Self Guided Haunted Walking Tour in Portsmouth

Embark on a self-guided walking tour of Portsmouth’s haunted locations. Explore spooky history, haunted alleyways, and historic buildings while hearing tales of the port city’s ghosts. Don’t forget your camera!

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 111 State Street - This building was originally built in 1814 and has changed hands more times than a sailors eaten a bowl of clam chowder. And that’s most likely due to the ghosts that haunt the joint.
  • 177 State Street - This old building dates back to 1815 and in its heyday it once housed one of most popular brothels in the city.
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What's Included
  • Recap tour available after the in-person experience
  • Smartphone-guided walking tour via WalknTours app
Additional Information

Explore the haunted locations of Portsmouth and uncover its eerie history with a self-guided GPS audio tour on our walking tour app.
Our app features a built-in EMF reader to detect ghosts during your tour.
Move at your own pace, and feel free to stop to browse shops, grab a bite, or take a break.
You’ll visit the most notorious sites, haunted alleyways,…

Location
Ceres Bakery
Penhallow Street
The tour begins at the Ceres Bakery where you'll discover it's ghostly past and it's residents that seem to not want to leave. One the Sheaffe street Inn Tavern this old building offers plenty of ghostly tales.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Andy
Aug 25, 2025
Great way to learn about a beautiful historic city - For the price this is a great value. Portsmouth has a charming extensive history. This tour provides a guided walking tour of some notable historic buildings that I have certainly missed on previous visits. The haunted aspects provide an effective way to learn local lore, historical importance and focus. Who knew that Portsmouth was integral in the Underground Railroad. The tour is about an hour and an exceptional value. I’ll look forward to more self guided walkntours while I visit other cities!!
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Carol_h
Aug 21, 2025
Spooky and historical - Make certain your phone is charged. The tour was on my phone. My husband could hear the audio also. One tour can be shared. The reader's voice was very clear as we're tge walking directions.
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Dancb4421dy
Jul 12, 2025
Great ghost tour - Excellent tour, very well scripted and we even had a bit of the history of Portsmouth thrown into the mix. Would highly recommend this tour! Very entertaining!
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Margaritagirl2018
Jun 9, 2025
Awesome ! - Awesome ! We really enjoyed the tour, it was great. It was a super easy process. We loved walking the tour by ourselves, and choosing when we wanted to go. A huge advantage of these tours is that you go when you want, not waiting for strangers to join the group. Will definitely book another tour !
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Joanmb3762if
Jun 8, 2025
Awesome!! - Awesome! We really enjoyed the tour. The ease of booking and accessing the tour, the flexibility of when we could experience it, experiencing the tour with just my group. The presentation of the information in the tour was great! We will definitely book more tours !!
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Cavacationmom
Jun 3, 2025
Fun way to experience Portsmouth! - Fun way to learn more about Portsmouth! Enjoyed the info, getting steps in for the day and came away with a few fun stories!! Due to flying out that day, we did the tour on a Monday morning. Told my daughter to do it with friends after dark and turn it into a pub crawl.
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Stephen_s
Oct 23, 2024
Simple and very effective tour - The tour was Great! Really enjoyed the self paced application. It was very informative and worked so well. Used an ear bud so I didn't have to blast my phone. Will be looking for other tours like this in the future.
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Heather_w
Oct 12, 2024
Enjoyable way to explore Portsmouth - The tour was easy to follow and enjoyable for all. We enjoyed the history combined with the fun haunted stories.
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Valerie_p
Jun 5, 2025
This was a fun experience... - This was a fun experience with interesting ghost stories. We got to see parts of Portsmouth we had not experienced before.
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Sheila_c
Nov 24, 2024
In person tours much better - The recorded tour speaker was great. Actually getting the audio to work required downloading an additional app with an additional charge. 😞
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From $10
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).