Albuquerque Ghost Tour: Old Town's Haunted History

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Duration1h

GroupUp to 40

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Walk the haunted streets of Old Town and hear the stories the buildings hold

Albuquerque Desert Shadows Rising Ghost Tour is a one-hour walking ghost tour through Old Town Albuquerque led by a live guide in English. You'll pass the American International Rattlesnake Museum, San Felipe de Neri Church, and the Bottger Mansion while learning about the gruesome deaths, illicit activities, and financial disasters that have marked this historic district. The tour covers roughly a mile and includes an EMF detector to use as you walk.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore haunted Old Town Albuquerque

Start at Old Town Albuquerque
Pass by American International Rattlesnake Museum
Visit San Felipe de Neri Church
Walk past the Covered Wagon saloon
Pass by Bottger Mansion site
See hidden chapel in plaza

The Experience

Old Town Albuquerque started as a 10-block settlement of adobe buildings in the 1700s, and the ghost tour traces that original footprint. You'll walk past San Felipe de Neri Church, which has stood as a place of worship since 1706, and the American International Rattlesnake Museum, one of the oldest buildings in New Mexico and occupied by the same family for over 200 years. The Bottger Mansion, built in the early 1900s, sits on land where a 40-room adobe house once stood—the guide will explain what happened there and why locals say the property is haunted.

The route also passes the Covered Wagon, built in 1880 by Manuel Springer, who originally opened a saloon called The Mint. Several saloons operated freely in Old Town for decades, and the guide connects those buildings to the darker chapters of Albuquerque's past. You'll carry an EMF detector as you walk, a tool used to sense electromagnetic activity that some believe indicates ghostly presence. The tour is a mile-long path, and stops may shift depending on the season and what's accessible on the day you go.

A live guide leads the entire hour, sharing the specific stories tied to each location—the deaths, the financial ruin, the activities that left their mark on the neighborhood. This is not a museum visit or a drive-by; you're on foot in the actual streets and plazas where these events took place, standing in front of the buildings as the guide talks about them.

What’s included

One-hour walking tour through Old Town Albuquerque with a live guide in English.
EMF detector to carry as you walk.
stops at San Felipe de Neri Church, the American International Rattlesnake Museum, the Bottger Mansion, and other historic sites in the neighborhood.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by Albuquerque Ghosts

Is this one for you?Book this tour if you want to hear the specific dark histories tied to Old Town's oldest buildings and churches without arranging a guide or transportation yourself—the live guide handles the storytelling and the route, so you just show up and walk.