliant!

Published on Oct, 2024

Enjoyed the whole experience thanks to a guide with a dry sense of humour who was knowledgeable and clearly proud of his town and its history.

Don’t do it!

Published on Oct, 2024

We were very disappointed in the walking tour. Our tour guide – otherwise no the Stanley did not seem to be very into the tour. Telling us we’re not going to places because it was too busy. And then we really didn’t see anything any kept telling us after the tour you can go see it and we felt that that was the whole point of the tour. I would give it a zero. We actually left early because we are so unhappy.

Amazing Tour Guide!

Published on Sep, 2024

The best part of the tour was our guide. Donald was extremely knowledgeable and friendly. He knew so much, there wasn't enough time on the tour!

Historical insight

Published on Sep, 2024

Stash gave us an excellent tour of the town’s interesting site with historical depth and insight. He was quick to respond and tailor his talk to our interests

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