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Travel Guide: Salem, MA - A Halloween Lover’s Paradise 🎃👻
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items For my spooky friends - all the best places to get the most out of your Salem, MA trip! Includes Hocus Pocus filming locations
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Things to do
Places to Eat and Stay
Hocus Pocus Filming Locations
Things to do
Museums, shops, interesting sites, etc
Pioneer Village is a really cool experience. The houses are from the 1600s and you can go inside a lot of them. I found this really interesting - it was probably my favorite of the historical places we visited.
Fun Fact: this is where they filmed th...
Salem Pioneer Village - Historical Site and Hocus Pocus Filming Location
The grounds of this place are beautiful - it sits right on the water. This is also a historic site with a lot of interesting facts.
The House of the Seven Gables
This is a great stop in Salem for horror movie buffs. This is a small place so it doesn’t take a long time to go through - you move at your own pace.
Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery Monster Museum
For fans of Bewitched, this statue is located right in the middle of downtown Salem. If you’re walking around that area, you can’t miss it
Bewitched Sculpture
This candy shop is across the street from the House of the Seven Gables. Try any of their homemade candy - it was all so good.
Ye Olde Pepper Companie
This is a really cool building in Salem. I missed my entry time so I didn’t get to go inside, but they do offer tours of the inside daily from 10am-5pm (except during winter)
The Witch House at Salem
If you’re a fan of Harry Potter, check this place out - it’s right on Essex Street
Wynott's Wands
A must for anyone interested in the Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Museum
This is a really cool shop near Sea Level Oyster bar - we actually found it while waiting for our table
The Cauldron Black
Places to Eat and Stay
Hotels and Restaurants in Salem that I liked
OMG this place was amazing! Obviously try the oysters and try to get a table outside, this restaurant is right on the water.
Sea Level Oyster Bar
This is a great spot 2 blocks from Essex Street that’s really great for large groups. They have a lot of tables and there’s a good amount of tables that seat 8 people in the bar area.
The food and drinks were good too.
The Derby Restaurant & Bar
This is a great spot for Mexican food not far from Essex Street. Get the chile con queso to start!
Howling Wolf Taqueria
We came here to regroup after we missed our entry time for the Witch House and ended up coming back again later in our trip. It’s a good spot to have a drink and they offer both indoor and outdoor seating.
Village Tavern | Bar & grill
If you really just want to be on a rooftop, then this is the perfect spot in Salem. It’s on Essex Street right in the middle of everything
The Roof
This hotel is located right in the middle of Salem. If you’re planning to visit during Halloween, I recommend booking very early as rooms during this time sell out fast.
It’s also rumored to be haunted.
Hawthorne Hotel
This ice cream is homemade and so good - check out their rotating flavors
Melt Ice Cream
Hocus Pocus Filming Locations
These are the filming locations from the movie Hocus Pocus
This house is easy to find and just as easily missed despite the pictures making it seem like it stands out. It looks like any other house in the area but for fans of Hocus Pocus it’s a must see.
Ropes Mansion and Garden - Allison’s House in Hocus Pocus
This cemetery is very old - I recommend spending some time here to explore some of the unique headstones.
Fun Fact: This is another filming location from Hocus Pocus - it’s where they filmed the scene when Max meets Jay and Ice for the first time.
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Old Burial Hill Cemetery (Hocus Pocus filming location)
This is Max and Dani’s House from Hocus Pocus
Note: Please be respectful and do NOT go on the property - this is someone’s home. There’s plenty of street to take photos from
Max and Dani’s House in Hocus Pocus (4 Ocean Ave)
This is another Hocus Pocus filming location, it’s right in the middle of Salem
Salem Commons (Hocus Pocus filming location)
This is where they filmed the Halloween Party scene when Bette Midler performs “I Put A Spell On You”
Old Town Hall (Hocus Pocus filming location)