Discover the spooky side of Asheville with this small-group nighttime walking tour. Meet your guide for a city stroll focused on Asheville's haunted and paranormally active locations. Hear stories about local history as you walk past landmarks including the Basilica of St. Lawrence, Battery Park Hotel, and Pack's Tavern. Choose between two different tour lengths depending on your needs and interests.

Explore Asheville's haunted past with a walking tour
Listen to stories about paranormal activity and ghosts
See haunted landmarks such as the Battery Park Hotel
Choose between two different tour lengths

What's Included

Guided Night-Time Walking Ghost Tour of Asheville
Hear haunted tales of Asheville set back during the Great Depression, Prohibition, and Gilded Age
All tales told during tour are intensely researched and documented happenings in history
Learn the chilling history as you visit sites such as Basilica of St. Lawrence & Battery Park Hotel
Professional & Knowledgeable Guides

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

22 S Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28801, USA
All Ghost Tours meet outside the Jackson Building on the brick “bullseye." Look for your tour guide who will be holding a lantern. Please plan to arrive 15-minutes before your scheduled tour time. 22 S Pack Square Asheville, NC 28801

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Basilica of Saint Lawrence (Pass By)

1 Battle Square (Pass By)

Grove Arcade (Pass By)

20 Battery Park Ave (Pass By)

Pritchard Park (Pass By)

10 S Pack Square (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Transportation is wheelchair accessible

Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
The tour is wheelchair and stroller friendly, but please be advised there may be some grassy and cobblestone areas
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

4.5

123 reviews

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Awesome Kai

Edward_B, Apr 2024

Kai’s stories were wonderful and made a nonbeliever a true believer! A lot happened as a result of the Great Depression

Phenomenal and historically educational

Tiffani_W, Mar 2024

Kai was the guide that we had. She was very informative and told the stories in a captivating manner! She was very respectful and done a fantastic job though she was recovering from bronchitis. If we make it back on vacation and book another tour and could choose our guide, Kai would be my first choice! She was amazing!

Fun and insightful

Nideesh_D, Mar 2024

Had a lot of fun on this Ghost tour. Keegan was our guide, and he guided us through a very windy and rainy Night, and the tour was still beyond expectations.

History, lore, ghosts! Oh my!

Tim_B, Feb 2024

Kai was great! A wonderful mix of history and spooky lore, this tour was super fun, easily walkable, and fascinating info. Thanks!

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thanks for joining us for a tour, Tim. We're glad Kai took great care of you. Be sure to check out the US Ghost Adventures website to find another tour in the next city you visit!

Infunmortive

Maria_S, Nov 2023

Fun and informative. Thank you for your service. comical at times and fun to be around. He waited for everyone knew his crowd names and faces. Awesome job

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Maria, we love this new word you've created! Thank YOU for sharing your great experience with us. We're so glad you had fun on your tour, and we hope to see you again in the future!

Ghost tour

Eleanor_M, Oct 2023

We had a great tour with John Bozeman, he was very theatrical and told a great story. Really enjoyed him!

Response from Host, Dec 2023

We are so happy to hear this, Eleanor! Thank you for joining us for a tour. We're glad John took great care of you and that you enjoyed his storytelling!

Ghosts in Asheville

Michelle_A, Oct 2023

Keegan was a great story teller and made the experience very interesting. My husband and I had a great time!

Response from Host, Dec 2023

We're so glad you had fun on Keegan's tour! Thank you for sharing your great experience with us. We'd love to host you again in the future--either here in Asheville, or on another tour with US Ghost Adventures in the next city you visit!

Informational and fun!

Andrew_S, Oct 2023

My wife and I were celebrating our 1 year anniversary and wanted to check out a ghost tour in Asheville. This tour was great and we learned some cool things while checking out the town. 10/10.

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Hi, Andrew! We are so grateful for your 10/10 recommendation. And, we're honored you chose us to celebrate your anniversary with! We're so glad you had fun, and we hope you join us for another tour with US Ghost Adventures in the next city you visit!

A fun evening!

Marilyn_S, Oct 2023

John was our tour guide and he was outstanding. Extremely knowledgeable and very funny. It was very easy to walk through the city streets

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Marilyn, thanks for this great review of John's tour. We're glad you joined us!

Ghosts

saramichelle_w, Oct 2023

Loved the history and architecture …Brandi was a fantastic guide! Tons of fun with friends highly recommend

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Thanks for this great review of Brandi's tour!

Great time w Keegan

JA_W, Aug 2023

Keegan was funny, flexible and patient. Did a great job with history, questions and noisy distractions like fire trucks and tour buses.

Response from Host, Sep 2023

We're so glad you enjoyed Keegan's tour! It's great to hear that he took care of your group and that you had a great time. Thank you for joining us!

Very Informative, not very scary

Carlos_O, Apr 2023

Small group, made it better, the tour guide John was very animated and knew all the facts which I appreciated, the bad thing is that it seems more like a history tour than a ghost tour, would like to see more scary things in the future.

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Carlos, thanks for your honest feedback. We're glad you had an informative and entertaining tour, and we will take your suggestion into account for the future.

