The Best Ghost Tour in St. Augustine
St. Augustine ghost tours compared in October 2026: the Ghosts & Gravestones trolley, walking ghost tours, haunted and true-crime pub crawls, the Old Jail after dark.
St. Augustine sells itself as the nation’s oldest city, and after dark it sells the ghosts that come with four and a half centuries of history. There are trolleys, lantern walks, pub crawls and paranormal nights. Here is how they compare, with prices checked in October 2026.
St. Augustine ghost tours, compared
| Tour | Length | Style | Ages | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghosts and Gravestones Old Town Trolley Tour | 80 minutes | Trolley, with two indoor stops | Rated PG-13; under-12s with an adult | $37 |
| A Walking Ghost Tour | 1.5 hours | Walking storytelling tour; equipment for rent | Not restricted | $30 |
| Haunted Pub Crawl Walking Tour with a Guide | 2.5 hours | Haunted pub crawl | 21+ | $30 |
| True Crime Guided Pub Crawl | 2 hours | True-crime pub crawl, 0.9 miles | 21+ | $35 |
| The St. Augustine Old Jail Museum Guided Tour | 1 or 2.5 hours | Old Jail tour, with an After Dark paranormal option | Paranormal option 13+ | $19 |
| Torture Museum, Ghost Hunt, & Tiny Art Tickets | Self-paced | Torture museum with a ghost-hunting app | Not recommended under 18 | $25 |
What is the scariest ghost tour in St. Augustine?
The trolley is the most theatrical: its operator says it is the only ghost tour that goes inside two of the city’s most haunted buildings, and a dark interior is more unsettling than any story told on a street corner. For investigation rather than theatre, the Old Jail’s After Dark paranormal option runs two and a half hours. The walking tours lean on storytelling and history, and the pub crawls are as much a night out as a fright.
Which one should you book?
Ghosts and Gravestones Old Town Trolley Tour
Two indoor stops, the Old Jail and both old cemeteries in 80 minutes, by trolley.
Check dates →Haunted Pub Crawl Walking Tour with a Guide
A guided crawl through the old city's most storied pubs, with a souvenir at the end.
Check dates →A Walking Ghost Tour
Ninety minutes of storytelling from the cemeteries to the Castillo, starting on St. George Street.
Check dates →Prices, ratings and review counts as listed on GetYourGuide in October 2026, not a quote: they change with the season and the date you pick.
The Ghosts & Gravestones trolley (4.4 from 433 reviews, from $37 (GetYourGuide, checked October 2026)) is the safest bet for a first ghost tour here. Its Ghost Host covers the Old Jail, which the operator calls the town’s most haunted building, and the Huguenot and Tolomato cemeteries, with a stop inside Potter’s Wax Museum. Changes are not possible within 24 hours of the tour, so book the evening you are sure of.
What the trolley adds over a walk is access: the two indoor stops are places a walking tour cannot take you, and you cover more of the old city in less time.
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The pub crawls
The Ghost Augustine haunted pub crawl (4.7 from 12 reviews, from $30 (GetYourGuide, checked October 2026)) meets inside the Heritage Walk mall on St. George Street and visits several pubs, telling each one’s ghost story; drinks are paid as you go. The True Crime pub crawl (4.2 from 57 reviews, from $35 (GetYourGuide, checked October 2026)) swaps ghosts for real cases from the city’s records. Both are 21+.
Where the tours start
The haunted pub crawl meets inside the Heritage Walk mall at 162 St. George Street. The walking ghost tour starts at 12 St. George Street, next to the oldest wooden schoolhouse, a few minutes on foot from the Huguenot and Tolomato cemeteries and the Castillo de San Marcos.
Before you choose, read the stories in the most haunted places in St. Augustine. Travelling with children? See ghost tours for families.
Ghosts & Gravestones: the St. Augustine ghost trolley
Eighty minutes by trolley through the dark side of the old city, past the Old Jail and the old cemeteries, with a stop inside Potter's Wax Museum.
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