Ghost Tours of Newport

Ghost Tours of Newport

Ghost Tours of Newport
4.5
Ghost & Vampire ToursWalking ToursNight Tours
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Monday
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Tuesday
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Wednesday
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Thursday
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Friday
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Saturday
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Sunday
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
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Newport, Rhode Island's most popular walking tour where you will discover the ghosts,ghouls and legends of this haunted city by the sea!
Newport, United States

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Daria F
3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2023
This was my 2nd visit to Ghost Tours of Newport! Both times were GREAT! I was able to snap pictures of ghosts both times. This time was more impressive. Richard who was our tour guide was fantastic. He spoke loud enough for everyone to hear, answered all our questions and provide some humor along the way. I would highly recommend going on this tour if you are in Neport! :)
Written 10 April 2023
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Cheryl W
Bristol, CT70 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022
Our tour guide was excellent. Our group included people from young children to senior citizens, and our guide included everyone in the questions and discussion. While presenting the stories with theatrical flare, she was careful to be true to historical fact and welcomed others' viewpoints. She kept everyone safe and maintained her poise when some "locals" attempted to disrupt her stories. We have previously been on Ghost Walks in different historic sites and enjoyed this one very much.
Written 4 August 2022
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Heather H
Middletown, CT1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
July 2022 • Family
We had an awesome time! Richard was an AMAZING tour guide--he was engaging, witty, charming, detailed, and extremely knowledgeable! This was my first time in Newport and the tour took us through both spooky paths and beautiful areas, and the stories were interesting and entertaining! Richard told great stories that were the perfect mix of really cool history and creepy ghostly tales and even shared pictures of actual ghost sittings. Richard made the entire tour, we didn’t spot any ghosts but that was okay. My family and I really enjoyed our time out there exploring and I hope all of you are lucky enough to catch his tour in the future! It is totally worth it!
Written 22 July 2022
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Elo R
Hamilton, Bermuda5 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
July 2020
I usually love a good walking tour but the group for this tour was far too big at around 40 people. We were a bit confused by this as their website clearly stated groups would be limited to 15 due to Covid. The tour guide was knowledgeable and enthusiastic but the pacing of the tour was totally thrown off by the guide’s attempt to show laminated photos of supposed ghosts to all 40 people. This necessitated a lot of standing around waiting. She was also keen for everyone to take photos but this meant people kept showing her their shots which again slowed the pace of the tour. By the last stop we couldn’t wait for it to be over. At $20pp I would give this one a miss and just stroll about historic Newport on your own after dark.
Written 23 July 2020
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Jennifer A
North Providence, RI61 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020 • Couples
We went on this tour on a Monday and it was so overcrowded we couldn’t hear the guide most of the time. We went into “blood alley” where our guide spoke to a 6 year old spirit named Henry with dowsing rods. It was absurd. Clearly a ghost doesn’t wait around for a tour to play trained pony whenever asked. Also, the temperature reading on the church from the sidewalk to 50 feet in the air was equally ridiculous. I did enjoy the history of the tour. There are enough sad stories in Newport without having to stoop to theatrics. Would not recommend.
Written 11 August 2020
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Jen S
1 contribution
3.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2022 • Friends
I wish the stories that were told were more authoritative and rooted in actual history. I felt like this tour guide, who is very theatrical, could’ve just made up many of the stories. Her accounts had that air. Also I wasn’t as interested in photos of orbs and mist. I’ve been on ghost tours elsewhere that just seemed more thoughtfully put together.
Written 15 May 2022
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Ashley B
3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
June 2022
We had an awesome time! Jeff was an AMAZING tour guide-- I want to give him a huge shout out because apparently it was his very first tour, and I couldn't believe that when I heard it. He was engaging, witty, charming, detailed, warm and extremely knowledgeable! The tour took us through both spooky paths and beautiful areas, and the stories were interesting and entertaining! They were the perfect mix of really cool history and creepy ghostly tales. :) Jeff made the entire tour, and I hope all of you are lucky enough to catch his tour in the future!
Written 30 June 2022
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Rachel V
3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022 • Couples
This tour was an excellent historical tour of Newport. It not only included stories of ghosts in the city but also the history of many of the events and locations. Our guide, John Brennan, was amazing and so knowledgeable! We had so much fun and would definitely recommend this tour.
Written 9 October 2022
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triciamg2016
Rochester, NY32 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2022
Ghost tours of Newport was very enjoyable for the most part. The guide was very friendly and entertaining. He also had a great projecting voice. The one thing that got a little annoying was that people were encouraged to take photos throughout the tour and show them to the guide for his opinion on whether they captured evidence of a ghost presence. With 30 people on the tour there was a constant stream of people wanting to show their images and get an opinion. Between this and the guide taking the temperature of every building we stopped at, I felt it disrupted the flow of the tour. I prefer to spend the entirety of the tour hearing the history and folklore without all the "ghost hunting" throughout the tour.
Written 22 April 2022
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TC
1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
June 2022 • Family
I have been on many ghost tours over the years. I found this one to be lacking. The stories were not really detailed enough. I left several of the sites wondering what the point of the story was. It seems that in lieu of stories the guide had pictures purporting ghostly orbs or figures at the sites but there weren’t stories of events that happened there to justify the “hauntings” in the pictures. I felt the pictures and thermometer reading made it silly and clearly fake. More research needs to be done about the sites so that the stories are better. Even if people don’t believe in ghosts, they like the historical stories. Finally, the tour should end where it begins like every other ghost tour does. I wish I had passed on this one.
Written 19 June 2022
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