Ghost tours, fright-inducing walk tours through Washington DC mixed with the spirit of Halloween is sure to make for memories worth remembering!
Travel Mail Desk: Check out these frightfully fun walking tours in Washington DC, to celebrate and honour the spookiest of holidays in the Halloween week.
DC By Foot: Ghosts of Georgetown & White House Ghost Tours
Georgetown is perhaps DC’s most historic neighbourhood, and DC by Foot brings out the darker side of this history with two awesome tours. Ghosts of Georgetown takes you behind the symbols of the past that shroud the area, revealing the ghosts and spirits that have called Georgetown home for hundreds of years.
This tour is free
UC Places: Georgetown Ghosts, Murder and Mayhem Self-Guided Walking Tour
Let the phone be your tour-guide with this free and fun walking tour of Georgetown through UC Places. Haunted mansions, bridges, graveyards, haunted movie sites, murder crime scenes, ghost stories, giant flesh eating worms and cupcakes – all in one tour! Georgetown Ghosts, Murder and Mayhem has a little bit of everything. To take the free tour, just download the UCPlaces app, choose the tour and use earphones/headphones to hear the guide clearly during the tour.
Nightly Spirits: DC & Alexandria Ghost Tours
Nightly Spirits is a go-to for creepy, alcohol-accented tours, and this edition brings you to an area chock-full of history: Old Town Alexandria. Enjoy the small-town vibe, as stories and anecdotes will be shared at pit stops throughout the city during the 2.5-hour tour. You’ll have time to grab a pint in the quaint, intimate bars and still learn about the haunted places and buildings that populate Old Town.
The tour is priced at INR 1,835 and can be booked on the website
Soul Strolls: Twilight Tours at Congressional Cemetery
Once twilight dawns during Halloween season, you can join a creepy tour of Congressional Cemetery, which holds its own ghostly residents. Soul Strolls will reveal stories of people buried at the cemetery through guided tours led by costumed interpreters. This tour is spread over 4 nights and will have plenty of chances for you to get the Halloween chills.
This tour is priced at INR 1,100
Fiat Luxe Tours: Haunted and Historic Georgetown
Fiat Luxe tours provide some private expeditions that you can book at your convenience to take a journey which is sure to leave you spooked. The Haunted and Historic Georgetown tour will dive deep into the creepy past of one of DC’s oldest neighbourhoods. You’ll see the steps from The Exorcist, the eerie Oak Hill Cemetery, the Old Stone House and much more. There’s a secret souvenir in store at the end of the tour, so you’ll be rewarded for withstanding the scares.
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