Best Ghost Tours in Santa Barbara 2025

Santa Barbara , California

From $ 55.00

Experience Solvang like never before on this haunted adventure through its charming cobblestone streets and historic Danish-style buildings. Along the way, you’ll uncover eerie tales from the town’s past, rooted in local lore, chilling history, and mysterious encounters. Using professional ghost-hunting tools like EMF meters, dowsing rods, and a Spirit Box, you’ll get hands-on as you search for signs of the supernatural. Hear strange stories of haunted bakeries, ghostly restaurant patrons, and spirits that still linger behind the village’s cozy façade. Blending folklore, history, and interactive ghost hunting, this tour offers a fun, spooky, and surprisingly thoughtful way to explore Solvang. We’ll wrap up with a closing ritual to honor the energies we’ve encountered and ensure a peaceful parting. Recommended for ages 12+ due to mature themes, including serial killers, brothels, and true crime.

Santa Barbara , California

From $ 30.00

Welcome to the city of Friendly Ghosts! An exclusive experience with your professional ghost and supernatural storyteller It is a perfect way to end your evening while enjoying SB. Our 1 hour walking tours have curated content from first hand accounts. You'll hear stories from as far back as the Old Spanish Days and from the different cultures that have called Santa Barbara home. We do not "summon the dead." Our visiting ghosts do pop by occasionally to surprise you! . This is an "outdoor" walking tour only. This tour is "history heavy." This tour is a traditional history and ghost/legend walking tour. Your guides have diverse backgrounds. Including tour guide experience at on the Queen Mary at Old Mission Santa Barbara. This tour is organic and enchanted and not script based. Each tour is unique and filled with imagination and at times encounters with visiting ghosts. Our ghosts do not come to stay...they return (many times during your tour) for a sentimental holiday.

Santa Barbara , California

From $ 120.00

Sip, savor, and uncover the dark side of Solvang on the wine tasting true crime tour, strolling through quiet streets and visiting unique tasting rooms. You'll explore three distinctive wine spots for generous tastings, including a slasher-themed winery and two quirky wine bars, while your expert guide weaves tales of 70s serial killers, true crime in wine country, and haunted mortuaries. In this intimate small-group tour, connect with fellow true crime enthusiasts, indulge in local tastings. Over the two hour experience, you'll sample three hefty wine tastings, a wine-based tiki cocktail, and a champagne farewell toast. Please come with a full-belly, so you can handle the drinks :)

Santa Barbara , California

From $ 105.00

This is an EXCLUSIVE tour at high-end designed SB tour consisting of a World Class wine tasting for the first hour consisting of listening to Santa Barbara ghost stories) and a free gift for a second traditional SBGT in the future. You will meet your guide on the front steps of the old 836 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara Post office. You will then be walked to either Frequency Winery, Au Bon Climat Winery or Silver Winery (depending on their availability. Wineries require advance bookings. You will have this booking met during of the first part of your tour ) You will have an amazing wine tasting experience before beginning your SB outside ghost walking tour. Free gift bag includes candy and protection package for future travel. We do not "summon the dead." Our visiting ghosts do pop by occasionally to surprise you!

Santa Barbara , California

From $ 55.00

Welcome to the City of Friendly Ghosts! Your SB Ghost Tour includes tales of history and mystery. Approximately, 10-15 traditional and current "happy ghost sighting stories" will be told to you along with photos and videos of some of our favorite ghosts caught by guests on the tour.

Santa Barbara , California

From $ 26.00

US Ghost Adventures is the leading provider of haunted ghost tours in America — we even own some of the most haunted properties in America, like the Lizzie Borden House! Every tour is hosted by an experienced, knowledgeable local guide. You’ll hear firsthand accounts from people who have witnessed the unexplained — sometimes even a guest’s eerie encounter or the guide’s own!   US Ghost Adventures offers an authentic experience that strives to make sense of the unexplainable. Our ghost tours are based on real-world portrayals of hauntings and well-documented history.