Went on the tour for my birthday and I couldn’t have asked for more!! Olivia M, our guide knew everything from ghosts to recommended drinks along the way. She brought a lot to the tour and got everyone hunting for ghosts by the end. Thanks for the perfect b-day. We all had a blast!
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Stories of local hauntings and ghosts
- Visit local, historic bars
- 2.5 hour walking tour
- Costumed tour guide
Excludes
- Available for purchase
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- You'll meet your tour guide inside of the lobby of The Alexandrian Hotel at 480 King Street. Look for a costumed to check-in and be sure to verify they are with Nightly Spirits.
Itinerary
We'll tell stories of the Carlyle House along the walking tour.
We'll begin the tour with a drink stop at King & Rye. Guests will have the opportunity to purchase a drink at the bar, and then will meet the guide in the lobby of the hotel for stories.
We'll visit Old Hat Bar for stories and give guests time for a drink. There will be plenty of time to explore this unique and fun bar with the group!
Explore the ghost stories and haunted bars of Old Town with your costumed tour guide.
We'll stop by this great bar along the tour route. Union Street Public House is located in a renovated 1790 Colonial warehouse. There is plenty of history and lots of ghosts to discuss here!
The tour ends near the waterfront by Chadwicks. Great scenery and a great place to grab a late-night bite after we've finished the tour.
While exploring Old Town, we'll stop in front of this delicious gelato shop for stories. The guide will reveal the tragic love story and ghosts that haunt the building.
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Reviews
Olivia M was such a great tour guide! She knew the stories well and brought in a lot of history as well. She was very knowledgeable about Alexandria and DC history, and was even able to recommend good cocktails!
Valerie was so animated and made the whole experience wonderful. It was especially fun on Halloween night. She kept everyone together and informed.
Katie, our tour guide, was knowledgeable and entertaining! She was thought provoking and intuitive! I had so much fun on this tour. I recommend for all adults visiting or residing in this area.
Fabulous tour with Valerie. Gifted storyteller. Nice mix of stops for stories. Highly recommend.
We had a great time! Valerie was very knowledgeable and engaging and kept good time with our somewhat rambunctious bachelor party group. Would definitely book again, especially around Halloween when I’m sure Old Town has a spooky ambience to go with the stories.
Our guide was great and shared a lot of local history and lore. The size of the group was perfect and made it an enjoyable experience.
Katie was a fantastic guide. She was so sweet and so well informed. She was flexible with our timing and really leaned into the historical pieces when we shared that we both love that. Also, the bars we went to were really cool. I’ve been to old town 100 times and had only been to one of the bars on the tour. The walking isn’t much at all, so don’t worry about walking the whole time. The breaks and the length of the stories are just right. 10/10 would do again
I’ve been on many ghost tours and this was one of the best ghost tours we’ve been on. Didn’t drink but there were pretty great stops on the way. Our group was the perfect size and it was such a pleasure to meet our guide Katie K. She was perfect for this tour and the stories were really interesting. I also love her style! The weather was awesome and it was a really nice night.
There was some walking around town for the ghost stories but not too much walking. Very interesting facts about Alexandria and little bit of history also. Drinks were good at the taverns and our tour guide Katie was super fun and made it a good time for all of us.
Super knowledgeable guide, interesting history, fantastic spooky stories, and every bar was fantastic. Old Hat was our favorite!
Katie K was fantastic! Fun to be with and very knowledgeable of the Alexandria area and ghostly haunts. She knows a lot of local history and shared it with humor
This is a fun mix of history and ghost stories. The allotted time is just right. Wear comfortable shoes.
Fun way to explore a new city. Our tour guide Captain Kirk (Katie) made the evening very enjoyable. Recommend
So much fun; better than the ones with kids I’m sure & fun adventures with the bar stops too. I’ve lived here 26 years and have never known so much about my own town. Highly recommend. Katie K was our guide.
We had a great time on our ghost tour and learned lots of great history about Alexandria too. Magic was a fantastic tour guide!
