Explore the eerie side of Old Town with this haunted pub tour in Portland. Learn about some of the city's scary history as you walk through 19th-century buildings. Sample local beers as you hear about Portland's era of kidnapping, gangs, prostitution and opium dens.

2.5-hour walking tour of Portland's haunted pubs
Hear about ghosts that are said to inhabit these two buildings
Sample six craft beers by award-winning Portland breweries
Stop at the most haunted building in the city, the Merchant Hotel
Visit two historic pubs in Old Town Portland

What's Included

Alcoholic Beverages
Local Tour Guide

Gratuities

Meeting And Pickup

Meeting point

Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub
112 SW 2nd Ave, Portland, OR 97204, USA
On arrival, please check in with the hostess at Kells. They will direct you to where the group will be sitting for the tour. Please note, Kells is closed on Thursdays and Sundays right now. The tour will start outside of Kells.

End point

Old Town Pizza & Brewing
226 NW Davis St, Portland, OR 97209, USA
The tour ends at an award-winning brewery just short walk away from the starting point

What To Expect

Skidmore Fountain

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Tom McCall Waterfront Park

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Keep Portland Weid

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Old Town

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Minimum age is 21 years old
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Wheelchair accessible (somewhat)
Maximum of 20 passengers
No pets or Children please

Wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Transportation is wheelchair accessible
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

Traveler Photos

Featured review

Mimi_S

Tiffany was a great tour guide and very knowledgeable of the history of Portland OR. The beer was very tasty also.

Reviews

4.5

114 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews

Reviews by Viator travelers.

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Leslie_B, Jan 2023

this tour is in one of the worst sections of portland. impaired folks on street spitting/ using and tour stopped at them still to speak. The risk and initial exposure to was not enjoyable even though the history was fun. only spent 30 minutes on this tour due to unpredictable street behavior of others.

Response from Host, Jan 2023

We were able to get in touch with Leslie and provide her a refund. Unfortunately this guest has a bad experience with a person on the street. This was an extremely rare event and it is not a dangerous area as they have indicated. We have been doing this tour for over 10 years and we have never had a safety issue. We can’t control the people that guests may encounter on the tour but we do offer a refund if people are not satisfied.

5 friends on a birthday trip

Renee_R, Nov 2022

It was really fun and informative :) The drinks were really good and you got to learn a lot about the city.

Response from Host, Nov 2022

Thank you for the kind words. We’re so glad you had fun!

Nice night walk

Cynthia_L, Nov 2022

Being with my family while hearing ghost tales of the area and sharing samples of beer. Tour guid was hard to hear and was not to knowledgeable about the beer samples. Thought (because of add pictures) we were going under ground. But we made the most of it and talked with some really nice people in the toor.

Response from Host, Nov 2022

Hi Cynthia, thanks for the review. We are happy to send you a refund if the tour did not meet your expectations. We are always looking to improve and will use your feedback to do so.

Lacking in any real interesting flair

Bryant_R, Oct 2022

Tour guide was a great guy, but so soft spoken for a group of 20 people in a not quite setting. He often started talking at the stops before we all arrived, so I missed multiple moments of information. The sites themselves were pretty underwhelming, nothing new you haven't seen walking around the Saturday market. He was a knowledgeable tour guide and our group enjoyed ourselves talking at the end of the tour. Glad I went to but was disappointed in the tour.

Response from Host, Dec 2022

Thanks for the feedback, we have passed this along to your guide and will use it to improve.

It was ok

Naomi_H, Oct 2022

Beer was good, pubs were cool, stories/history were mediocre. I think there was a lot of missing info, stories were kind of generic.

Response from Host, Dec 2022

Thanks for the feedback, we will use it to improve.

Meh

Angela_S, Oct 2022

Our tour guide, Tiff, was great; however, we had hoped to actually go inside of the buildings featured and that was largely not the case.

Response from Host, Oct 2022

Hi there, I’m glad Tiffany did a great job and you enjoyed the tour stories. Our website describes exactly where we go on the tour. We stop inside two pubs and the rest of the tour is outside.

Good tour. Guide friendly...

onthelake11, Oct 2022

Good tour. Guide friendly and knowledgeable. Nice walk into old Town. Fun for a date. Ended at a pizza place. Stories interesting. Fellow tourists fun to mingle with.

Haunts and Brews!!!!!

Ben_A, Aug 2022

Aside from learning about some of the haunts, we also learned a great deal about the history of Portland. Great time.

If you’re looking for something a little different

Michael_S, Aug 2022

The beer was good, guide was great, evening fun. Watch out for homeless lurking on streets. The key pub for the night — Kells Pub — was closed that night so we really felt we missed out on the best part. Republic Restaurant almost made up for it because we heard some first hand account ghost haunting.

Ghost tour

Mimi_S, Aug 2022

Tiffany was a great tour guide and very knowledgeable of the history of Portland OR. The beer was very tasty also.

Our tour was cancelled...

Eva_D, Jul 2022

Our tour was cancelled due to a Covid exposure. I hope we are getting a refund. Very disappointed. We found our own brewery instead.

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Hi Eva, I’ve gone ahead and processed your refund. As we mentioned on the phone, we had to cancel the tour due to Covid. We typically never cancel but in this case we had no choice.

Good beer + Great Guide = Spooky Magic

Hillary_F, Apr 2022

This was a great and fun way to get to know Portland! Tiffany, our guide, had the perfect blend of story telling, history, and spookiness. We appreciated how the tour kicks off with a flight of beer be what it loosened the group up. I’d highly recommend this tour. Plus, the beer at Olde Town Pizza was BOMB!!

Educational

Michelle_M, Apr 2022

I like the way Tiffany walked the tour Very interesting maybe a visit into the fire department. Tiffany needs to learn a little more about Nina and take people to the shaft where she fell or pushed

Great Time!!

John_S, Jul 2021

It was an absolute blast. Would highly recommend to a big or small group. Eas a great way to experience the city and have some fun.

Fun

Shannon_T, Jun 2021

Gabby was great. We had fun and she engaged with every person in the group. We will be back for sure.

Tourist Fun

Karen_B, Jun 2021

Learned a lot of history! Gabby was enthusiastic and knew her stuff. She responded well to group, questions and in general very positive and upbeat

Great way to spend an evening

Leanne_M, Jun 2021

Fun and informative, makes a great introduction to Portland's history, with an emphasis on death and disaster and a few good ghost stories too. Kells was a pleasant pub with a good selection of brews offered during the tour.

Fine time had by all

Emily_R, May 2021

I enjoyed ot quite a bit, so did my wife. As this was a birthday suprise for her I wqs quite relieved.

Katie was great

Lisa_I, Mar 2020

Katie was a fantastic tour guide. We learned a lot about some Haunted History in Portland and the beer was great!

Fantastic and super creepy!

Natalie K, Oct 2019

Amazing tour of some of the coolest pubs with links to the Shanghai tunnels. Katy, the tour guide was awesome! She was a wealth of information and a great storyteller. I learned tons about Portland and the creepier side you don't get often. We went to two awesome pubs (one a pizza place) and toured the basements in both. We also walked around the city a bit and got to know spooky stories about famous people and events that took place along the path. The beer was great and the company even better!