Spend a full day exploring all that the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier has to offer with an all-day pass entry ticket. Discover family-oriented attractions including rides, midways games, waterfront dining options, and more. Ride the Iron Shark rollercoaster, feel the thrill of Pirate's Plunge, or visit the 5D Theater Ride. The Pleasure Pier offers a selection of fun activities for kids of all ages. Refuel at any one of the pier's many appetizing places to eat, including Texas' first Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Restaurant and Market. Before you head home, pop into one of the Pier's shopping locations and purchase a memento of your visit. 

Explore the spooky side of Galveston, Texas, on a ghost-themed tour that visits the city’s most popular haunted spots with the aid of a fun and knowledgeable guide. See firsthand why Galveston is known by some as the most haunted city in America. See for yourself where Galveston’s haunted past took place. Walk to scary locations like the Moody Mansion and 1892 Bishop’s Palace and be on the lookout for the unexplainable. As you explore, learn about the city’s dark history from an experienced guide happy to answer your curiosities. Will you be the next guest to have an experience with one of Galveston's ghosts at the haunted locations on this after-dark tour?

Discover the spooky history of Old City Cemetery in Galveston and see why it is said to be one of the most unnerving sites in Texas on this guided walking tour. Explore the resting place of souls who bring a touch of mischief, mystique, and macabre to the island’s haunted history. Meet “The Lady In Black” and follow her to the Old City Cemetery to uncover the mysteries at the heart of Texas’ unsettling stories. Turn from a skeptic to a ghost hunter and learn about Galveston’s unparalleled and fascinating paranormal history along the way. As you join open a dialog with the dead, unravel the horrible, scary secrets that lurk inside the ghost sanctuaries. Dive warily into the haunted past and uncover the reasons why an unstoppable paranormal force still grips the island. As you descend deeper into the ghost hunt, hear about episodes of murder, suicide, cannibalism, pirates, ghosts, and unworldly visions with no rational explanation. Walk past the gilded mansions and palaces that are only whispered about on Galveston.

Explore Galveston Island, located on the coastline of Texas, just 50 miles from Downtown Houston. The island offers 32 miles of beaches, abundant leisure, vibrant historic areas, and one of the largest well-preserved concentrations of Victorian architecture in the United States. Start from downtown Houston and take a short tour of the downtown district of the city. Then, travel to Galveston, enjoying the views of Galveston Island as you approach the city. Be dropped off in Galveston and explore the city at your leisure. Enjoy plenty of free time to choose what you want to see and do. Discover the relaxed atmosphere of the island as you explore the relaxing beaches, antique stores, art galleries, and excellent restaurants. Afterward, hop back on the bus back to Houston.

Go on an offbeat adventure along Galveston's historic Strand district. During your 1.5-hour guided tour, you'll explore the spooky side of the city and get an experience few travelers get to have. The Strand in Galveston has seen a spooky number of sudden deaths. Learn about the islanders who have left this world but never fully departed and continue to lurk in the shadows, alleys, and staircases of Strand. Walk among historic 19th-century buildings that have become the home of the city's ghosts. Admire the buildings' detail and craftsmanship and cringe at the scary stories behind each one. Hear the story of the unfortunate accident at the Railroad Museum. Visit the Tremont House where crying sobs are heard on the stairwells and in the halls. Learn about the little boy who plays in the hotel, rumored to be the ghost of a child run over right outside. See The Sealy - Hutchings Building, 2 separate buildings designed to look like one is home to many of Galveston’s favorite ghosts. Sara, as the townpeople affectionately call her, is often seen on the wrought iron staircase near the window where she pulled bodies out of the water—dead or alive.  

Experience a pub crawl through Galveston's eerie pubs and restaurants. Hear the ghost stories of these haunted locations while standing on the spot where the events happened on this guided tour. Learn about the ghosts of hurricane victims still lost in the wreckage and civil war soldiers who still stand for Texas. Relive all these sordid tales from the past as you visit bars with real ghostly activity, you might even have a paranormal experience yourself.

Explore the spooky side of Galveston, Texas, on a ghost-themed adults-only tour that visits the city’s most popular haunted spots with the aid of a fun and knowledgeable guide. See firsthand why Galveston is known by some as the most haunted city in America. See for yourself where Galveston’s haunted past took place. Walk to scary locations like the Moody Mansion and 1892 Bishop’s Palace and be on the lookout for the unexplainable. As you explore, learn about the city’s dark history from a guide happy to answer your curiosities. Here are a few potential stops that you will take on this tour: Saengerfest Park, Strand Seaport, Tremont House Hotel, Mother Harvey's, Oleander Hotel, Maceo Spice and Import, Red Light Coffee/End of the Line Bordello, Havana Alley Cigar Shop and Lounge, 26th and Sante Fe. Will you be the next guest to have an experience with one of Galveston's ghosts at the haunted locations on this after-dark tour?

Experience entering Galveston's haunted cemetery in this spooky guided night tour. Learn all about the ghosts that are said to stalk this cemetery on this 90-minute ghoul fest. Feel a chill on your spine as you keep an eye out for one of the famed spirits that people claim to have seen. Listen as you hear the strange tales about how these apparitions are said to have come to haunt this site.

The Strand tour takes you through the one of the most haunted places in the country; The Strand in Galveston. Learn about the 1900 hurricane (which killed between 6 and 10 thousand people overnight,) see where the city of Galveston used to hold executions, and learn about the pirates that used to populate the island. On our tour you will visit: *Execution Square- See where the city of Galveston use to hold it's public executions. *The Hutchings-Sealy Building- A building that was used as a makeshift morgue when the 1900 storm hit. *Old Time Photo Building- Rumored to be haunted by a clerk and robber who shot themselves to death. *Former Ritter's Saloon- Where the first deaths of the 1900 storm occurred. *Tremont House Hotel- Nationally known haunted hotel the subject of shows and documentaries on the paranormal. *Former Galveston Opera House- Home to one of the most bizarre ghost stories ever. *Railroad Museum- Rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who jumped from the 5th floor.

Join a historic walking tour of Galveston's Red Light District and return to a time when the mob ran the city. Accompanied by a guide, enter The Free State of Galveston, a whimsical name given to the coastal city of Texas during the early-to-mid-20th century where the only rules were mob rules. Begin your tour at Galveston's Red Light District. Follow your guide and learn how Post Office Street was once home to 55 houses of prostitution. Explore the former heartland of gambling and illegal liquor that was not only tolerated but supported by both citizens and local government. See how everyone was enjoying their own Vegas dream right here in Galveston during the early-to-mid-20th century. Dive into the history of the stars of the era including world-class entertainers such as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dean Martin who were brought in to perform in the casinos.