Overview

Hunt down ghosts in America’s first colony on a creepy stroll to the City Gate with this affordable walking tour and the industry-leading VoiceMap mobile app.

• Listen to the stories of St Augustine, a town haunted by war, illness, attacks and storms for over 457 years
• Hear from producers, See America Tours, a local company delighting tourists and locals alike
• Do it all in an hour or linger at stops along the way with complete control over when you start and finish
• Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it
️• Use the virtual tour option at home

Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code.

The app displays directions to the starting point, and when you’re in the right place, just pop in your headphones and tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.

Description

Pass By: Historic District, Historic District, St. Augustine, FL 32084, USA

For many years, the gate to the old city of St Augustine was locked every night at dusk to keep the town’s people safe. Yet, terrible misfortunes still befell them, as you’ll soon discover on this walking tour through the historic district.

Pass By: The Spanish Bakery & Cafe (Salcedo Kitchen), 42 1/2 St George St, St. Augustine, FL 32084, USA

Our tour begins outside the Spanish bakery where you’ll hear about the ghoulish laundry lady who is said to have haunted the bakery’s backyard in 1999.

Pass By: Tolomato Cemetery, 14 Cordova St, St. Augustine, Florida 32084

Then, outside Tolomato Cemetery, you’ll hear the haunting tale of how Kernel Joseph Smith saved the city’s most beautiful woman from being buried alive. If you’re lucky, you’ll glimpse the apparition of Tillie, a nanny who died protecting her child from a hurricane in the late 1700s.

Pass By: Pena-Peck House and Woman's Exchange of St Augustine, 143 Saint George St, St. Augustine, Florida 32084

You’ll walk past Pena Peck house where the Spanish Royal Treasurer, Leutenant Delaney, lived before he was stabbed in an unsolved murder case from 1785.

Pass By: Treasury Street, Treasury St, St. Augustine, FL 32084, USA

You’ll walk past Pena Peck house where the Spanish Royal Treasurer, Leutenant Delaney, lived before he was stabbed in an unsolved murder case from 1785.

Pass By: Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, 1 S Castillo Dr, St. Augustine, Florida 32084

You’ll find out the gruesome details of Don Diego’s demise, after he fatally fell from the fortified walls of Castillo de San Marcos.

Pass By: City Gate Spirits, 11 St George St, St. Augustine, FL 32084, USA

At the entrance to the old city, where the tour ends, you’ll get acquainted with the brave women who saved these fragments of history by chaining themselves to the pillars of St Augustine’s city gate.

Pass By: Huguenot Cemetery, A1A Orange Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084

You’ll also hear about two lucky visitors who received gold from a ghost who greeted them in the Huguenot Cemetery.