Before You Book: Ghost Tour Basics For Key West

This site compares, it never guides. Every experience belongs to its operator, names like Sloan's Key West Ghost Tours, Ghost City Tours and Key West Ghost Hunt, and each outfit runs its own guides, routes and stories (see Are Key West's Ghost Tours Worth It?). Filter by rating, duration or category, then open the live booking page for the tour that fits. Payment, vouchers and refunds all happen on that page.

Every rating and review count here comes straight from the published listing, the same figures the booking page displays. The Ghosts and Gravestones trolley's 4.4 across 1,392 reviews matches its listing exactly. Prices behave differently: they shift with date and option, so each card links to the live booking page for the number that counts.

Every tour listed here is a real, bookable Key West experience with a live listing. Twelve made the cut, spread across four categories: five walking ghost tours, one trolley tour, three ghost hunts and three haunted pub crawls. Duplicate listings of the same product under different names get dropped. One crawl, the Spirits and Spirits tour, has no published reviews yet, and it stays listed with that fact visible rather than hidden. No operator can pay for a spot or a better position.

No prices appear on this page because the figure depends on tour, date and option (see Date Night Picks). The live listing carries the real cost. All twelve tours come with free cancellation, and that applies to the walks, the hunts, the trolley and the pub crawls alike. Each listing spells out its own policy details.

The trolley tour runs one hour, while the walking tours run from one hour for Southernmost Shadows up to 1.5 to 2 hours for the private haunted history walk. Ghost hunts split the difference: the Original Key West Ghost Hunt runs 1.5 hours, and the Robert the Doll hunt and the haunted firehouse visit each run about two. Pub crawls land around two hours with stops along the way.

Each operator picks its own departure spot, so there is no shared starting point across these twelve tours. One walk may gather near the Key West cemetery while a pub crawl leaves from a Duval Street bar, which makes the address on the listing the one that matters. Operators do move meeting points from time to time, and the live booking page always carries the current location plus directions. Arriving a few minutes early keeps check-in simple and gets the group moving on schedule.

Prices aren't shown here. Each operator sets its own rate, so the live booking page is the place for the current figure.

Yes, on every tour on this page. All twelve listings carry free cancellation, though each operator sets the exact cutoff, so check the live booking page before you book.

Departure times sit with each operator, and most runs head out after sunset, when the stories land best. The trolley covers its route in about an hour, while the hunts and pub crawls run closer to two, so evening plans need that spread built in. Some walks also list early-evening departures. Every listing posts its own current schedule, so confirm the exact start time on your date.

Ratings here cluster high. The Ghosts and Gravestones trolley has the deepest track record, 4.4 across 1392 reviews (see the trolley guide). The Ghost and Mysteries walk follows at 4.5 from 1130. Two tours hold 5.0: the haunted firehouse hunt across 11 reviews, and the private haunted history walk across 10.

Most walking tours and the trolley suit a general audience, so families can join. The Original Key West Ghost Hunt is limited to ages 16 and up, and the pub crawls route through working bars, making them adults only. Check each listing for age rules before booking.

A fair split. Fort East Martello is a Civil War-era fort now run as a museum, and Robert the Doll's history is documented by the museum itself. Key West Cemetery's notable graves, like B.P. Roberts's headstone, are also on the record. The hauntings layered on top of those real places are folklore and legend, not confirmed events. This page keeps the two separate.