Haunted Whaley House Guided Night Tour

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1. Experience one of the most historic buildings in Old Town San Diego on this live guided night tour. The Whaley House was built in 1857 by Thomas Whaley, a San Diego pioneer, as his family home. Over the course of history the Whaley House has served as a general store, county courthouse and theater. It has been said that the Whaley House has “witnessed more history than any other building in the city.” It is also commonly referred to as "The Most Haunted House in America"! Come visit the Whaley House and enjoy an historic look into early California and experience the home's rich Greek Revival architecture style, authentic decor and its mysterious and chilling past.

   Admission included

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

Ratings come from 44 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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• 5Octoberween!!

  Maud was very entertaining and funny. My family enjoyed the experience. Definitely will recommend to everyone. Thank you

  Sandra_SOctober 2026via Viator

• 5A must see

  Ghoulie Julie was so much fun. Dad jokes all night long! Great history of the house. Nothing spooky happened for me, but totally fun and everyone should do it.

  samanthasN8129MHOctober 2026via Tripadvisor

• 2I expected it to be bad but not that bad

  I knew the tour was going to be short based on other reviews but it wasn’t just short, it was not done well. It felt like the tour guide was just badly reciting a memorized script and skipped some things that ended up not making sense (what do you mean rats came into this room so people stopped storing food in here? You never mentioned anything about food being stored in here). Then later, the nationality of a man that was executed on site didn’t make sense so I looked him up and he was from a completely different country than mentioned and was executed based on mistaken identity. I took this tour for the “ghost” history, expecting it to be hokey, but was also interested in the history and didn’t feel like we got a whole lot of accurate information. Probably would have been better to come and do a self guided visit during the day. The house itself is lovely but you don’t get to access many parts of it.

  Sarah_SSeptember 2026via Viator

• 4This was an interesting...

  This was an interesting tour, just very short. It could have been twice as long and had more content as the story itself was very interesting.

  Bridget_HSeptember 2026via Viator

• 5Julie was such an amazing...

  Julie was such an amazing storyteller and you can tell she loves her job! I loved how preserved all the rooms were and I’d definitely come back

  jessie_aAugust 2026via Viator

• 4Old Town Must Do

  Kid friendly, mild scares, some serious subject matter discussed. For me, could've spent a little more time exploring or asking questions in each room.

  Chris_KAugust 2026via Viator

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How it compares in San Diego

• Its from-price is 61% below the median of the 11 attraction tickets we list in San Diego.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 8 of 11.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About San Diego

San Diego is a sunny Pacific port city in southern California, with long beaches, a park of museums, a Victorian Gaslamp district and the border close by.

San Diego is where Spanish settlers founded California's first mission and presidio in 1769, remembered today in Old Town. Balboa Park holds museums, gardens and Spanish-style buildings from the 1915 exposition, with the zoo beside it. The Gaslamp Quarter's Victorian streets, a restored waterfront, Coronado's grand seaside hotel and a retired aircraft carrier turned museum are other landmarks.

Top-ranked sights in San Diego: Downtown San Diego, USS Midway Museum, Coronado.

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