Hamilton Hall at 9 Chestnut Street, Salem, Massachusetts has been called “the most beautiful street in America.”  It has been host to many memorable social and cultural events, debutante balls, dinners for heads of state and a visit by French hero Marquis de Lafayette in 1824.

Trolley tours are an all day shuttle service throughout beautiful, historic Salem, Massachusetts.  They provide visitors with narrated tours that are “hop on – hop off.”  There are two companies in Salem that provide trolley tours.  They are:

• The Same Trolley
• And City View Trolley

These tours take you past historic cemeteries, sea captains’ homes, The House of the seven Gables, Pickering Wharf, Salem Willows Waterfront Park and other locations including Chestnut Street.

The Pirate Museum is probably the most fun-filled place in Salem, Massachusetts.  A unique and little-known history of New England sea-robbers is told at the Pirate Museum.  You can expect:

• To relive the adventures of Captains Kidd and Blackbeard who roamed offshore and plundered through merchant ships
• Participate in an educational, historically accurate and entertaining, live walking tour with a guide
• The tour starts in the artifacts room with authentic pirate treasures
• Stroll through a colonial seaport
• Board a pirate ship
• Explore an eighty foot cave where you might encounter some of the 17th century pirates face to face
• Walk along the dockside village and mingle with the swashbucklers of old, board their ship and witness them in battle
• The bat-cave will amaze you as you discover hidden treasures in an experience you will not forget.
• Roam around the artifacts room of real treasures
• Explore below decks

While the witch trials and hangings were going on, notorious pirate captains such as Kidd, Blackbeard, Bellamy and Quelch, roamed the waters off Boston’s North Shore, known as the Gold Coast.  Most 17th and 18th- century pirates were New Englanders and New Yorkers.  Many of them buried their stolen treasures off shore on the islands that dot the coast.  Much of it is still there waiting to be dug up.  This is a 20- to 30-minute walking tour where you will encounter the real rascals and villains of 1692 in Old Salem Town.

Source:  Salem, Massachusetts City Guide

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