Tours in Salem, MA

Fame of Salem

• For people who like sailing, or being out on the water, a trip on the Fame of Salem would be ideal. The ship is a full-scale replica of a privateer from the War of 1812, and takes passengers on one- hour and 45-minute tours of Salem Sound from May through October. During the tour, passengers will learn about the maritime history of Salem, including fishermen, privateers and pirates.

  Fame of Salem
  Pennant Enterprises Inc.
  73 Middleton Road
  Boxford, MA 01921
  (978) 729-7600 voice
  schoonerfame.com

Witch City Tour

• Any trip to Salem wouldn't be complete without a tour that covered the infamous Salem Witch Trials. The Salem Witch Museum offers exhibits on witches and on the trials, and visitors can tour Salem and the nearby towns, such as Danvers, Beverly, Wenham, North Andover and Boston, to explore their part in the trials, and see sites, such as original houses and gravesites from the witch trial era.

  Salem Witch Museum
  Washington Square North
  Salem, MA 01970
  (978) 744-1692
  salemwitchmuseum.com

Salem Witchcraft and CemeteryTour

• Another tour that recognizes Salem's past as the center of the 1692 witchcraft trials is the Salem Witchcraft and Cemetery Tour. Visitors will learn about voodoo, and how it was involved in the mass hysteria that led to the witch trials, as well as a background on the trials themselves, and the people involved. The tour also goes to the Old Burying Point Cemetery, where Giles Corey was pressed to death (the only person convicted of witchcraft not to be hung). Other topics covered on the tour include the symbolism of engravings on the gravestones.

  Salem Witchcraft and Cemetery Tour
  192 Essex Street
  Salem, MA 01970
  (978) 745-0138
  salemweb.com/guide/tours.php

Salem Night Ghost Walking Tour

• In addition to tours centered on witchcraft, visitors can also take a tour of Salem's haunted past. They will hear stories of suicide, murder, ghosts and accidents as they walk the streets of Salem. The Night Ghost Walking Tour goes to the Old Salem Jail, Howard Street Cemetery, Old Burying Point, The Witch Memorial and the Hawthorne Hotel.

  Salem Night Ghost Tour
  127 Essex Street
  Salem, MA 01970
  (978) 741-1170
  hauntedhappeningssalem.com/Walking_Tours.html