This was such an awesome activity while we were on my bachelorette trip in Old Town Alexandria! All the stories we heard and stops we made were so super interesting. Our tour guide was Magic, and he was so interactive and knowledgeable. He made it such a great experience!! 10/10 recommend!!
We took a tour in the Old Town of Alexandria to learn more about its history. The tour guide, Magic, not only told us stories but showed unique dining venues and secret gardens that we never heard of before.
Magic was wonderful!! He's incredibly kind and funny! He knows his stuff. Walking around Alexandria was super fun, and there are plenty of fun bars with a wide variety of drinks. Would go again for more fun if I were from the area!
Magic waw great! Our group was great as well. Definitely worth it if you want a fun little tour of Alexandria with some drinks.
What a great tour by Machik, he was tremendous and I highly recommend requesting him. He has great stories, good presentation and great humor.
So much fun, had a great time with Kate who was extremely knowledgeable about Alexandria’s amazing history. We were introduced to some awesome new bars too. Highly recommend!
Magic is a fantastic tour guide! Charismatic informed, and funny! Learned some history and had a great time. Be prepared for both ghosts 👻and spirits 🥃!
We live in Arlington and had never done any tours of this type in Old Town. What a wonderful surprise! Our Guide “Magic” was wildly entertaining. It was pouring down rain and yet he made the experience fun and exciting. We popped into pubs at just the perfect time to dry off a little and hear some more fabulous Ghost Tales. I highly recommend EVERYONE to go on this tour and ask for Magic!!
We had so much fun on this Boos and Booze walking tour! Katie K was a terrific guide, a great story teller, and very knowledgeable of Alexandria VA history! A great way to spend an evening in this amazing town!!!
We are “locals” and very much enjoyed the Nightly Spirits Old Town Alexandria ghost tour (with pub stops). Magic, our fabulous tour guide, renewed my passion for Old Town and we fully intend to take the tour again—and will bring our neighbors too!
Legitimately so much fun and cannot recommend enough! The tour guide (Magic) was so kind and funny and just wonderful to talk to. It was cool to tour a bunch of places here and listen to the stories. Thanks for a great experience!
This was the perfect activity for our family reunion! We booked a private tour and had the amazing guide Magic! He was engaging and very knowledgeable! He went above and beyond for our group! The private group tour was also very easy to book.
Magic was a fun and engaging host who really made the night fantastic! Great stories and fun bar stops. Highly recommend.
Took my sister, nephew (7), and my kids (6,3) for a ghost tour with Magic. The tour was fantastic on its own, fun and interesting and a great way to see Alexandria. But the real surprise was how good our guide Magic was. Both with the adults and especially with the kids. They absolutely loved him and was so kind and great with them. Highly recommend him for family tours.
This tour was amazing! We had Katie K, she was so welcoming and entertaining! Made sure the tour group was together and well taken care of at each bar. We learned a lot about Alexandria and its legends and lores - would sign us up for more tours in the future!
Magic was so much fun and very interesting! He entertained us with lots of history and ghost stories! I highly recommend Magic as a tour guide.
Would rate a 10 if I could. Was on tour Sat w/ Magic. He made the tour so much fun. He also went above & beyond helping my handicap husband. I highly recommend
MAGICAL, most funny and inspiring tour I’ve had in years (or ever!) thank to MAGIC the tour guide. The sense of humor, empathy, creativity and wonderful inspiring story telling made the 3 hours pass like 15 minutes! Children were amazed. If only all tour guides would be so sunny and entertaining still passing so much historical knowledge of take tours everywhere. If you’re in Alexandria tour with Magic ks an absolute MUST!
Magic was our tour guide on a Saturday Nightly Spirits - Ghost Tours & Pub Crawls Tour. It was very enjoyable tour from the check in to the end. A few of us were celebrating and he made it an entire group event. He navigated Old Town very well for us on a busy night, making sure we were all taken care of each stop on whatever we needed. His story telling was engaging, he spoke clearly and it was easy to hear him. He was an amazing guide and I highly recommend his Ghost Tours and Pub Crawl tour.
