St Augustine Haunted Pub Tour & Ghost Stories

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1/11

Duration2h 30m

GroupUp to 16

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

St Augustine's Haunted Pubs: What Locals Won't Tell You

You'll visit multiple haunted pubs across St Augustine's historic district with a guide who knows the colonial history and the ghost stories behind each location. The tour includes a souvenir and runs in the evening when the bars are open and the atmosphere actually works. You're walking, drinking, and hearing stories from people who've been running this since 2002—expect a mixed group, some stairs, and the kind of night that feels different depending on who shows up.

2h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Haunted pub tour in St. Augustine

Meet your guide
Hear haunted history of St. Augustine
Visit most haunted pubs
Enjoy company and spirits

The Experience

You walk into a 300-year-old tavern and the bartender mentions, almost casually, that the woman in the corner has been ordering the same drink for decades—except she died in 1887. That's the kind of moment that stops you mid-sip on the St Augustine haunted pub tour. The guide doesn't dramatize it; they just lay out the history, the names, the dates, and let you decide what you believe while you're standing in the actual room where it supposedly happened.

The tour moves through St Augustine's most haunted pubs at a pace that lets you actually drink, talk to other people on the tour, and absorb the stories without feeling rushed. Your guide walks you through the town's colonial history—the shipwrecks, the conflicts, the people who never left—and connects it to the bars themselves. Some nights the group is twelve people; some nights it's thirty. Either way, the vibe stays the same: curious, a little skeptical, definitely thirsty. You'll hit multiple locations across the historic district, and yeah, there are stairs at some of them, so wear shoes you can actually walk in.

GhoSt Augustine has been running this tour since 2002, which means the guides know which stories get the best reactions and which pubs have the most convincing cold spots. You're not getting a canned script; you're getting people who've done this hundreds of times and still find it fun. The group tends to be a mix of locals who've never done it and tourists who specifically came to St Augustine for the ghost stuff, which somehow makes it work better than if it were all one or the other.

You leave with a souvenir from the tour, a phone full of photos of old bars, and probably a new group chat with people you met that night. The whole thing runs in the evening, which is when the pubs are actually full and the stories land different. Just know going in: you're walking through a historic district with uneven sidewalks, there's alcohol involved, and you have to be 21 to join.

What’s included

Your evening includes a guide who shares the haunted history of St Augustine and its most haunted pubs, a short walk through the historic district connecting multiple bar locations, and a souvenir from the tour.
Drinks at each pub are purchased separately.
The tour runs in the evening and visits multiple locations across historic St Augustine.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportPets welcomeNot for pregnant travelers

Operated by GhoSt Augustine

Is this one for you?Book this if you want St Augustine's ghost stories told by someone who's been running the tour since 2002 and doesn't need to invent drama—the history and the pubs do that themselves. The group format and the pace mean you're not locked into a rigid schedule, which is what makes an evening of bar hopping feel like something you chose rather than something you booked.