Portland, Maine · 4.4/5 from 232 reviews
Portland ghost tours
Every Portland ghost tour we can verify, priced against the $30 national median — so you can see which are a fair price for a night's walk and which are not.
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$24cheapest in Portland
4.7average rating
241verified reviews
$30national median
What the tour includes
From the operator's own listing, not our summary of it.
Highlights
- Discover the eerie history of the city of Portland with a guided walking tour
- Explore 8 different haunted locations located throughout the downtown area
- Visit a haunted hotel to hear about a number of paranormal experiences
- Learn about a 19th century murder and its link to Portland's Shanghai Tunnels
- Listen to local eyewitness accounts of famous ghostly hauntings in the city
Included
- Walking tour
- Experienced guide
- Photo opportunities throughout the tour
How a Portland ghost tour works
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Pick your night
Ghost tours run after dark and the good ones sell out on weekends. Check the widget above for what is actually running while you are in Portland.
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Book with free cancellation
Most of these can be cancelled up to 24 hours before, so booking early costs nothing and holding out costs you the good guide.
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Turn up where they say
This one meets at Look for your guide outside the Harlow Hotel. Your guide will be wearing a US Ghost Adventures t-shirt and carrying a lantern.
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Wear the right shoes
You will be walking on old, uneven, badly lit ground for an hour or more. It is the advice every operator gives and most visitors ignore.
On the tour
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Live dates and prices for Portland: Phantoms, Penance, and Poltergeists Ghost Tour, the best-value Portland ghost tour we track. Instant confirmation.
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this tour $24
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4.4 from 232 verified reviews Free cancellation US Ghost Adventures
The Portland shortlist, compared
Priced against the $30 national median across 208 ghost tours.
| Best valuePortland: Phantoms, Penance, and Poltergeists Ghost Tour | Portland: Ghost Walk | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $24 | $35.64 |
| Against the category | budget | typical |
| Rating | 4.4 (232) | 4.9 (9) |
| Operator | US Ghost Adventures | Haunted History Tours LLC |
| Check dates | See this one |
Every other Portland ghost tour
Ordered by review depth. The strip on each card shows where that price sits across 208 ghost tours nationally.
Two cities, one search
Maine, not Oregon
The search will not tell you which Portland it means. The supply will.
Two Portlands, one query
Every bookable ghost product returned for a Portland ghost tour sits in Portland, Maine, and the operator holding the search result is a Maine company. Oregon has ghost tours; they are not what this phrase returns. If you are travelling to the Pacific Northwest, this is not your city.
The Old Port is the route
Portland's tours work a compact working waterfront of nineteenth-century brick - flat, walkable and dense enough that the stories sit close together. Good geography for the format.
The season is genuinely short
This is Maine. A November booking is a different experience from a July one, and the evening walking season is shorter than visitors from further south expect. Check what is actually running for your dates rather than assuming a listing means it operates year-round. It also gets dark early enough in autumn that a ghost tour can start at a civilised hour, which is genuinely pleasant and the opposite of a July booking that cannot begin until nearly ten.
What a night here actually costs
Portland's 2 bookable tours start at $24 and run to $35.64, against a national ghost-tour median of $30 measured across 208 products. That entry price sits below the category 25th percentile of $25, which makes it genuinely cheap for a ghost tour rather than simply cheap. The distinction matters: a low price in a thin market usually means one operator with nobody to compete against, not a bargain. With only 2 products there is no comparison to make, and the review depth on the card is the only signal worth reading. Treat a thin sample as unproven rather than poor. We feature it on price and review depth rather than on quoted reviews - GetYourGuide has not surfaced review prose for this product, and we would rather say so than show you another tour's reviews under its name.
What guests say
GetYourGuide has not surfaced written reviews for the tour we feature, so these are from the other tours in the city - each shown under the product it is actually about.
★★★★★
the tour was great, we had our guide all to ourselves and payed a visit to several very beautiful buildings and homes along the historic rows.
★★★★★
Loved how knowledgeable Hannah was about the area and the ghosts
2 verified reviews shown, taken from the operators' own GetYourGuide listings. We do not collect or edit reviews ourselves.
Ready for your night in Portland?
Portland: Phantoms, Penance, and Poltergeists Ghost Tour — rated 4.4 by 232 verified guests, from $24. Free cancellation.
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How much is a Portland ghost tour?
Portland tours run from $24, against a national ghost-tour median of $30 across 208 products. The strip on each card shows exactly where that price sits in the category.
Which Portland ghost tour is best?
We feature Portland: Phantoms, Penance, and Poltergeists Ghost Tour because it carries the strongest combination of price and review depth — 4.4 from 232 verified reviews. The comparison table above puts it against the next two so you can disagree with us on the evidence.
Are Portland ghost tours family friendly?
Read each listing: some are explicitly 21+ because they are bar crawls, and those say so in their inclusions. The walking history tours are generally fine for older children, though the point of them is atmosphere after dark.
Can I cancel?
Most of these carry free cancellation up to 24 hours before the tour, which means booking early costs nothing and waiting costs you the better guide. The widget above shows the terms for the date you pick.
Is there more on haunted places in portland?
Yes - Haunted Places in Portland lists only the Portland products that match, priced against the same national distribution as everything else here.
Is there more on portland, maine ghost walking tours?
Yes - Portland, Maine Ghost Walking Tours lists only the Portland products that match, priced against the same national distribution as everything else here.