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About Old City Ghosts

St. Augustine is the oldest, continuously occupied European settlement and city in America, founded in 1565. With nearly half a millennium’s worth of indigenous, Spanish, English, and American history under its belt, the Old City more than earns its nickname.

The Old City Ghosts ghost tour visits St. Augustine’s most haunted locations. Each stop on the tour has been thoughtfully chosen to highlight a different period of historical significance and cultural interest. The stories you’ll hear from your guides on a tour with us are creepy, informative, and interesting.

Track down the ghosts of Colonists, soldiers, pirates, and regular citizens who are all unlucky souls stuck behind, creating a legacy of haunting throughout the city’s historic district.

The Old City Ghosts tour is suitable for anyone interested in St. Augustine’s haunted history. For visitors, you’ll get a different perspective on the city unlike the average tour which might only tell you about the city’s history, but not its paranormal happenings. For locals, you’ll see your hometown in a totally new context. No matter your degree of knowledge of American history, Floridian history, the world of the supernatural, or St. Augustine itself, we believe you’ll get something new out of your tour.

We especially welcome those who want to challenge their fears or assumptions about ghosts and those who are simply curious and want to discover the city, however disturbing it may be.

After experiencing the Old City Ghosts tour, you’ll leave with:

• A new appreciation of America’s oldest and most haunted city
• A different perspective on the nature of the divisions between “our world” and the “spirit world”
• Haunting memories from the vine strung streets of St Augustine.

Though St. Augustine has endured for hundreds of years, don’t let another year pass without exploring all that this gorgeous, ghoulish city has to offer. Book today.

Why is St. Augustine so haunted?

Though other American cities may be considered old, St. Augustine holds the crown as America’s oldest city. Lasting 453 years and counting, the Old City more than lives up to its nickname. The city’s architecture, history, and culture have persevered against the forces of time, conflict, and natural disasters. The city is shared by the spirits who call several of the city’s properties their eternal home.

St. Augustine’s ghosts date back as far as the city has existed, as the spirits of some of the city’s earliest settlers have remained in their bodies’ places of burial or death. New sets of ghosts have been left behind with every century that passes, right up until the modern age.

Evidently, St. Augustine is haunted quite simply due to its immense age and the basic nature of life and death. When so many generations of people live and die as they have in the Old City, not every one of the deceased manages to make it over the threshold.

The dutiful preservation of St. Augustine’s historic properties has also done a great deal not only to preserve the character of the city but the ghosts that linger inside. In such a picturesque place, can you really blame them for never leaving?