Ghostly Santa Barbara: Historic Walking Tour

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Uncover the enchanting history and mystery of Santa Barbara on our exclusive ghost tour. Hear stories from the Old Spanish Days and experience encounters with visiting ghosts.

Duration: 1 hour

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park - El Cuartel and the Chapel

What's Included

Experienced guide

Additional Information

Welcome to the City of Friendly Ghosts!
Enjoy an exclusive experience with a professional ghost and supernatural storyteller. It’s the perfect way to conclude your evening while exploring Santa Barbara.
Our one-hour walking tours feature curated content from firsthand accounts. You’ll hear tales dating back to the Old Spanish Days and from the various…

Location

836 Anacapa St

Anacapa Street

We meet on the steps of the downtown post office.

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

4.9

(88 Ratings)

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Quest49842311512

Jun 30, 2025

Wonderfully entertaining and Educational - This is a wonderful tour with Prof Julie. We learned so much about the history of Santa Barbara and its founders and also about ghosts and the paranormal. Our guide was so knowledgeable and her stories were entertaining and she even shows photos of ghosts. A very memorable tour. Highly recommended for anyone. We brought a 5 year old who was engaged the entire time and a baby along with a dog. All are welcome. Thank you Prof Julie and TripAdvisor for this wonderful activity👻

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Leticiace7786nm

May 5, 2025

Highly recommended as a local - I lived in Santa Barbara my whole life and I realized I knew very little about my hometown. Highly recommend this with a group of friends or even date night. Julie is very knowledgeable, easygoing and approachable. The experience all in all was great. So much history, no way it can be covered in one visit, definitely coming back for part 2 of the tour.

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Jsmooth626

Dec 29, 2024

Original Ghost Tour Still the Best! - We were referred to Julie’s company The Original Santa Barbara Ghost Tours and decided to book a wine tasting+ Ghost tour over the winter holiday break. Her colleague Allison met with us at a local wine bar and then took us on a very interesting walking tour of the Ghostly History of Old Santa Barbara. Her stories were engaging, fun, and at times got a little spooky. I strongly recommend booking with the “Original” Ghost Tours with Julie as I’ve heard there were some copy cat companies out there trying to imitate but of course aren’t as good.

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Trisha_j

Jul 25, 2024

Fantastic History/Ghost Tour! - Julie was amazing!! We were her first 4 pm tour and it was fantastic! My mom and I had never been to Santa Barbara and it was wonderful learning about the history of this beautiful town. Julie was very knowledgeable and the ghost stories were fascinating! Highly recommend!

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K6229dymelissac

Jul 24, 2024

Bring your camera and open mind - A great walking tour to learn some history and paranormal sightings throughout this amazing city. The guide is really knowledgeable and loves to share her stories with guests.

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Gisiel_t

Feb 17, 2024

Recommend ! - Knowledgeable and kind ghost tour guide, Allison, made our trip exciting and memorable. My husband and I had so much fun learning the history of Santa Barbara.

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Relax32483011011

Sep 26, 2023

A must for ghost enthusiasts - Julie is an amazing tour guide. Her passion for Santa Barbara history shines through in every ghostly tale. Her enthusiasm is infectious and made the tour all the more enjoyable. Highly recommend!! 👍👍

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Christine_p

Feb 18, 2023

A great experience! I... - A great experience! I cannot recommend this experience enough. The stories were so engaging and the ability to fold the city’s history into the ghostly tour was so so cool!! Loved it!

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887colleenm

Feb 2, 2023

Ghost Stories with an Amazing Storyteller (Plus, there's wine!) - We visited our daughter, who had recently moved to Santa Barbara. She wanted to go on a ghost tour, so we let her choose which one. We couldn't have been more delighted than to do a combo wine tasting and ghost walking tour. Our host, Miss Julie, was superb in her knowledge of the city and in her telling of 'friendly ghost' stories. The details she shares brings the characters to life as we walked through the city, taking in landmarks and sights and sounds where these people once lived and walked these same streets. The tour started with a sit down wine tasting at a very nice location. Miss Julie shared a sweet gift bag with each of us that contained some candy and trinkets, a nice touch and unexpected surprise. We also got to keep a picture of a friendly ghost that she would describe and tell us about in detail. We loved the tour. We felt a connection with Miss Julie and didn't want the evening to end! We highly recommend signing up for one of her tours!

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856matthewq

Dec 28, 2022

Incredible Ghost Tour and History! - Julie was incredible with the history of Santa Barbara and was so detailed with the ghost’s stories as well. We felt very safe even though we were listening to ghost stories at night! The gift bags were such a nice touch, and we were invited back for a time travel tour that we will definitely be back for. My group of 3 definitely felt like we saw, smelled, or experienced something supernatural along the tour and talked about it for days after the tour. I would highly recommend taking any of Julie’s tours and you will love it!

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From $45

up to 15 guests

2 - Adult