Salem Smugglers' Tour

192 Essex St, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 USA

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Opens Fri 12p

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The Salem Smugglers' Tour highlights an extensive building project utilized to avoid paying duties. 3 miles of tunnels were laid out to connect gentlemen to brothels, move escaping slaves, shanghai sailors, and murder. Learn the history of the smuggling tunnels on this above ground tour and the smugglers, pirates, presidents, the Supreme Court Justice, the Secretary of the Navy, the senators of the Federalist Party, and America's first millionaire who built them to avoid paying taxes! Plus hear some tantalizing and scary ghost stories only unique to this tour told by a medium.

Reviewed by
Liz S.

October 13, 2019

Terrible. Tour guide is a terrible story teller ... all over the place... terribly hard to follow. In 2 hours, you walk about 1 block and only see a hole in the ground. No tunnels. It was... Read more

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Kimberly M.

August 19, 2017

We where late because of traffic, Chris was great with directions. Kids did well on tour, even my youngest, lot. Of history, only thing we where dispointed about was, no actual tunnels, they where... Read more

Reviewed by
Amber F.

October 28, 2017

Not worth $20 at all. The 'tunnels' are just one foot pathways under manhole covers. Not impressed at all. The tour guide however was very nice and knowledgeable Read more

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