US Ghost Adventures: Haunted Tours Experience

Join Santa Barbara Ghosts Tour for spine-chilling tales and real hauntings. Discover the unexplained with expert guides. Book your adventure now!

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Santa Barbara County Courthouse - At the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, psychic readings suggest that the former owner of a women’s safe house continues to be active.
  • El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park - This historic park is reputed to be the residence of a couple who were tragically murdered. Visitors have reported seeing…
What's Included
  • Well-trained guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

US Ghost Adventures is the leading provider of haunted ghost tours in America — we even own some of the most haunted properties in America, like the Lizzie Borden House! Every tour is hosted by an experienced, knowledgeable local guide. You’ll hear firsthand accounts from people who have witnessed the unexplained — sometimes even a guest’s eerie…

Location
1219 Santa Barbara St
Santa Barbara Street
Your guide will be wearing a black US Ghost Adventures t-shirt and carrying a lantern. Street parking is available nearby for free. Parking lots are $2 per hour after 75 minutes. Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of the tour.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Michell_g
Apr 19, 2026
Another view of Santa Barbara - Great way to know the history of Santa Barbara. A tour guide was knowledgeable and friendly and great experience.
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Heidiji930fj
Mar 26, 2026
Informative and spooky - Thomas was a wonderful guide, full of historical information. I sprung for the emf reader and it was popping, mostly in the first half of the tour. We had an awesome time, and totally suggest going. It was fun going off the beaten path. Thank you Thomas!
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975melodys
Nov 22, 2025
Boo’tiful tour - A wonderful tour. Really enjoyed all the facts and history!! My only recommendation is find old photos of the buildings and either print them off or show them via phone. Would be cool to see what they looked like!
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Katharine_m
Nov 11, 2025
Nice introductory ghost tour of Santa Barbara! - My sister and I had a great time on this ghost tour of Santa Barbara. We walked around with our guide for an hour and learned a little about the city. I wish there were more historical information rather than pointing a spirit device at buildings, but we still had a great time!
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Susan_m
Dec 8, 2025
More history, please - Meh. I've been to stellar ghost/history tours in Europe, so I had high hopes for this one. I was quite disappointed. The tour guide was a lovely human, but the content left a lot to be desired. For example: "The spirits of a couple can be seen dancing here." Question: Who were they? Response: "No one knows." I expected more history about the "ghosts."
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Omega_m
Apr 8, 2026
I highly recommend you... - I highly recommend you pass on this tour. I am an avid ghost tour person and this one is a pass. It’s more history than ghost stories. The guide is friendly and tries hard to do a good job, but the whole interaction was slightly awkward. You’ve been warned.
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Pdxdi
Mar 25, 2026
Hmm… - Not what i was expecting… it was not as entertaining as i had hoped.
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Janet
Oct 21, 2025
It was 17 folks ready for spooky fun in santa barbara. the tour guide was not trained for this kind of a performance! - Our guide did not want to be there. She said so. She was being crass and no one had a good time. We were all glad when it was finally over. Our guide was very young and was not trained for this kind of a performance. She needed some guidance that’s for sure.
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Grandtour46357181806
Feb 3, 2026
Not Much of a Tour - We have gone on many ghost tours before, and this was hands-down the strangest experience. It was as though our guide had never given a tour, let alone a ghost tour, and didn’t know much more than a casual passer-by on their first visit to Santa Barbara. They offered little explanation at our tour stops, and several had no mention of ghosts. The stories we heard were little more than one sentence. At one point, the guide simply read us the historic plaques on the wall. We were offered an EMF detector but when we would point out that it was registering at high level, we received nothing more than a basic acknowledgment that yes levels were high, if any response at all. Our tour also ended with an offer to use chalk to leave a note saying we had been there on the stones in front of the church at El Presidio - where I don’t think we should be leaving a trace. All of this, and the guide wanted to take a video of us - the only two people on the tour - to share with the tour company. I hope that video is not used for anything. I will also note that we paid for the extended version of the tour (four additional stops and 30 minutes). Our guide ended the tour after 60 minutes. We did not request that they continue based on the experience, and I have asked for a refund via email but have not yet heard back.
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John_n
Oct 26, 2025
Not scary tour - Our guide was not knowledgeable about the tour, barely engaged us, and didn’t feel interested at all. I looked up the itinerary and we tried to feed him info and it barely worked. Wasnt spooky at all, occasionally looking at random buildings with no back story. They could train their guides better
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).