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Hocus Pocus Salem Tour: Celebrating 30th Anniversary
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162 Ratings
Salem
Join us on the Hocus Pocus Salem Tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of this beloved movie. Explore filming locations, learn about the Salem Witch Trials, and discover the history of the 'Witch City'. Book now!
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Salem Common - Salem Common is a large common green space in central Salem.
What's Included
- 2 Hour 15 Minute Hocus Pocus Walking Tour
- Visit 5 Iconic Film Locations from Disney’s Hocus Pocus
What's Not Included
- Transportation back to downtown Salem from Pioneer Village.
- Gratuity not included
Additional Information
Join us in honoring Disney’s smash hit, Hocus Pocus! With the talents of Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy shining through, Hocus Pocus has gained its status as one of the most cherished films of the 20th century. A significant part of the film was shot in Salem in 1993. We’ll take you to 5 prominent filming sites.
Additionally, along the way, we will also delve into the Salem Witch Trials, maritime history, and how Salem earned the name ‘Witch City’ among other things!
*Please note that the tour involves plenty of walking (more than 3 miles) at a brisk pace, so evaluate your physical capacity before booking. The tour can be challenging and is not suggested for people with the following conditions:
- Issues with their back, knee, or hip
- Respiratory or blood flow problems
- Heart conditions
- Recent surgical procedures
Please be informed, the tour concludes at a location different from the starting point - hence, you’ll need to arrange your own transportation back. WCWT will not provide transportation services.
The tours commence at the playground on the Salem Common. Keep an eye out for the basketball court.
- Children must be accompanied by ticketed adult
- Approximately 3 miles of strenuous walking expected during tour at a fast pace.
- Our Tours run rain or shine, we do not cancel for weather. Please wear comfortable shoes and dress accordingly..
- There is uneven terrain and parts are NOT wheelchair/scooter/stroller accessible. Please be prepared.
- Not for those with back, hip, neck, joint problems. Very fast tour and challenging terrain..
- By choosing to purchase a ticket, you and your ticketed guests will be agreeing to our liability waiver which includes a release of liability on our tours as well as a photo release.
- Dog friendly!
- We do not enter any buildings on this tour, this is an outdoor activity only.
- Tour group size may be up to 39 guests per group
- There are no public restrooms on the tour route. Please plan accordingly.
- Pioneer Village is not open on weekdays. So if you choose to book this tour on a weekday you will not gain entrance. Pioneer Village also closes during inclement weather due to muddy conditions..
Location
78 Washington Square E
Washington Square East
The tour begins at the Salem Common, near the playground. The first stop is the high school used in the filming of Hocus Pocus. From there we will walk approximately 3.2 miles and end at Pioneer Village.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(162 Ratings)
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924wilmaf
Dec 20, 2023
Salem, Massachusetts Hocus Pocus🧙🏻♀️🧹🧙🏻♀️🧹🧙🏻♀️🧹🎃 - Had a great time, this was our second year visiting Salem Massachusetts
Where the ICONIC Movie of Hocus Pocus was filmed 🎥 🧙🏻♀️🧹🧙🏻♀️🧹🧙🏻♀️🧹🎃
October 2023
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Sarahpr4542nq
Nov 2, 2023
Best Tour In Salem!! 5+ Stars! - Michael was our tour guide and he was absolutely FANTASTIC!! He was funny, informative, and super entertaining! This was our favorite tour we did in Salem! Saw all the Hocus Pocus filming spots plus extra! He took photos for all of us and gave us so much information! Love love love this tour! Cannot say enough good things! Highly recommend!!
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Bridget_s
Oct 29, 2023
Hocus Pocus - The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and friendly. The weather was amazing, 79 degrees. I would highly suggest doing this tour.
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Bezerramegan
Oct 29, 2023
Totally worth it - Guide was great. He was knowledgeable and fun. Took us to all the places and took great pics for everyone in their groups
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Ashlyn_w
Oct 29, 2023
Veronica was awesome!... - Veronica was awesome! Such a fun tour full of Hocus Pocus trivia and history of Salem. See Max and Dani’s house was the cherry on top of a fun tour!
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800jodik
Oct 29, 2023
Mykaela is the best! - This tour is everything you want. They are super knowledgeable about the historical aspects of the city as well as Hocus Pocus in general. The walk is long but they take a lot of breaks to point out sites and play trivia. Our guide Mykaela was amazing. She was hilarious and super entertaining. I highly recommend taking a tour with her.
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Alexis_f
Oct 29, 2023
Must do - They were very accommodating. They tour guide was very friendly. We had a great time. I would recommend it
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Leon_h
Oct 29, 2023
Was the walk thru salem... - Was the walk thru salem getting to know the history behind salem and the witch trials. Also seeing the houses that was filmed in the movie. The tour guide michael mas very professional and kind.took his time to take pictures of us and explained in full details of the tour.
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840marcym
Oct 29, 2023
Beautiful long walk. - Michael was wonderful. There was a lot of dead time in between seeing the homes. We did meet the former mayor who gave some history of the town.
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Tabitha_p
Oct 28, 2023
Opt for a different tour - This was honestly a huge disappointment. To be fair we did do a tour a few days ago (also witch city) and it was AMAZING, super informative and our tour guide was educated in what she was telling us. Today, was a little different. 1st our tour guide was late, punctuality is important to me especially when I am paying for a service. The tour was long, it was mostly walking and there were only 6 filming locations but it was about a 3 mile walk. This would have been better as a trolley or bus tour. At one point we stopped at a convenience store for 20 minutes…is was only 30 minutes into the tour, I just felt like it was unnecessary. Our tour guide also said some things that contradicted what our last tour guide said at the same sights, as I mentioned before, it was the same tour company. When I fact check it, it appeared that our first tour guide was correct so it was frustrating that we were now getting false information after paying good $. Our previous tour guide her name is Hillary and again, we LOVE her) also gave us more information about the Hocus Pocus sights on her History and Hauntings tour than our tour guide for our actual Hocus Pocus tour. We also went over time on the tour, as I mentioned before, punctuality is important to me so this was frustrating to me partly because it caused us to go over on our parking time and risked us getting a ticket, this wouldn’t have been the case if the tour ended on time. We also had a few members of our group that had reservations that they missed to a different sight because the tour went over.
With all of that, I opted for 2 stars because the tour guide tried, she was also patient with us as we had our twins and pushed them in their strollers throughout the entire tour. It was also hot so that could have contributed to our tour taking longer since we were all tired. She passed out candy which was fun, and she interacted with the younger kids well. She gave us goodie bags at the end, not sure if this is standard but we appreciated it.
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