Before You Book: Ghost Tour FAQ For St. Augustine
Eleven tours sit in this comparison: four walking ghost tours, three paranormal investigations, four trolley, cart and pub crawl options. The answers below stick to the practical: what each tour costs, how long it runs, where it meets and how free cancellation works.
How This Comparison Site Works
Are you a tour operator?
No. We compare, we do not guide. Every tour listed here belongs to its operator, outfits such as A Ghostly Encounter, GhoSt Augustine and Historic Tours of America, and each keeps its own guides, routes and stories (see Trolley Tour Worth It?). Sort the lineup by rating, duration or category, then follow any link to the live booking page when a tour fits. Booking, vouchers, start points and refunds are all handled there.
Where do the ratings come from?
The ratings and review counts here are the booking platforms' own published figures, the same numbers each live listing displays. A Ghostly Encounter's 4.7 across 2484 reviews and the Ghosts and Gravestones trolley's 4.2 across 1174 reviews match the listings exactly. Prices move. They shift with date and option, so every card sends you to the live booking page for the figure that actually counts.
How did these tours make the cut?
A tour earns a card only if it is real, bookable, and genuinely run in St. Augustine. Eleven cleared it across three categories: four walks, three ghost hunts, and four trolley, cart, and pub tours. Near-duplicate mirrors of a product already listed stay off, and so do listings with no reviews yet. No operator pays to appear or to rank higher.
What Tours Cost And How Long They Run
How much does a ghost tour here cost?
Prices vary by tour, date, and option, so this page quotes no figures. The live listing shows what you would actually pay. What is fixed is the policy: every one of the eleven tours here comes with free cancellation. That holds across walking tours, ghost hunts, and the trolley and pub options alike.
How long do the tours run?
Most tours here run between one and two hours. The three ghost hunts all run a full two, as do both pub crawls. The Ghosts and Gravestones trolley packs into 1 hour 20 minutes, and Wraiths of the Watchtower wraps in a single hour. The longest is Horrible Hauntings at 2.5 hours.
Where do tours meet?
Each tour on this page is run by a separate operator, so the meeting point differs from listing to listing. Rather than one shared departure spot, you get whatever address the operator has chosen. The live booking page carries the current address and directions, and if an operator moves the start, that is where the change appears. Aiming to arrive a little ahead of the stated start time keeps the check-in easy.
Do any tours include drinks?
Most do not. Spirits with the Spirits is the only listing here that names drinks as included; anywhere else, figure on buying your own.
What if I need to cancel?
Yes. All eleven tours on this page carry free cancellation on their listings. The exact cutoff is set by each operator, so check it on the live booking page before you book.
When do tours depart?
Tour times are set operator by operator, and since ghost tours trade on darkness, departures are generally evening ones, with running times from one hour to two and a half. No one calendar covers all eleven tours; each listing shows its own dates and start times. If your date is set, choose your time when you book.
Costs And Times
How do I choose a ghost tour?
A Ghostly Encounter has the deepest track record, 4.7 from 2,484 reviews. Horrible Hauntings sits at 4.9 across 32. The golf cart tour carries 4.6 across 321, the Ghosts and Gravestones trolley 4.2 across 1,174 (see Golf Cart Ghost Tour). All three ghost hunts hold 4.9, led by the Haunted Saint Augustine tour across 83 reviews. Pub crawls sit at 4.1 and 3.8.
Are these tours kid-friendly?
Walking tours and the trolley tend to suit families, with storytelling pitched at a general audience. Both pub crawls run through bars, and one includes drinks in the ticket. Those two are for adults of drinking age. Ghost hunts last two hours at night, and any age limits sit with each operator, so check the listing before bringing children.
How much of this is real history?
More than you might expect. St. Augustine is the oldest continuously inhabited European-founded city in the US, and the Castillo de San Marcos is a real fort you can enter for $15, ages 16 and up. The ghosts are another matter: stories of Spanish soldiers and a woman in white trace to tour operators and legend collections. The write-ups here keep them apart.