The Shadows of Revelry Ghost Walking Tour is our adults only, for ages over 16. We will visit the former red light district and discuss the darker vices of Galveston, including pirates, Galveston’s original outlaws, brothels, clubs, and yellow fever. If you have 10 or more guests in one group, please get in touch with the private & group sales coordinator with Ghost City Tours.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 10.
This is our starting location. We will take a moment to discuss the Strand Seaport and how Galveston was the original Sin City.
We will take a stroll past this historic brothel from over 100 years ago.
Galveston's most recent brothel, which was running until 1990.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
The Shadows of Revelry Walking Ghost Tour lasts about 1h 30min. The itinerary has 3 stops.
Prices start at $35 per person for this Galveston experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day, starting at 9:00 PM.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is Your tour guide will be waiting for you at the intersection of Strand Street and Tremont Street. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 30 participants.
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Wheelchair accessible Transportation options are wheelchair accessible All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 4.8 out of 5 across 105 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Ghost City Tours.
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Ashley was great. Very informative and interesting and engaging. Fun historical tidbits. Would recommend to others
Thank you for the great review! We’re so glad Ashley made the Shadows of Revelry Tour informative, interesting, and engaging. It’s wonderful to hear you enjoyed the historical tidbits along the way. We’ll be sure to pass your kind words along to her, and we really appreciate the recommendation!
Go on a weekend where you may get the better guides. Our guide grew up in Galveston but basically winged it. He knew some things but a lot of it I knew as much or more than he did.
We are sorry to hear that you did not enjoy your tour, but we appreciate your spending the time to give us feedback. We will take your words into consideration moving forward. If you would like to discuss this further, please contact us at 855-999-0491 or info@ghostcitytours.com.
**do not do this tour!!! Our tour guide was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. He tried to read from a few crumpled pieces of paper he brought. We learned nothing interesting. He showed us an old brothel. There was nothing really haunted or ghost related. I requested my money back and the company refused. They were unapologetic that our experience was not at all what we paid for. We had 7 people on the tour. Very disappointed in their lack of customer service. Total waste of money and time. I felt so bad for my group. Really ruined a nice evening in Galveston !!
We sincerely apologize for your disappointing experience. What you’ve described is absolutely not the standard we uphold. Please know that we are looking into this matter.
Our guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. Our group was small so it was a very intimate tour, seemed more like a walk with friends. The guide took us to a great variety of locations and gave us the history/ghost lesson for each.
Best tour in Galveston I’ve ever taken. Our tour guide, Ms Donna was very knowledgeable and entertaining. I learned more on this tour than I have on any other! Will 100% take this tour again.
Thanks for your review! We are so glad to hear you had a great time on the tour. It was our pleasure to have you as our guest.
My boyfriend and I had a blast! We knew Galveston was rich in history, but there was quite a bit of new things that we learned. We will definitely go on another one!
We appreciate your feedback, We are very pleased to hear your tour was to your liking! Please come back to GCT for another run through the city!
This was the best ghost tour I have been on. Abby did a great job and taught us a lot about the history of Galveston.
We appreciate your feedback, We are very pleased to hear your tour was to your liking! Please come back to GCT for another run through the city!
Donna was AMAZING! She was full of enthusiasm, information, and humor!!! We experienced places in Galveston that we pass regularly, but we had no idea of its history!!! Highly recommend this tour!! 💗
The tour got canceled and no one called to let us know it was canceled due to lack of attendance. We waited till 9:15 and no showed up . The other people in our called to find out what was happening .
We are very sorry, due to unforeseen circumstances the guide was not able to conduct the tour. Our guest experience team will be happy to offer options to remedy this. We appreciate your feedback and patience.
Abby was our tour guide and she was fantastic! I have done other ghost tours and none were as detailed as her. She knew so much history and she told the stories with great detail and enthusiasm. Highly recommend!
Thanks for your review of the tour with Abby. We are so glad to hear you thoroughly enjoyed it! It was our pleasure to have you as a guest.
| Tour | Duration | Rating | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Shadows of Revelry Walking Ghost Tour | 1h 30min | 4.8 (105) | $35 | |
 The Madam's Curse Walking Ghost Tour | 1h 30min | 4.5 (109) | $35 | View |
 Ghost On the Strand Ghost Tour | 1h 30min | 4.7 (281) | $31 | View |
 San Antonio Apparitions Ghost Tour | 1 hour | 4.4 (68) | $26 | View |
 Spooky Strand Ghost Tour | 1h 30min | 4.7 (82) | $31 | View |
 Spooky Galveston's Original Ghost Tour | 1h 30min | 5.0 (1) | $45 | View |
 The Historic Galveston Ghost Tour | 1h 30min | 4.8 (1,810) | $33 | View |