Magic was an incredible guide throughout our B+B Ghost tour, filled with personality and keeping the whole group laughing as we made our way through spooky Alexandria. Definitely a fun date night for anyone looking for something unique!
Was well worth the effort. Great personality of our host and created a great atmosphere. The tour was fun and inclusive. I would highly recommend
My wife and I went on a tour with tour guide Magic. He was so much fun and charismatic. He had a lot of love and appreciation for the city of Alexandria's history and culture. The ghost stories and history rich experience was a lot of fun, we had a blast! As went from bar to bar, we would stop and learn about the different ghosts and stories about the the area. On top of that, our group was so friendly. We ended up making new friends during the experience! 10/10 would recommend. If you can, ask for Magic!
Magic was so warm and welcoming and took time with each guest. He was knowledgeable about Alexandria and ghosts.
Our guide was a great storyteller and clearly had enthusiasm for her craft. I enjoyed learning more about Alexandria’s history and visiting some new bars along the way! She expertly paced the tour to keep us moving at a comfortable pace.
I went on the Booze and Boos tour with my work mates last night. I’ve been going to DC for work for many years and I had never tried the Ghost Tour. It was hands down the most fun I’ve ever had on a business trip! Our guide Magic was amazing, knowledgeable and fun! If you want a team building event combined with fun, do this tour! It was awesome! Thank you Magic!
We took a drizzly Friday night tour through the charming streets of Old Town Alexandria with Magic and he was a fantastic guide: warm, engaging, and fun! He wove local history into tales of the spooky effortlessly. We were a group of childhood girlfriends taking a break from our lives and this tour was a fun start to our long weekend. The local watering holes were cozy and the ghost stories creepy, but the real magic came from our host and his welcoming way with people ✨
We had Magic as our tour guide and he was amazing! Had great interesting and spooky stories ! Can’t wait to try another tour in the next city we visit!
We set up a ghost tour in Alexandria, VA and our tour guide was Magic. He was super upbeat, super intriguing & all around a fantastic time! He was incredibly knowledgeable and had the best stories. We even got to share a little bit about ourselves with each other when we stopped by the bars. I will be back again to do another ghost tour with some family.
We went on the Booze and Boos Tour in Alexandria with Magic on December 14 with two of our twenty-something sons. We had so much fun learning about the town and history, hearing some scary stories and sharing drinks and conversation but our guide made the tour for us! He was knowledgeable and very easy to talk with as he answered questions about the city and history as well as any personal questions we had. This tour is highly recommended and we really enjoyed our time in Alexandria!
Posted this on Google reviews as well but he was so good it deserves two reviews: Magic is a 1000/10 tour guide! I was a ghost tour skeptic and Magic immediately brought the good vibes and great stories. He was very knowledgeable about ghost along the way to the pubs and at the pubs and it made for a great tour!! Highly recommend!
My friend and I had such a wonderful time on this tour, and our tour guide, Magic, was phenomenal. He was such a funny and engaging story teller. I’ve been on a lot of ghost tours previously, but this was one of the top ones I’ve experienced.
I took a tour with Magic, he was amazing. He is a great storyteller, very engaging and funny. He took a good care of our group. I wish there was a way to tip him after the tour, because I came totally unprepared.
Our stops were long enough to enjoy an adult beverage! Also, our tour guide, Magic, brought each story to life!
I’ve been on a few ghost tours around Alexandria, Virginia, including one about two weeks before this tour, which was honestly just okay, maybe even a bit boring. Magic (our guide) is many things, but boring is not one of them, and I would recommend his tour to anyone. Even though I don’t drink, I had a great time barhopping with a friend as we made our way through Old Town, listening to spooky stories. Magic has a real talent for storytelling—stories I’d heard on other tours that left me unimpressed were brought to life by him. I’d probably even do the same tour again because it was just that much fun.
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