Self Guided Audio Tour 'Hawthorne's Haunts' Haunted Walking Tour Salem is an app, not a walk with a person. Nobody meets you, there is no group and there is no guide: you follow the WalknTours audio on your own phone past nine named Salem addresses, four of them flagged pass-by, over about 55 minutes. It books from $5 per person at our August 3, 2026 check, and its private-tour flag is a per-party app artifact rather than a private guide. The number to handle carefully is the rating. It is 4.8, and it rests on six reviews. Six is not a sample, so we print the score only with its base beside it, and we keep this listing out of every Salem table, count, average, price band and best-of on this site. The listing flags it not wheelchair accessible, and the single booking band runs 14 to 120, so nobody under 14 can be booked.
| Detail | What the listing shows |
|---|---|
| From price | $5 per person (checked August 3, 2026) |
| Duration | 55 minutes (checked August 3, 2026) |
| Format | Self-guided audio on your own phone through the WalknTours app. No guide, no group and no meeting point. The private-tour flag is a per-party app artifact. |
| When | No departure. Our July 30, 2026 pass records availability as Monday to Sunday, 12:00 AM to 11:30 PM, logged as opening hours, which is the self-guided pattern rather than a start time. |
| Route | Nine entries as the listing names them, four flagged pass-by (checked July 30, 2026): the Hawthorne Hotel, Salem Common, the Salem Witch Museum (pass-by), St. Peter's-San Pedro Episcopal Church, the Historic Gardner-Pingree House (pass-by), the Bung Hole Liquor Store, the Custom House (pass-by), Mercy Tavern and the Morning Glory Bed and Breakfast (pass-by). |
| Ages | A single booking band running 14 to 120 (checked July 30, 2026). No child, youth or infant band, so nobody under 14 can be booked. |
| Group size | Not captured. Sold as a private tour, so each purchase is its own party. |
| Accessibility | Not wheelchair accessible, per the listing's own field (checked July 30, 2026) |
| Included | App access, and no guide. No phone-sharing allowance was captured for this listing, so we state none. |
| Cancellation | Free cancellation flagged at our August 3, 2026 check. The exact window was not captured, so confirm it before you pay. |
| Rating | 4.8 from 6 Viator reviews (checked August 3, 2026). Six reviews is not a usable sample: we never rank this listing, never fold it into a Salem count or price band, and never present the 4.8 as social proof. |
| Not captured | Maximum group size, meeting point, end point, weather policy, confirmation timing and stroller access. We print none of them. |
| Operator | WalknTours. We do not run this tour. |
Who it suits
Independent walkers who want an hour on their own schedule and would rather not book a guide. The angle is what makes it worth a look: the route is built around Nathaniel Hawthorne's Salem rather than around 1692, and it is the only Salem listing we track that names the Hawthorne Hotel, Salem Common, the Custom House or Mercy Tavern. Nothing on it is entered either. The Gardner-Pingree House, the Custom House and the Salem Witch Museum each have their own admission arrangements, none is included, and all three are flagged pass-by in any case.
Skip it if you want a live storyteller, a group or an answer to a question. Skip it if anyone is under 14, or if a step-free route matters. And treat the 4.8 as an early number rather than a verdict, because it rests on six reviews. For guided walks with published routes and real review bases, see our haunted Salem guide.
Questions people ask
Is there a guide?
No. It is a self-guided smartphone audio tour that you start and follow yourself. Our July 30, 2026 pass records daily availability from 12:00 AM to 11:30 PM rather than a departure time.
What does it cover?
Nine points, four of them flagged pass-by, built around Hawthorne's Salem: the Hawthorne Hotel, Salem Common, the Salem Witch Museum, St. Peter's-San Pedro Episcopal Church, the Gardner-Pingree House, the Bung Hole Liquor Store, the Custom House, Mercy Tavern and the Morning Glory Bed and Breakfast.
Is it accessible, and what ages can book?
The listing flags it not wheelchair accessible, and the single booking band runs 14 to 120, so nobody under 14 can be booked on it.