LIARS! The WORST customer service!

Crystal_T, Jan 2023

I don’t know if Viator is the only way to book this tour but AVOID! They will lie to you on the phone just to get you on the tour. We were told on the phone that we would be entering 3 buildings and that we would visit a TOTAL of 12 sites if we booked the “extended tour”. Neither of those things happened! It wasn’t the tour guides fault, she was great but even she told us that going into buildings is not part of this tour (We asked her at the end, wondering why we never entered). Once we contacted Viator and told them we were lied to and wanted a refund, they said they would pull the call. So, 2 weeks later I asked for an update and they said “we pulled the call and the agent said you’d enter 3 buildings but not the additional 3 (so now they are saying only 6 sites) so we cannot offer a refund as you weren’t told false information”. Interesting, since they literally just confirmed we were in fact told false information considering WE DID NOT ENTER ANY BUILDINGS! Not one, not two, not three! Terrible customer service! You can’t speak to a supervisor on the phone, just the sales agents who will tell you that the supervisor will reach out through email. WORST EXPERIENCE! Go with a different tour that doesn’t lie just to get you to sign up!

Response from Host, Jan 2023

Hello Crystal! We are extremely sorry about the disappointing experience you recently had with Viator for Asheville Ghosts. We set high standards for ourselves and we take these matters very seriously. We tried reaching out to you regarding the incident and we're looking forward to hearing back from you so we can make this right.

Holly was a great tour guide!

Friederike_S, Dec 2022

Holly really brought all the stories to life and shared everything from her personal experience from investigating.

Response from Host, Dec 2023

We're glad you enjoyed Holly's tour--thanks for this great feedback!

Awesome Tour guide, website directions need an update.

Raven_L, Nov 2022

The tour guide, John was freaking awesome! Without him, I never would have found the group or made it back to my car. He is also hilarious and an amazing storyteller. The only issue is that the directions given by the website need work. Maps has a hard time finding the starting point. They don't use a restaurant, hotel or anything else as a starting point. I was there super early and ended up walking around lost for 30 minutes. If the WONDERFUL tour guide, John hadn't contacted me, I would have left. That was really the only drawback to the experience. They really need to update the website and give a landmark, as there are plenty as a starting point. As a female, being in downtown Asheville, in the dark and lost was scarier than any possible ghost. Lol The tour guide MADE the experience!! John was AWESOME.

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Raven, thank you for this wonderful feedback about John and his tour. We're glad he took great care of your group from beginning to end. We apologize for the confusion of the meeting location--we have since updated our information to make this more clear. Thank you!

Tour fantastic but John even better!

Temree_J, Oct 2022

This tour was a blast! And I’m so happy I chose this company versus the other one on the street that had like 50 people in their group! Ours was capped at 15 which made it more personable, you were always right up front and close to John and you could always hear! He is hilarious, by the way! I’d love to sit and have coffee with him and just listen to his brain rant about daily stuff because he’s just that kind of funny: a little bit of cynicism mixed with sarcasm mixed with incredible witt and just a touch of the “Really? you just did that” kind of humor and it’s hysterical the entire tour! I would absolutely book him again in a heartbeat and like I said, I’m so glad the other tour was sold out because I never would have found this one with John and he is incredible! One thing I’d like to mention is that there was a group of 7 who didn’t tip even after John explained their is his only job, he works 5 days a week and tips are appreciated/accepted. Maybe that group thought that he gets paid anyway so they didn’t have to tip but let’s try to remember that Viator takes their cut and then the company he works for takes their cut and this is almost like a private tour with a group as small as it was compared to the other company’s group I saw. Please tip! If you have money to spend on a tour then you should account for also tipping. It’s the right thing to do and I can honestly say that John more than deserves a tip for his amazing tour. I can’t wait to come back to Asheville again because I’m definitely doing his tour again!

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Wow! Thank you for taking the time to leave us this great review. We are so glad you had a wonderful time, and we look forward to having you on another tour in the future.

Fun and entertaining evening out.

Mark_M, Sep 2022

Holly provided for a fun experience. Had a wealth of information about Ashville history and pointed out some interesting sites to visit.

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Hi Mark, thanks for this review of Holly's tour. We're glad you had a fun evening!

Holly is a great tour...

Mandi_B, Sep 2022

Holly is a great tour guide!! While on the tour we saw a light turn on & go off in a haunted building as a black cat ran across the road. You will learn all about the elevens!! A much do while in town. It was a very fun experience.

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Mandi, thank you for your great review. We are glad you had a fun experience on Holly's tour.

Holley was great and knew...

Holly_K, Aug 2022

Holley was great and knew so much about the city. We really enjoyed the evening and the stories. Nice city.

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Thanks for this great feedback about Holley and her tour!

Dark Secrets of Asheville

Shai_B, Aug 2022

Had a wonderful time learning ab the dark secrets of Asheville in the best way possible! Still can’t believe some of the stories we heard about actually happened.!

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Shai, thanks for this great review of our tour. We're glad you enjoyed your time with us.

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