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Ghosts of Georgetown & The Exorcist Steps Walking Tour

By DC by Foot
9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is €34 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
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  • Instant confirmation

Overview

Deep, dark secrets about a forgotten past lie among the manicured gardens and Victorian terrace houses of DC’s finest area.

Historical figures stayed here, documenting their experiences in letters & journals. Some have never left, haunting these grand homes to this day.

On this family-friendly nighttime tour, you will learn about this town and be enchanted by its past, present, and future. Halloween vibes all year long.

-Hear stories of a young boy trapped after his accidental death in the oldest residence in DC.

-Learn what happened in Civil War hospitals that make an apartment seem unliveable.

-Learn about the curse of Abraham Lincoln's son.

-Hear a storey of a nanny's undying love for her charges - and her rules.

-See lights flicker at a house whose past resident hated electricity and whose ghost haunts our guides.

-End the tour at the famous Exorcist Steps and hear how this film was based on a true local storey. Do you dare to walk down the creepy stairs at night?

Activity location

  • Old Stone House
    • 3051 M St NW,
    • 20007-3702, Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Old Stone House
    • 3051 M Street Northwest
    • 20007, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Ghosts of Georgetown Walking Tour

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m
    1h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 20:00
Price details
€34.15 x 1 Adult€34.15
Total
Price is €34.15
Until Thu, 16 Jul

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Family-Friendly Tour
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Access to yard of the oldest and most haunted building in Georgetown
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Licensed Guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    1 Hour 30 Minute Ghosts of Georgetown Night-Time Walking Tour
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Walk down the famed "Exorcist Steps" from the horror film, The Exorcist.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Old Stone House

  • 10m
Stories of deaths and ghosts, rumours and murmurs in the Old Stone House

The Colonial

  • 10m
Why will no one live in these apartments for long? Could the building hold memories from when this was a Civil War hospital, full of moans and loss?

Georgetown

  • 30m
Walk the spooky streets on a night-time walk talking about the true (or as true as Victorian residents believed) stories of spooky curses, haunted houses, and the macabre (but still family friendly!). A Halloween vibe all year long.

Wisconsin Avenue Northwest (Pass by)

We'll walk along the old "high street" - what was once a Native American trading road and is now home to the restaurants and shops of the area.

Halcyon

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
It's a legit haunted house—we've seen the ghost of a long-gone resident who refused to leave his life's work in this 18th-century home.

Georgetown University (Pass by)

See the spooky dark spires of the campus' at night as we walk the cobblestone streets.

"The Exorcist" Steps

  • 10m
See the famed Exorcist steps.

Location

Activity location

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    Old Stone House
    • 3051 M St NW,
    • 20007-3702, Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Old Stone House
    • 3051 M Street Northwest
    • 20007, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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