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Mysterious Lore and More Walking Tour of Boothbay Harbor
Maine, USA
$30.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
This walk through Boothbay Harbor's snickleways is a wonderous combination of our town's hidden history, local lore, and unsolved mysteries that will leave you ruminating long after the tour has ended. Your entertaining local guide gives you a lay of the land and all the inside scoop on the harbor’s most mysterious unsolved death, Boothbay Harbor’s very own sea serpent, legendary treasure tales surrounding many of the harbor’s islands, and how two rock stars saved the Boothbay Opera House from becoming a parking lot.
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Mysterious Lore and More Walking Tour of Boothbay Harbor
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Local tasty treat
- Mysteries to unravel and legends to trip on!
- 10% off another Mysterious Harbor Tours e-bike or walking tour
- Walking map of Boothbay Harbor
- Gratuities
Meeting point
Go to the Town Landing in Whale Park and look for your guide wearing a Mysterious Harbor Tours t-shirt.
Return details
Go to the Town Landing in Whale Park and look for your guide wearing a Mysterious Harbor Tours t-shirt.
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We’ll begin our tour in the heart of Boothbay Harbor at the town pier with beautiful harbor views of schooners, lobster boats, super yachts, and the harbor’s east side working waterfront. This town has always been a seafaring place, home to sailors and sea captains, fisherman, ship builders, and pirates!
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What do Queen Elizabeth I, a ring, and Outer Heron Island have in common? Would you believe the claim on a $1 billion-dollar English estate?
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Stroll along America’s longest wooden footbridge, enjoying spectacular harbor views, including Maine’s oldest lighthouse on Burnt Island with its long history of keepers—some who never left the island.
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When French antiques started turning up a local thrift shops and yard sales, long whispered tales of a local sea captain’s plot to bring the beleaguered Marie Antoinette to his home in Maine gained traction. When a mystery writer moved into the sea captain’s house, we got the full story!
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Originally built as a secret society lodge for the Knights of Pythias, the Opera House was saved from demolition with the help of two famous rock stars. It’s become an internationally renowned music venue and considered the most haunted building in Maine.
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Local Wawenock leader Samoset became the first Indigenous person to contact the Europeans and sets an example for us today.
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A mysterious stranger dressed all in black checked into the Hotel Fullerton and headed out for a glimpse of ocean surf. Her identity and untimely end are still unsolved mysteries almost 100 years later.
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We wrap up back where we began with some classic seafarer superstitions and accounts of unknown creatures sighted by hundreds of respectable people up and down the Maine and Massachusetts coastline known as The Great New England Sea Serpent.
If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Mysterious Lore and More Walking Tour of Boothbay Harbor
Maine, USA
$30.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!