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Hysterical Walks & Rides – Old Sacramento

$20 for Historic or Ghost Walking Tour through Old Sacramento for Two (Up to $40 Value)

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In a Nutshell

Guides in period costume blend historical fact with humor in tour past haunted sites, monuments & 1850s stone buildings

The Fine Print

  • Expires Oct 17, 2012
  • Limit 4 per person. 24hr cancellation notice required. Reservation required. Must use promotional value in 1 visit. Valid for Old Sacramento Hysterical History Tour and Old Sacramento Hysterical Walk of the Dead – A Ghost Tour.
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To be considered a historical landmark, buildings must be at least 50 years old and contain at least one Founding Father's skeleton. Feel history in your bones with this Groupon.

$20 for a Historic or Ghost Walking Tour through Old Sacramento for Two (Up to $40 Value)

Tours begin at the Pony Express statue, where a guide in period dress leads participants on an easy walk and a lighthearted lesson on city history since the 1850s. Guides on the Hysterical History Tour expound on the Old Town's traditional image with anecdotes about Victorian bathhouses, buildings that survived the great fire, and the former inhabitants of the Lady Adams building. At the Eagle Theatre, they often invite participants to act out a period melodrama, sometimes on the actual stage.

On Hysterical Walk of the Dead ghost tours, guides take participants down dark back alleys and side streets while divulging supernatural stories of city history. They add a humorous twist to spooky tales about the old stocks and the river's flooding and keep groups entertained with music and dances. They often channel the spirits from their stories—revealing details about their lives and favorite sitcoms—and may also lead participants to ghostly sightings.

Hysterical Walks & Rides

When Paul and Maureen Messier began their walking tour through the English town of Bath, the guide, a comedian and street performer, immediately captured their attention. Drawing on Paul's background in producing standup comedy at The Improv and Maureen's experience as a theater instructor, they decided to put their own spin on what they'd experienced. Since then, they've traveled extensively and cobbled together eclectic elements from other tours with theatrical flair and a sense of humor.

Using improvisational tricks, loose scripts, and a cache of jokes, a cast of local comedians and actors leads tours past the Old Town's Cesar Chavez Park, state capitol, and other historic locales while twisting historical facts into humorous stories. Instructors prepare visitors for Segway tours, which allow them to glide along city sidewalks. As they pilot their vehicles or stroll on paths past buildings dating back to the 1850s, guides in character regale them with detailed stories to immerse them in the period without having to sew them a suit from the pages of a history textbook.

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    Old Sacramento

    J St. at 2nd St.
    Sacramento, California 95814
    (916) 441-2527
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