Salem Witch Trials: Insightful Boston Day Tour
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26 Ratings
Boston
Uncover the dark history of the Salem Witch Trials on a day trip from Boston. Explore the sites where the hysteria unfolded and learn about the events that drove a quiet community to the brink of madness.
Duration:
7 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Long Wharf - Board the Salem Ferry and sail past the Boston Harbor Islands, along the coast of the North Shore, where you’ll dock in Salem.
What's Included
- Local English-speaking guide
- Entrance to the Salem Witch Museum
- Expertly guided walking tour
- Round-trip Ferry tickets from Boston-Salem
What's Not Included
- Hotel Pick-up/Drop-off
- Gratuities
- Lunch
Additional Information
Salem, Massachusetts: once a peaceful, unassuming Puritan village that was disrupted with strange occurrences causing fear of witchcraft and leading the community to shatter under the strain.
Famous for the notorious 1692 Witch Trials, Salem presents a singular chance to explore the real events in the very location where the tales unfolded. Journey through eight important locations and understand what pushed the normally rational villagers to complete madness on this well-orchestrated day excursion from Boston.
Location
1 Long Wharf
Long Wharf
Meet your guide 30 minutes before tour start at the City Cruises terminal at 1 Long Wharf in Boston. Ferry terminals are located between Boston Marriot Long Wharf Hotel and New England Aquarium. The City Cruises ticket booth is identified with signage and your guide will be holding a Walks sign.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(26 Ratings)
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Mjp13126
Oct 15, 2023
Fun and informative! - Our guide Jason was great! He was waiting for us with a sign, when we exited the ferry in Salem. He kept the tour fun and was very knowledgeable! There was a total of 12 people taking the tour. It was nice not having to worry about parking, by taking the ferry. Highly recommend! (The only issue those of us on this tour had, was when we tried to board the ferry at our return time. Our tickets wouldn't scan, so we had to go over to the building and the ferry personnel gave us comp tickets, to board)
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Jennifer_t
Sep 20, 2023
A great introduction to Salem - The tour was brilliant. It was well paced and covered a broad amount of information. Jason was well informed and entertained us the whole time.
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Conrad_t
Sep 7, 2023
Was very informative. Enjoyed walking through Salem - The history of Salem...Great job with visualization of history and mannequins that described the historical reenactment.
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Carolyn_p
Sep 6, 2023
Very Nice tour of Salem - Starting with the ferry to Salem, we enjoyed our journey. Our Salem guide was very knowledgeable. It was very hot and Jason found us ways to find the most shade as we were walking around to see the most sites in a short time. Loved Salem.
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Sandy_w
Sep 6, 2023
Excellent - We enjoyed the tour guide. He was very knowledgeable. The ferry where we boarded they gave us the wrong area- it needed to be more it was not between the Aquarium and hotel. Salem was great.
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Karin_d
Sep 6, 2023
Our guide! British... - Our guide! British gentlemen was wonderful. He made walking down a boring little ally with smelly trash adventurous. He was great and kind.
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Katlyn_p
Oct 25, 2023
Great Experience - Jason was AMAZING! Couldn’t have asked for a better guide. The Ferry was a great experience, tour through Salem was even better. Learned so much and had a great time.
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Janiceplant
Sep 12, 2023
Grest trip - Loved all of it but need to specify meeting at No. 5 at the Salem Ferry instead of 1 Long Wharf. Our guide JASON we perfect.
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Stephen_a
Sep 6, 2023
The tour was good! The... - The tour was good! The guide seemed very knowledgeable.
The museum was not what I would consider a museum and not what I expected
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Diann
Sep 8, 2023
Disappointing Tour - The tour was not worth the money for what we got. The Witch Museum was good but I was also expecting a tour ( or at least walk by) the Rhodes Mansion. Also to have time to go into candy store . Also expecting a tour of the House of the 7 Gables…. Very misleading. However our tour guide Jason was great and I rate him a 5. Whoevet planned this tour doesn’t know how to. We had to miss the last 2 exhibits ( stops) due to my husbands bladder cancer he contracted by serving his country in Vietnam ( thanks Agent Orange) I would appreciate a partial refund
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