Bewitched Walking Tour of Salem is an evening guided walk through downtown Salem, Massachusetts, run by Bewitched Walking Tours and booking from $35 per person at our July 30, 2026 check. The listing's own copy gave the length as about 1 hour 40 minutes on July 28, 2026, while its structured duration field read 2 hours on July 30. No clock time was published.
The operator says its guide is licensed by the City of Salem and claims a 2024 Viator Experiences Rising Star Award; we verified neither independently. It rates 4.9 across 1,943 reviews, and it suits people who need wheelchair or stroller access, or who want to bring a dog.
| Detail | What the listing shows |
|---|---|
| From price | $35 per person (checked July 30, 2026) |
| Duration | About 1 hour 40 minutes per the listing copy on July 28, 2026. The structured field read 2 hours on July 30. |
| Departures | Evening, per the operator. No clock time verified. |
| Minimum age | None stated. Ages 8 and up pay the adult rate, 0 to 7 the child rate. |
| Group size | Up to 40 travelers. Mid-pack for Salem, where banked caps run 15 to 300. |
| Accessibility | Wheelchair and stroller accessible, dogs allowed, per the listing. |
| Cancellation | Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead. Other Salem listings we banked are non-refundable, so read each one. |
| Route | Not verified. The operator claims more than a dozen stops; the structured itinerary holds one entry and names none. |
| Rating | 4.9 from 1,943 Viator reviews (checked July 30, 2026), fourth-largest count of the eighteen Salem products we banked |
| Operator | Bewitched Walking Tours. We do not run this tour. |
What you will see
The listing does not publish a route. The operator's copy claims more than a dozen stops, but the structured itinerary carries a single entry and names nothing, so we cannot tell you where this walk goes. What follows is the documented history of the downtown Salem ground any evening walk here crosses, not a claim about this tour's stops.
Start with a correction. The 1692 executions did not happen at the summit of Gallows Hill, which is where Charles Upham placed them in 1867 while flagging his own siting as a guess. Nineteen convicted people were hanged at Proctor's Ledge, a rock outcrop between Pope and Proctor streets at the base of the hill. The Gallows Hill Project announced that identification on January 12, 2016, resting on Rebecca Eames' testimony of August 19, 1692 that she stood at the house below the hill, plus Sidney Perley's 1921 deed research (Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive; Boston Globe). Salem dedicated the Proctor's Ledge Memorial on July 19, 2017, the 325th anniversary of the July 19, 1692 hangings: nineteen inscribed stones and one white oak, by landscape architect Martha Lyon (WBUR). No bodies or graves are documented there, ground radar found none in the shallow soil, and no gallows or hanging tree is recorded. Nobody was burned at the stake, and Giles Corey was pressed to death, so he is not among the nineteen. It is a residential street now, and the city asks visitors to keep it quiet.
Twenty granite benches ring the Salem Witch Trials Memorial at 24 Liberty Street, each naming one victim with the date and manner of death. Twenty benches against nineteen hangings, because Giles Corey is counted. Maggie Smith and James Cutler designed it, Arthur Miller presented the design on November 14, 1991, and Elie Wiesel dedicated it on August 5, 1992 (Salem State University Archives; Voices Against Injustice). Nobody is buried in it. The memorial adjoins the Burying Point on Charter Street rather than sitting inside it, and no victim of 1692 lies in that ground either: it holds the men who sent them, including magistrate John Hathorne, buried there in 1717. The earliest reference to the cemetery is a town record of 1637, the oldest surviving stone is Doraty Cromwell's from 1673, and it entered the National Register on March 10, 1975 under reference 75000294 (City of Salem). It is one of the oldest burying grounds in the country.
The Witch House at 310 1/2 Essex Street is named for a judge, not a witch. Nobody accused lived there and no trial or examination was held in it. It was the home of Jonathan Corwin, who bought it unfinished in 1675, sat on the Court of Oyer and Terminer that heard the 1692 cases, and died in the house in 1718 (HABS No. MA-398). The building people photograph is not quite the one he knew: it was moved about 35 feet in the winter of 1945, and the exterior is a 1940s restoration, so it stands off its 1692 footprint. It has been a museum since 1948 (Salem Public Library).
Who it suits
This is an evening walk of roughly an hour and 40 minutes with a group of up to 40, and its real advantage is access: the listing records wheelchair and stroller access and allows dogs, where five of the twelve Salem tours in our comparison table list no wheelchair access.
- Skip it if you want a published route before booking. The listing names no stop.
- Skip it if you want a small group. The cap is 40, where one banked Salem walk caps at 15 and another at 25.
- Skip it if price decides. At $35 it is above every banked Salem guided walk except two at $36.
How it compares
Two Salem walks match this one at 4.9 and publish their stops. History and Hauntings of Salem Guided Walking Tour from Witch City Walking Tours is $36 for 2 hours 15 minutes, names nine stops, and rests on 15,335 reviews, the largest corpus in our Salem research. Salem Voodoo, Vampires, and Ghosts Guided Walking Tour from Spellbound Tours is $28 for 1 hour 30 minutes across 2,000 reviews, itemizes twelve stops, caps at the same 40, and carries the same wheelchair, stroller and pet access. For daylight, the Salem witch trials historical walking tour departs at 10 am, 1 pm and 4 pm, but rates 4.2 across 790 reviews and is not wheelchair accessible.
The case for this one is a 4.9 across a large sample, paired with access several Salem walks do not offer. The case against it is a price near the top of the field and no route you can read in advance. For the wider field, see Salem ghost tours compared and the best ghost tours in Salem.
Questions people ask
How much is it and how long does it run?
From $35 per person at our July 30, 2026 check. The listing copy said about 1 hour 40 minutes on July 28, 2026, while the structured field read 2 hours two days later. Confirm both when you book.
Which stops does it visit?
The operator's copy claims more than a dozen. The structured itinerary carries one entry and names no stop, so we cannot print a route. Ask the operator if a specific site is why you are going.
Can I cancel?
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead, the same terms all twelve Salem tours in our comparison table carried at our check. Several other Salem listings we banked are non-refundable.
Is it accessible, and can I bring a dog?
The listing records wheelchair and stroller access and allows dogs. Five of the twelve Salem tours in our comparison table list no wheelchair access. Salem's brick sidewalks are uneven regardless.
Can children come?
Ages 8 and up pay the adult rate and 0 to 7 the child rate. No minimum age is stated, so ask the operator if you are bringing a very young child.
Where did the 1692 executions actually happen?
At Proctor's Ledge, at the base of Gallows Hill, confirmed by the Gallows Hill Project in January 2016, not the summit. Nineteen were hanged there, nobody was burned at the stake, and Giles Corey was pressed to death.
