Activity Overview
Salem has a fascinating history that can be fun to get to know. One great way of learning about the city while exploring its streets is to take a walking tour. Hocus Pocus Tours offer an award winning ramble around the city during which you will learn plenty about the city's long and storied history.
Things to Do
- The main tour offered by Hocus Pocus Tours is the 90 minute Hocus Pocus Tours Walking Tour. This tour will see you led around the streets of Salem by one of the family members. As you wander your guide will give you an insight into the juiciest pieces of Salem's history.
- Of course you will hear plenty about the notorious witch trails but there is a lot more to discover than that. You will also hear about the city's most famous son Nathaniel Hawthorne, the gruesome story behind the city's most well-known murder and visit sites that were used for the Hollywood film Hocus Pocus.
- Hocus Pocus Tours also offer another novel way of getting to know the history of Salem. Their Salem by Cell tour allows you to guide yourself around the streets with informative audio that you can listen to from your cell phone. 45 stops are included with about 80 minutes of recorded material. This makes a good option if you can't make one of the walking tours or if you prefer to get to know a place at your own speed.
Hocus Pocus Tours Insider Tips
- The tour group for the walking tour gathers at the Essex Street entrance of the Museum Place Mall. Hocus Pocus Tours make it very clear that you should be here not later than fifteen minutes before the start time of the tour.
